One of my earliest memories is exploring our farm in South Dakota. We lived 50 miles from the Black Hills and 25 miles from Bear …
Image: IN LOVE 24×24/acrylic on board
Life has carried me to this moment in time. For an illusion, she certainly bears her weight.
I am 71 …
Image: A Different Perspective 36×24/acrylic on wood
Dearest,
I can easily see your sincerity. Your kindness is genuine. Every trace of warmth and love we give …
I am increasingly aware that when we love someone, it becomes a point of bonding to them. We have volunteered to be willing contributors to …
Love. Trust. Eventually it requires you to take your clothes off and jump over the cliff into unknown territory, believing Love will catch you. You …
Valentine’s Day is on the horizon. Chocolates, candy hearts, poems being written and declarations of love to be made. While this is fun, today…I’m thinking …
I’m dreaming of a world where humans actually prioritize how they behave towards others. A place where we keep our word, or try to anyway. …
It’s windy today on The Highlands. This furtive kindness…the sun…the quiet…the joy. This wind – only wind – is cleaning out the cobwebs. Our many …
True,
I love how you are so opposite me. I love how judgement refuses to stick between us. I love how we accept each other. …
Dorsey is having an exhibition at Williamson County’s first community theater. The Williamson County Performing Arts Center opened earlier this month, the second of two …
Do you remember me saying how I love Scotland? I actually believe she loves me too. In John O’Donohue’s, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace, he said …
Wherever we are, there is an already established pattern telling us how to think. (Every action begins with a thought.) It is a combination of …
In the last few years, I’ve have been focused more and more on relationships. As with anything, there are myriad ways of approaching this topic. …
Good morning from the highlands in bonny Scotland!!! It has taken me a few days to be still and put my Scottish wings on. I …
Featured art – Choose Love (acrylic on board/10×21)
Right now, I am sitting with my laptop, struggling to find the right words to describe how this …
(Featured Image: THINK DIFFERENT – 27×27/acrylic on board)
Dreams are a large part of my life. Since early childhood, my dreams have been interesting. The imagery …
Winning or losing ego battles is not on my ‘idea-of-a-good-time’ list…neither is being cool or popular or wealthy. Been there. Done that. Instead, I want …
If you want to challenge yourself to find more depth, take a couple months in another country. Do something you’ve never done before. Find your …
Happy 2016! I am excited to tell you all this message comes from Dornoch, Scotland. The Highlands. I have been here a month. It is cold …
You may have heard me mention my screened in porch where I have early coffee nearly every morning of the week. I like to be …
Walking Each Other Home – 40×40/acrylic on board – in previous blogs and now completed, we have featured the progress on this painting. This is …
Walking Each Other Home (Stage 4) – 40×40/oil on board – in this and previous blogs, we are featuring the progress on this painting – …
Walking Each Other Home (Stage 3) – 40×40/acrylic on board – in previous and upcoming blogs, we are featuring the progress on this painting. This …
Walking Each Other Home (Stage 2) – 40×40/acrylic on board – in upcoming blogs, we will feature the progress on this painting. This is the …
Walking Each Other Home (Stage 1) – 40×40/acrylic on board – in upcoming blogs, we will feature the progress on this painting. This is the …
GIVEN A CHOICE – 10X21/acrylic on board
Art at its best, is a spiritual endeavor……truly. It draws us into another world. . It is a seed …
Relationships are assignments. They are part of a vast plan for our enlightment, the Holy Spirit’s blueprint by which each individual soul is led to …
There was a lot of story and fantasy in those early years. My parents both told us true stories of their parents. A favorite of …
Are you a genie I stumbled upon? Are you magic……. or an earthling like me? Maybe that’s who we are for each other
Vitamins for the …
I am learning to use my energy for fuel. I am learning to place boundaries where they are needed for protection. And I am learning …
This awareness of being chosen by Love is not new. Today holds a new awareness. LOVE IS MY CHOICE!!! Today? LOVE.
