Coin Collecting

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 Good morning  

Today I'm sharing a hobby that I have loved since childhood.  Coin collecting.

My son Matthew has collected coins with me since he was very young and because coins are  so fascinating he has continued collecting coins as an adult.  

Matthew shares interesting information about coins on his YouTube channel. 

I invite you to click below and watch one of his videos.  

Be Inspired 

~jean

Matthew the Great Coin Roll Hunter

 https://youtu.be/L2mXzb33Y1A

On tbe Seven Day of Christmas

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On the seventh day of Christmas,

my true love sent to me

Seven swans a swinning, refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments,

Six geese a laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partidge in a pear tree.

Original artwork by 

Jean Hart 

Artwork

Acrylic,

16" x 24"

 

Art blocks

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Here are a few of my latest ArtOMat blocks. If you find one I sure would love to hear where you find it. 

Be Insired,

~jean

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Merry Christmas

 

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        Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!

In just one short week from today it will be Christmas Eve.

From my home to yours.

I'm wishing you the warmth of family and friends,  and all the joys of Christmas 🎄. 

What are some of your best memories Christmas memories?

FLORIDA UNITED NUMISMATIS (FUN) - 2021 is Cancelled!fun is canceled!!!!

Starting again

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 This has been a crazy Spring so far this year, lots of rain and wind. 

ArtoMat has just sent me a box of 100 blank wooden blocks to paint. 

 Each new season brings a new box of blank blocks. I'm never sure exactly what I will paint until I go through a ritual of cleaning off the desk, straitening all the paints and brushes and getting to prepared for the day of painting.

These blocks have now been sent off to a Artomat machine near you, hopefully. 

So, if you purchased one of these original pieces of artwork, I'd love to hear from you.

be inspired, 

jean 

Wooden art block

Artomat wooden art block

Jean Hart Artist 

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Here is a wooden block I did for Artomat. 

I hope you find a Artomat machine when you are out and about traveling. 

Artomat has orignial artwork in their machines all over the nation. 

If you find one of my art block, drop me a email. 

I would love to hear where you found it. 

Be Inspired,

~jean 

Treasure this day

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"Treasure this day, and treasure yourself. Truly, neither will ever happen again." 

                                                                              ~Ray Bradbury 

All the glory is given to God,
artist Jean Hart

Thank you everyone is who being watchful at this time. 

I have never lived under such a stressful time as a pandemic. 

My family and myself are staying home and finding that during this time it has been a time of connecting with our families. 

Thankfully, we have our phones to help keep us all connected, TV's to keep us entertained, and,
computers to help us reach out to others. 

I'm taking this time to complete some long awaited projects I felt I never had enough time to do. 

Researching subjects I have always wanted to know about. 

Plus, I have registered for a online course. 

My prayers are that everyone stay safe, keep up the social distancing as much as possible, and, be well. 

Stop by here when you can, share your blogs here, and let's keep are minds active and our sprites high.  

Be Inspired, 

~jean  

Artomat wooden art block

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Here is a wooden block I did for Artomat. 

I hope you find a Artomat machine when you are out and about traveling. 

Artomat has orignial artwork in their machines all over the nation. 

If you find one of my art block, drop me a email. 

I would love to hear where you found it. 

Be Inspired,

~jean 

The Big Dream

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This is my online store 

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Aspen Grove, Jean Hart Artwork 
If you are interested in commissioning this piece contact me.   

Dream big, wish with your heart, and prepare. 

" Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element." Audrey Niffenegger

On these day of having to stay home I find myself traveling though the world by videos I find on the internet. Travel blogs have now become my daily routine and I'm getting quite a bucket list of places I would like to travel to. 

If you could travel anywhere tomorrow, where would you go?

Be Inspired, 

~jean 

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Sacagawea Dollar Coin - Why 17 Stars? You Answered

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I love coin hunting. 

I did this hobby with my father when I was younger. 

I remember fondly  many nights sitting at the dining room table going through coins and hoping to find one I could put into the coin books. 

