{"id":105355,"date":"2013-04-06T21:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T01:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/105355\/simple-sunday-with-artist-shelly-penko\/"},"modified":"2013-04-06T21:00:55","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T01:00:55","slug":"simple-sunday-with-artist-shelly-penko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/105355\/simple-sunday-with-artist-shelly-penko\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Sunday with Artist Shelly Penko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none\" src=\"http:\/\/i57.photobucket.com\/albums\/g208\/ammango\/angel_love\/Poems\/collab\/TheCPCTideblank-2.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span> <span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong>Welcome to Simple Sunday!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><font face=\"verdana, geneva\" size=\"4\" color=\"#9CF2BD\">Tonight we are featuring a piece of art by Shelly Penko. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><font face=\"verdana, geneva\" size=\"4\" color=\"#9CF2BD\">Shelly&#8217;s bio:<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><font face=\"verdana, geneva\" size=\"4\" color=\"#9CF2BD\">I am a contemporary, expressive painter, living and working in Austin, TX (of the \u201cKeep Austin Weird\u201d fame!).  Austin is a unique town, famous for live music and quirky small businesses and restaurants.  It\u2019s a wonderful, inspiring place to live and create art.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><font face=\"verdana, geneva\" size=\"4\" color=\"#9CF2BD\">I graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in Fine Art and went on to teach art for the next 16 years, in both the elementary and high school levels.  I learned more about art when I was teaching than I did getting my degree.  I think Picasso had it right when he said:<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><font face=\"verdana, geneva\" size=\"4\" color=\"#9CF2BD\">\u201cEvery child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><font face=\"verdana, geneva\" size=\"4\" color=\"#9CF2BD\">Most often, we get in our own way when making art. I create best when I just go for it, without thinking too hard, like kids do when they paint.  It\u2019s then that the magic happens!<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><font face=\"verdana, geneva\" size=\"4\" color=\"#9CF2BD\">My primary goal when creating art is to express my appreciation and awe at the beauty of life, love, relationships, or nature. I hope my art somehow awakens in the viewer a reminder of passion or love or joy. That\u2019s the ultimate success for me, when someone says my work moves them\u2026because when you are moved, you are awake! And the world is in need of more people who are awake.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span> <span> <\/span> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none\" src=\"http:\/\/i57.photobucket.com\/albums\/g208\/ammango\/angel_love\/cpc\/Within-art-lives-an-element-of-magic_zpsaa8d4667.jpg:original\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shellypenko.com\/\"><font face=\"verdana, geneva\" size=\"4\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong>http:\/\/www.shellypenko.com\/<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"verdana, geneva\" size=\"4\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong>It is titled &#8220;Angel of Spring&#8221;.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#ffff00\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none\" src=\"http:\/\/i57.photobucket.com\/albums\/g208\/ammango\/angel_love\/cpc\/Angel_of_Spring_zps5c29b2ac.jpg:original\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span> <span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong>Looking forward to see what this artwork<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong> inspires your muse with.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong>Please click the heart above if you enjoy this blog.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong> It would also be great if you spread the word<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong> and told a friend. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" \/><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"comic sans ms, sans-serif\" size=\"5\" color=\"#9CF2BD\"><strong>Thanking you in advance&#8230;love, light and many blessings!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none\" src=\"http:\/\/i57.photobucket.com\/albums\/g208\/ammango\/angel_love\/hearts\/Hugsheartrose.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Welcome to Simple Sunday! Tonight we are featuring a piece of art by Shelly Penko. Shelly&#8217;s bio: I am a contemporary, expressive painter, living and working in Austin, TX (of the \u201cKeep Austin Weird\u201d fame!). Austin is a unique town, famous for live music and quirky small businesses and restaurants. It\u2019s a wonderful, inspiring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,29],"tags":[159,4,4182],"class_list":["post-105355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-poems","tag-cpc","tag-poetry","tag-simple-sunday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}