In this now, my choice …
Tonight, this thought has found its way to me:
All our sorrows, and all our joys, and everything between sorrow and joy makes us who we …
Life can be very hard. There is no getting around it. Bad stuff happens in this fallen world. We lose people we love. Our children …
I hear the humming of warm air rushing through vents somewhere beneath these floors. Nothing unusual, except for the awareness. This backdrop makes me sleepy …
“You are dear.”
What a lovely thing to say to someone. There are few people in our lives who hold that role without question. They are …
Inspired after watching Birdman – a very effective study of shadows…
We live in a world of shadows. Everything here of substance, casts a shadow. Its size and …
“Love is our destiny. We do not find the meaning of life alone, but rather with another.” Thomas Merton
From the moment of our birth, these …
Honey, I always thought you were wiser than I. Now I know you are just like me. Sometimes you know things…mostly you guess. My journey …
If this moment were music, it would be a symphony. Music so filled with gratitude that joy overtakes the notes. Takes them captive, dances in …
You’ve been drinking the same water for years. It tastes fine….
Until one day, you are handed a glass of pure, crystal clear water.
You sip.
This is …
My name is Patience. I have, for most of my life, consciously and unconsciously been looking for someone whose real name is True. When I …
It was early Sunday morning in Anacostia, D.C. We had driven paintings to my gallery in Georgetown. Susan and I wanted to drive …
Making a living in the art world has been quite a journey. In my early years of painting, there was only one motivation in …
We are in the process of learning how to live in Love. That’s what I want! After class on Wednesday, we usually have lunch together. …
Art is so cool! It gets inside you and rearranges your furniture. I like how music lifts you – makes you lighter, makes you feel …
My heart is drawn to fantasy. Sometimes it is the only way I know to tell the truth. Truth is the ring I am reaching …
How do we get introduced to ourselves? How do we identify the gifts in us that make us who we really are? We try very …
You and me….I am a kite flying as high as I can fly. You are my
friend standing on the earth, holding the string, …
Your message has found me, just as a note in a bottle thrown into the waves finds its destination! I have believed in you for …
My friend, the bicycle man, came all the way from the Dordogne River Valley to Tennessee with me. I have had a love affair with …
Patience had the dream again. For a long time she has seen Him in her dreams. She goes through her days meditating on His …
True is a teacher. He has taught me so much about enjoying every moment and working consistently at building my dreams. I am really …
While growing up in South Dakota, I was surrounded by lots of good people. They were kind, hardworking (most of the time), moral people. Everyone …
Letter to True:
I am so thankful to know you. So thankful you have shown me who you are. Your light is so lovely. Your song …
I am thinking that light is stronger than darkness. in a large building, closed off completely from outside light, a tiny candle can not be …
Relationships are fascinating to me. How we manage to connect with another at all is sometimes more than I can wrap my mind around. When …
Making Our Way Home – 24×24
Thoughts on art…
ART can decorate our homes. GOOD ART compliments our couches and our walls. We can live with good art…GREAT …
WEEPING CHERRY (TEARS OF JOY) 24X18 – ACRYLIC ON BOARD
Tears of Joy
I grew up in a family of women who talked freely and men who …
AND WHAT IS LOVE?
There is possibly a gypsy living inside of me.