This is a great hobby to share with your kids. 

Be Inspired,

~jean 

Matt's answering the question. 

Did you guess it right?

Be Inspired,

~jean

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Why Coin Roll Hunting?

Matthew went live a few days ago.

He has so much information share Like a subscribe to has channel

Vote for your favorite postcard

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I invite you to look around my store 

Enjoy 

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I need your help today!

Good Morning!

I am preparing to make a new 

postcard

for my online Zazzle store.

I would like to make one postcard for 

Spring 2020 

I'm asking you to look at these images of my original fine art paintings, and 

vote

for the one you like best. 

If you vote by leaving a comment blow 

your name will go into a drawing 

where at the end of 

May 1st

I will pull out the name of the winner. 

I will send you the winning postcard. 

Thank you for your help. 

Be Inspired

~jean  

Please feel free to follow, share and comment. 

1. First Spring Tulip

First Spring Tulip
colored pencil
Jean Hart 

2. Rainbow World 

Rainbow World
watercolor
Jean Hart

3. Spring Mandala 

Spring Mandala
Acrylic
Jean Hart

4. Good Morning Spring 

Good Morning Spring
Acrylic
Jean Hart 

The Creative Life A thru Z P

Creative Life A thru Z

Jean Hart 

Healing Art Journal 

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 The Creative Life A thru Z

~P is for Play

 Week Seventeen 

"We lose ourselves in the things we love. We find ourselves there, too.  ~Kristin Martz 

If we took a moment to remember what it was that took up our time when we were children I think we would find ourselves again. 
When I remember the times sitting in my room with a pencil drawing and doodling time just flew by. I was always inspired by my art teachers and often went home to recreate a project I had learned in school. 

Art Project for P: 

Papier-mache 
Materials.
newspaper
glue and water
balloon 
paint

1. Tear strips of newspaper.
2. Blow up the balloon
3. Fill a bowl with water and glue, 
until the consistency is thin and milky
4. Completely cover the strips with the glue mixture
5. Lay the newspaper strips over the balloon . 
Repeat this until the balloon is completely covered. 
6. Let the balloon dry
7. Stick a pin the balloon until you hear it pop.  
8. Now use the paint to decorate the balloon.
9. Glue the bottom of the balloon to a paper place to use as a stand .
Now you have a papier-mache statue. 
Use your imagination to change the shape of the balloon before you
papier-mache and paint. 

Writing Journal : 

Power words for P

1. Think about all the P power words you can think of 

Write each word followed by a exclamation point!!! 

2. Take out your journal and write 10 of these power words down. 

3. Select three of the words that you feel a connection with from your list and commit to making those changes in the next month. 

What is something you could do once a week that would me you feel

 P say powerful?

P is for Play

What comes to your mind when you say Play. 

There are so many P words that make you want to play. 
This week it's up to you how you want to play. 
Do you play an instrument? 
Can you bake a pie?
Maybe you would like to go outside and plant something. 
The playing is limitless and Powerful. 
Once you start thinking of p words you will found that most p words are about playing and experiencing new things. 
This is where you will find yourself, in the playing 

After this week I'm sure you will be

playing with more imagination!

As always have fun with these activities. 

Like, Follow me, Share this blog, and join in. 

I would love to start having conversations about your ideas when you did one of the activities. 

Be Inspired, 

~jean 

Love Inspired

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Love Inspires
by artist 

Jean Hart 

Acrylic
11" x 14"

Life sure looks different today, and will for the next three weeks. 

My family, being of a higher age group will be spending our days together at home.

We are prepared to be self contained but I have to say it's a lot easier having a computer, 

TV,  and my phone at our disposal. It makes us feel less isolated. 

During this time I've have decided to take a few online courses to keep me busy and not go a bit stir crazy. 

I will also be continuing my workshop 

Creative Living A-Z 

You can find those beginning workshops in the past blogs . 

