Carole Sikes Artist / Writer in Austin, Texas

"" My latest painting is entitled THINGS FLYING (20" x 20" oil on canvas) and it is another in the Nature and Geometry series. Another title might be "Freedom and Structure." Our Creative Workshop is having its last session Wednesday Nov. 14th. Laura and I are so proud of the work that the participants did. We produced a booklet of the stories and poems that were submitted to be included. The success of the group can be measured by their willingness to be vulnerable and by their support of one another. When one writes, paints or offers whatever they have created in the name of art, it is often difficult or downright scary. A book by David Bayles and Ted Orland, ART AND FEAR, addresses this. I recommend it to all who are beginning to make art. We are born creative but often our creativity is suppressed. We must find time to discover and a space to react to what we have seen and what we can know that wants to be expressed in whatever way we choose. In ou