Kelly Rae Roberts's Blog, page 113

a tricky life.

i love this recent painting. it doesn't happen with all paintings, but this one was hard to part with. maybe it's her hair. or the handwriting. or the birdie. i don't know, really, why i'm called to her, but i am.
i'm in a funny phase this week. i think i've had so much movement in my life these last few weeks, that i'm having a hard time settling. there is a vague sense of not really being present that is a bit unnerving, like i'm just going along with the motions. moving from one trip to...

the be present retreat and pushing through

(that me in my apron and my cowgirl boots. photo by andrea scher)
i want to tell you about how sweet this retreat was. how uncomplicated it was. how solid and brave the 24 other attendees were. i arrived as a teacher, but i learned so much.
i loved andrea's class where i sat with a sweet dear heart name chrissy to help her uncover her core values (an exercise andrea led us through). earlier in the day, andrea asked what we'd like to invite into the day and i said intimacy. minutes later i was ...

oops....the giveaway winners

just returned home from the be present retreat on the oregon coast. oh my, it was lovely and so perfect in many ways (loved my students and i learned so much, too!). but right now i'm a little embarrassed that i forgot to announce last week's giveaway winners. so, before i forget, let me get straight to it!
beth, you win the gallery wrapped canvas from color inc pro lab! amy souza and lesley, you both win $50 worth of goodies from brush dance!emily, you win the a beautiful print from kate of

i'm off to the oregon coast for the be present retreat wh...

i'm off to the oregon coast for the be present retreat where i'll be teaching, learning, soaking in the comfort of creativity and a whole lot of rain. i'm thinking there will be lots of hot tea, conversation, pajamas, and rest. i'll be back with stories and photos next week!

what i love about you is your raw honesty - your vulnerab...

what i love about you is your raw honesty - your vulnerability, your courage to tell us how you're really doing. sometimes releasing it out into the world lessens the worry held in our hearts, as if we're being buoyed somehow by unseen yet strong supports and graces.
for all of you struggling with overwhelm, critical decisions, heavy relationships, financial burden, illness, anxiety, vocational struggle, creative ruts, and unending tiredness....hold on, hold on, hold on. you are not alone...

sponsor giveaways (four winners!)

so, here's the truth. when color incorporated - digital pro lab offered to give away a gallery wrapped canvas (you choose the image - usually a favorite photograph you have) to one lucky reader, i thought "cool". but they also offered to send me one of the canvases prior to this giveaway so i could see the quality for myself. i took them up on the offer and headed to their website where i ordered a 10x10 gallery wrapped canvas. instead of choosing a photograph to put on the canvas, i decided ...

like, totally random.

(cover of october issue of underwired magazine - a KY magazine all about women, their creative pursuits and passions. thank you, underwired! ps - image available as print right here.)
lots going on over here. just when gina left, my friend brene arrived for a quick visit (so fun). and now i'm getting ready to head out to teach at the be present retreat with andrea and liz tomorrow! i'm really looking forward to this retreat and being back in manzanita oregon with a bunch of inspired, creative ...

bff gina

(me, gina, and our husbands on my wedding day. she and her husband brian married us which made it super meaningful)i've known gina 23 years. we were 12 when we met, barely into the 7th grade. i remember the moment i met her, when i thought she was so pretty, so wise, so unlike the other 12 years olds on that first day of school. and she was. throughout the years, especially when we were teenagers and in our 20s, she was my saving grace, the sage, the person who often told me i wasn't broken, ...

because it's true.

my bff gina is here in town from atlanta. the trail of house guests continues and my life is one big adventure lately because of it! such fun....i think i'll share photos of gina and i together when we were 12 years old in my next post. i was 12 and wearing head to toe acid washed denim the day i met her (first day of 7th grade, 2nd period, mrs durant's life science class). it was 1987. what can i say? whenever we tell the story of meeting one another for the first time, we sound like some...

book giveaway: Nature Inspired by Tracie Lyn Huskamp

earlier this year, at artfest, my mom and i took a class called nested visions taught by tracie lyn huskamp. tracie is what everyone says she is: warm, spirited, talented, and did i mention warm? in her class, my mom and i had the best time creating bird nests (from real horse hair!) to go in our beautifully collaged shadowboxes (here's what my mom made - before the it was inserted into a shadowbox - super cool). we both looovvveed tracie (and tracie's mom-in-law who co-taught the class)!