Love Inspires 

Living a life of friendliness and love will help to inspire you to live a life of compassion, hope and joy. 
Life is so much more meaningful when we share it with someone else. Often we sit and wait for what will come ahead only to finally get it!! Your future lies deep within yourself. It's way down deep where you keep your dreams. The true life is what happens when you decide its time to act upon those dreams and know, really understand that everything is up to you to make the future happen. And just like Abraham Lincoln said, "The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time." So just take it one step at a time. 

Be Inspired

~Jean

Fine Art is an Expression

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Just for fun grab a cup of coffee and visit some of my artwork shows I put together of my art. 

Enjoy

FINE ART IS AN EXPRESSION

FINE ART IS AN EXPRESSION........THESE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE PAINTINGS

I have put them on smile box, sometimes you have to click twice
grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the show
Be Inspired,
~Jean


http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4d6a63304d4449784f44513d0d0a&blogview=true

http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4d6a55354e54637a4d54513d0d0a&blogview=true

http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4d6a4d7a4d4463324f44413d0d0a&blogview=true

http://www.smilebox.com/playBlog/4d6a41794d4455314d7a6b3d0d0a&blogview=true

Interview with an Artist

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Fine Art for the finer things in Life

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Interview with an Artist

Jean Hart 

Welcome to my Art Blog. 

On occasion I have the opportunity to hear questions asked to me by people who send me

 e-mails. By the way, I love to receive your messages, and hear from people who like my art or want to know more about me. 

For today I will pick 5 questions that I found in my e-mail recently. 

Question:
Explain what you do?

Answer:
Okay, here I go.... My life goals as an artist have been to live more creatively. 
While I was taking courses at Universities, I came across a course titled,
 "Healing Arts".  That's it!!  It was a course that explored all aspects of liberal arts and applied it to daily living.  Since then, I have striven to create a life within those guidelines and create artwork that is meaningful and insightful. Artwork that appreciates the world around me. 
I'm currently an artist for "Artomat". 
Where I create artwork on wooden blocks that are distributed around the nation. 
I have an on-line store of my original artwork at Zazzle, where I have created amazing products from greeting cards to fashion wear. 
I'm currently writing the book, "Creative Living A-Z" and hope to have it published soon. 

Questions: How has your practice change over time?

My artwork like my life has completely changed. When I first started painting, I joined every contest, fair and exhibit I could sign up with. I won many awards, which I took for meaning people like my artwork so I should keep painting. 

Later, I took commissions and that was good, but for me I found extremely stressful.
Now, I paint for myself. I post my artwork on my blog, create products on zazzle and I paint for Artomat. 
I invite anyone who sees my artwork on the small blocks that would like to commission me for a larger canvas piece to contact me. 
This has worked out well me for. 

What art do you most identify with?
I would love to say "Outsider Art" only because for the most part I am a self-taught artist.  Looking at my past art, I see I'm more realistic and emotional. Like the paintings I used in my poem book, "Artwork from the Heart".
Today, I'm more interested in painting a pleasing painting that the viewer can connect with on a inspirational way. 

What work do you most enjoying doing?

Right now, I'm loving the little blocks I paint for ArtoMat, I'm painting close to 600 original pieces of artwork each year.   I'm learning to create an attitude of enjoyment of life without stress and pressure. I've gone back to some long-awaited hobbies I left behind. 
Working from home gives me the opportunity to switch from one art form to another and still feel like I'm creating every day. 

What’s your strongest memory of your childhood?

When I was younger creating was just a way of life for me. I was always busy with crafts and sewing. However, there is one craft that I did as a child that I want to go back to and that is papier-Mache. Making papier-Mache animal banks was so fun as a child I'm sure it would still be fun. 

Be Inspired,

~jean

I bet you didn't know.....

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I bet you didn't know

I bet you didn't know

A while ago I was tagged on Facebook, it said that someone had answered questions about me.

I popped in to see what they answered and just started to giggle...I just hate it when people say, "Oh, I know you." Nope, not even close. So here we go, I will tell you 10 things I bet you did not know about me and I invite you to tell me 10 thinks about you. This way when someone wants to say "I know you" they may actually know a little more about you.

