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Carpe Diem Coral Rose by Nancy Medina 8X10 Oil on Archival Panel Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site Follow Me on Facebook Carpe Diem Coral Rose is the newest small work in the studio, celebrating the countdown to the end of my work in Corporate America! If you subscribe to my newsletter , you have already heard my news. I have given my notice as the director of a magazine and will be devoting all my efforts and time toward my art, and also spending time with my Mom who is in hospice now. Each morning I wake up and feel light as air, like I could float up to the ceiling with this aura of freedom and joy. My sister Kim reminded me of a poem that seemed just right, I wish I could remember who wrote this, do you know? I wish that my room had a floor I don't care so much for a door  but this floating around  without touching the ground  is getting to be such a bore! The crew celebrates....with a nap...

Red Red Rose by Nancy Medina 10X10 Oil on Gallery Wrap Purchase Information Flower Painting Workshops Nancy Medina Web Site My Art Newsletter My mother began writing poetry when we were toddlers. She collected her poems in a large spiralbound notebook over the years. By the time we were in high school, she had been published in several anthologies and had won some awards for her writings. She did not tell us she wrote poetry, or show us her work, until I was 22 years old. She wrote a poem about me once, and it told of a kitten who grew up and whom she could no longer protect from the world. Read more... Red Roses on the easel