I look back over this past year – my first full year as a new mom – and the one word that sums it up is… WOW! I know that isn’t a very poignant statement but damn…
So much has happened both good and bad, and along the way I am still learning how to [...]
Rubber Duckies escaped the bathtub for a backyard adventure! Recorded for posterity in a painting by moi.
Artist Rachel M Cotton shows the journey of a painting from start to finish. Feeling not a little sorry for the rubber ducks in her son’s tub, she took them for an adventure in the backyard, snapping photos [...]
Rarely am I approached to do a commission piece that opens my eyes to who I am as an artist. This piece has done just that. The entire re-branding of my art business was sparked by this piece.
I realized through creating this piece that there is a market for fun-loving art that inspires the [...]
As the re-branding of Cotton Studios is steadily underway, a part of the tag line “Fine Art for Children …and the Occasional Inner Child” has been called into question. I have found there is a substantial number of people who are skeptical or new to the term Inner Child.
We all have many layers of [...]
The last article ever written by Shirley Hiers of Richmond Hill begins “Every person we meet has the potential to impact our lives…”
How incredibly true this statement is.
Shirley Hiers was not only a very talented writer, she loved my son and my [...]
In case you weren’t aware bow ties are on their way back into mainstream fashion. This year’s 2011 Golden Globes was proof positive with celebs De Niro, Gyllenhaal, and Pitt donning bow ties. Ryan Kwanten who plays Jason Stackhouse in HBO’s series True [...]
Things happen. People change. And getting a little distance from yourself helps you to see the truth that has been before you the entire time. My art hasn’t changed, and it probably won’t very much. What has changed is my perception of the work.
After a brief roll with the existential crisis that plagues most [...]
Join the Conversation over at What’s Your Calling?
Finding this site today through none other than Rainn Wilson on Twitter was synchronistic for me. Lately the question that keeps popping up for me is exactly this – What do I feel called to [...]
“Dreams Landing” is a non-profit organization based out of Portland, Oregon. The group consists of an amazing collection of artistic people ranging from Composers, Sound Technicians, Actors, Writers, Musicians and Artists. The mission of “Dreams Landing” is to address the unhealthy separation of dream, myth and the artistic soul from modern day life through collaborative stories, music, and art. These truth seekers aim to bring balance back into the world and the human heart by “bringing together practitioners in psychology, mythology, spiritual traditions and the literary, visual and performing arts to offer audiences a unique, interactive performance-centered educational experience” to bring about renewal, healing and transendance.
The Daily Rachel is a video journal by Artist Rachel M Cotton. Rachel’s 30 day project is to create this video blog as a tool for creative and life growth. Artist, mother, and wife video blogs with quirky insights and observations while sharing artistic processes and inspiring motivation.
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