10. I love cat, kittens, and wild cats. I have always had cats in my life and find them to be a comfort. True story, when I was preparing my art studio I wanted a studio cat. My son said, I want kittens. So together we sent out a message for  studio cat and kittens. What did we get two days later? A stray pregnant cat. Yeah, that's how the universe works. :-))

9. The best Christmas present I ever got was a kitchen cooking set. Came with tiny muffin pan, cake pans, small boxes of cake mix, spatula, etc. Wow, I loved it. Probably why I love to bake. But, now I don't eat sugar and have to come up with my own creative desserts.

8. Shopping.....My favorite shopping spree is spent on home decorations, kitchen tools, bedding and French and Italian soaps. And Shoes.7. The best time of the day for me is 5-7 AM. Up with the sun, candles glowing and meditating, writing in my journal and daydreaming. 

6. Going to Museums. This is kind of funny, me being an artist. I walk quickly through museums. I don't stop and ponder too much. In some strange way I'm thinking if I look too closely I might accidentally paint this and think its my own original idea. So, only if its the work of Masters do I linger. 

5. I'm learning about art history, works of art leading up to abstract expressionism. Reading about how to analyze works of art and appreciate the artists process.

4. I have grown not to like ground Turkey meat......getting tired of pork....thank goodness BarBQ season is on it's way I do like BBQ Chicken...not crazy about fish.....Maybe innately I'm a vegetarian!

3. I take my Blood Glucose test every morning. Only just borderline diabetic, I watch my numbers and diet closely.

2. The best drink any time of the day or night is Coffee. Just found out that in France you do not drink coffee with dessert. This sadden me a bit.

1. I'm teaching myself French. Self taught through tapes, books and computer. This has been fun, my house looks a little crazy right now with post notes stuck to everything with its french name on them.  

Well, there you go. Now you know 10 things I bet you didn't know about me.. It's your turn.
Be Inspired,
~Jean
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Sacagawea Dollar - What do you know?

Matthew's Back

Within life lies a chance to adapt..

Within life lies a chance to adapt..

Within life lies a chance to adapt..

With a New Year I always look to the past to see how I did last year and what I can do better this year.

Many things have change in my life in the last 12 years. I have had to adapt over and over again.

I am reminded of a quote I read from Don Bania, Jr.

"life is a precious gift..within every tragedy lies an opportunity".

It is so true, if I had not hurt my back and was forced to quit a job I loved, I would never have become an artist.

Over the years my artwork has taken on different styles, strokes, mediums and expressions.

I have no doubt that as I grow as an artist my artwork will expand and grow too.

When I first started I wanted to do portraits. I loved people and used my children as models.

I thought that I would be come a portrait artist.

As my interest in art grew I moved on the landscapes and birds..

After so many years of painting I'm still trying to decide what kind of artist I am.

My mediums change, my prospective have changed and my responsibility to art has changed.

Being a self taught artist means that I am constantly reading new books on art technique and art history. 

What will I be doing this year, 2020?

I'm not sure......And that's what today's blog is about.

I will be adapting to a life of working full time as an artist. Up to now I have only seen myself as someone who likes art, plays around with paint, and has been pretty lucky to have a following of people like my art.

I have been given this chance to paint, once again because of recovery, and, I now must adapt again.

So to all the new friends I've made and people watching me, I say.

Sometimes change is a good thing.

I was reading Don's story, and at first you think how sad a young boy has a devastating motorcycle accident that leaves him paralyzed from the shoulders down. He goes into deep depression, and than comes out of it  saying."My brokenness made me aware of my desperate need for God."

He starts drawing, with using only his mouth to hold the pencil. Teaches himself to draw, he spends over 100 hours on one painting.

Well, I say, bravo, the human spirit will pull you through.

Accept the changes in your life, after you have fight against them and let your spirit shine.

Do you have a story that you would like to share?

Has something happened to you that made you adapt to a different life style?

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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