And What is Love? – 36×30 – paper on board
In the late 60’s and …
SOMEWHERE IN MEMORY
There was a lot of story and fantasy in those early years. My parents both told us true stories of their parents. A …
GRANDMA HELMA’S HOME
My name is Dorsey. Dorothea is on my birth certificate. Dorothea was the daughter of my Dad’s namesake: Peter Livingston Edwards. After giving me the name, …
PATIENCE – MIXED ON BOARD – 32X40
Sometimes, I wonder what I love more…image or story. If this were a race, it would be close. I understand and …
PATIENCE LOVES TRUE – 12X12 – acrylic on board
It is another day. Another day in which to live and breathe and have our being! I love those …
Life is Art
Life is art….just think about breathing…or about getting dressed in the morning. Early in my childhood, my dad and my sister both encouraged me …
WHERE I WANT TO BE
This is an image we used at a recent innovat8e conference in Franklin. There were 30+ participants, mostly professionals: Our exercise was to …
KISS THE CHEF
Art is not about things. It is not even only about beauty, though of course art can be and often is beautiful. Art …
Catch Dorsey LIVE tonight at 7:00 CST on “Finding your Voice radio” with Joel Boggess and Pei Kang Listen live – www.k4hd.com and call in …
Sailing Free
Those 2 words paint such a picture. I’m listening to Jeff Black singing his song “Same Old River”. I have loved his music for a very …
TRUSTING YOU – 8X8 – acrylic on board
Relationship offers, among many other things, sanctuary. Every honest relationship makes us a part of a safety net for …
Now this is living!
My perception of reality has been altered by my perception of what is important. One sees what one wants to see. I am not …
DREAMS AND FANTASIES – paper on board – 16×16
Sometimes Trust is the Issue…
You have a very thick glass shield around you.
For awhile, I thought I …
IF I HAD WINGS – 21X36 – ACRYLIC ON BOARD
My concept of “old” was much different when I was 12. I remember hearing about a …
JAZZ – 16X16 – PAPER ON BOARD
If she were music, she would be jazz. She has always been a wild
child, an unconventional spirit, creative. She …
The best is yet to come
We walked, holding hands and hugging ourselves, up the long gentle hill winding to the hotel. Massive snowflakes drifted gently from …
Think on what is good and pure and lovely…..
I am a thinker. My earliest conscious thoughts are memories of wandering around our tiny farm, making up …
OUR SHARED MYSTERY – 12×12
Longing for more…more connection…..more Love…turning to Life….choosing to live….being thankful….sharing what we have been given….sharing what comfort we have. Knowing, beyond a …
PRETTY FINE! 20X24
A life of its own….
The red scarf was a gift. She loved it. It was warm and they were in Love. After she lost it, …
Let’s Dance Tonight Honey
There’s a fire burning in the hearth. I have been staring at the flames, feeling gratitude beyond my ability to articulate. Gratitude …
For a long time, now, I have had the idea of how cool it would be for artists to reflect one another in word and …
OUR SHARED MYSTERY – 12×12 – oil on canvas
The eyes of my heart.
We have an ancient foe. His quest: to steal us away from our …
LIVING WITH INTENTION (8×8/oil on canvas)
Living with intention means we make decisions. We don’t drift with the strongest current. We choose life. We choose to …
OUTRAGEOUSLY BLESSED (8×8/oil on canvas)
At this moment, I am sitting in my little screened-in porch. The two overhead fans are sending soft, cool air my …
YES! AND YOUR NIGHTS TOO! (8×8/oil on canvas)
While we are at this business of “living”, lets dance through our nights too. Let’s live in whatever …
DANCING THROUGH YOUR DAYS (8×8/oil on canvas)
If we could live each day without believing any lies. If we could really know what is true, we …
AMAZED BY THIS GRACE (8×8/oil on canvas)
Give me a gift. Do this with me.
Lets drive to the ocean. We can find a little place to …
THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD… (8×8/oil on canvas)
Love will never get old. It is as if I woke up one day andcrossed over into …
She Left Her Red Scarf – (8×8 oil on canvas)
As the bus rolls along the highway down from Skye, I photograph the houses that speak …
USE YOUR IMAGINATION (8×8/oil on canvas)
Use your imagination! God smiles…..
Flowers are a lovely gift. I appreciate them more and more. I love cutting them from the …
TELLING THE STORY (8×8/oil on canvas)
Still telling the story…
Our stories are all around us. Most of us don’t realize we are telling a story as we live …
THE RED SCARF (8×8/oil on canvas)
She placed her red scarf on a hook on her upstairs window. Red had been her favorite color for a long time. It …