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Mandy Ross Art Studio
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“I want you to enjoy your look around and find something that brings a smile to your face, a happiness to your heart, and courage to your step.”Mandy Ross is a celebrated artist and photographer from the Canadian prairies whose work celebrates life, love and a connection to something larger.Artist Statement:I am a self taught artist born and raised on the Canadian prairies. While I have a heart of gold invested in the wheat fields of the prairies I have a deep love affair going on with the Pacific Ocean.My desire is to share my story with you through my words and of course my art, helping you find your voice and share your story so you can live life in its fullest and richest sense. My passion in life has been finding my courage and finding my voice and as a result watching countless others become inspired to do the same.
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Day 8: Potential...this one took me a few days and I still am not sure...I think partly or maybe even mostly because I've had a difficult time recognizing my own potential and not being afraid of it? Sometimes we just can't see our potential. Sometimes we fail to see the potential in others or a certain situation. But in reality it's all around us. It's within us. It's just removing the veil that hides it from us whatever it may be. That can take years for some of us. For others it flows from one cup to the next. But it's always there waiting for us to pick it up and go with it. (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Another little mini ready to roll for the upcoming art markets I'll be setting up at! I'm trying to decide if I should add a magnetic strip so these could be displayed in various spaces like portable art! 🤔 (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Day Seven: Theme was Time. Today's challenge was to use a painting to inspire me. So I decided to use my painting called Van Gogh Nights for this piece. The model is myself discovering today that the trees are changing. There are several references to time here. We go from picking summertime flowers to kicking up the leaves of fall in what feels like the blink of an eye! Van Gogh Nights was a bit of a day dream for me. Time is so fleeting and a day dream seems to slow time if only for a moment. Night verses day is present. And even that nostalgic feeling of days gone by has settled in. I hope you enjoy this piece! Please feel free to share what thoughts or feelings come up from this piece for you! Hugs #contentcreationchallenge (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Day 6: Beauty ~ The challenge was to show how I view beauty. For me beauty can be found in so many places. But the one place of indescribable beauty to me is in our hopes and dreams. That gold that shines from within us. Our inner beauty. It's one of the reasons I enjoy painting the Inner Beauty Portraits that I create from the stories and heart people share with me. #contentcreationchallenge
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Tonight's work in progress so far...painting for several Art Markets coming up! (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Happy Monday 💋 — Morning folks and soft hearts! It's been a lovely long weekend. Hope your Monday is full of beautiful things. If not I hope this letter brightens your day. I'm eyeball deep in creativity over here. I'm painting and on day 6 of a creativity challenge with Brooke Shaden @brookeshaden as our host. It's been stretching my thoughts and creativity and I love it! July has a winner for a piece of my heart... 💖💖💖Carolyn Hare💖💖💖 Until Next Week Lovelies... Keep shining brightly. Try something to charge your creative muscle up! I'm finding it invigorating! With Love From Me to You Mandy💕 🦋Ps..let me know what your up to so I can add you to the August draw for a piece of my heart! 💓🦋 (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Day 5: Broken/Shattered This one was difficult in an emotional way. I know I try hard to put on a good face. I had to learn to hide my emotions. I had to learn to cry alone. Back in May my body had enough of that learned behaviour and broke, and shattered. I came out of it realizing I had held the broken and shattered pieces together for much too long. (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Adulting....
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Day 4: Spellbound. I think of a number of things that cause me to feel this way. Sitting by a glowing fire, listening to a mesmerizing story, combine the two and one could really float away on your imagination. #ContentCreationChallenge (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Day 3: We were asked to use a door of some sort...what does a door represent to you? Hope or a dead end? In this case for me I thought of the imagination and how it is a portal into a whole new world! Not mention book are like opening up a door into a brand new world! (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Day 2: Today's creative challenge was to share emotions without facial expression. This really worked me over in the sense that I had to get around my my head and convey emotion...now normally I have very little difficulty with that! However the technical aspect kept dropping me and then once I checked myself and remembered the feeling the emotions it quickly fell into place. The emotion I was searching for hear was innocence. Hope you share what you feel looking at this piece! @brookeshaden loving this challenge so far! (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Some more news I wanted to share...This morning UK artist @alison_faith_kay_art and I got together for a chat about art, life, motivation, and dreams. I was so thankful for this chat and moment in time with such a dear heart. Thank you Alison from my heart to yours! The podcast will be out for a listen in about a month or so. I'll keep you posted.😊💕 (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Today marks DAY 1 of a creativity challenge I'm involved in courtesy of @brookeshaden ! The intent is to grow and learn my mental creative muscle and today certainly did that. I ended up with two versions of this photo. Today's challenge was to use an enclosed space. A bowl of raspberries and small room in my apartment volunteered. The theme was rebirth. I will share my thought process and the story that unfolded as I worked on these. Please feel free to share your thoughts. This is my first attempt at creating something like this so if it's a failure in someone else's eyes it's a huge success in mine! (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Guess what I did this morning? 😊💕☀️ (at Canada Saskatoon)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Good morning August...a forgleam of things to come I see... (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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A dish of basic bold beauty...I have three venues coming up to share my creativity and hopefully send a few pieces to their new homes from my heart.❤️ (at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
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mandyartstudio-blog · 8 years ago
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Sometimes I just let my eyes take to the skies and dream a dream ... Photography by Mandy Ross Art Studio 2017 (at Pike Lake Provincial Park)
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