A Painted Garden

self care

  • An Artist Signs Her Work

    My name is Mireya Pizarro. I am the artist. I am the writer. I have gone back and forth with how to sign my art. At first I didn’t even sign my work because am I an artist? The verdict… Continue reading

  • Pink and sparkle flowers for a blanket

    One of the quotes for my collage flowers is as follows: It’s the small ideas that lead to the biggest blooms. What happens in the middle is endurance, love and spirit. I’ve been sketching with pencil and paper. Now I’m… Continue reading

  • Have you read this book

    Different Is Beautiful is one of my favorite projects. This book is part of my childhood. I just read it. I’m going through all of my art and archiving the good stuff. This book is good. If you need a… Continue reading

  • Keep Going

    I’m not sure what I was going to create, hence all the scribbles in the background. I covered up the scribbles. The words, keep going emerged. And the shade of blue has a hint of purple. Faith and imagination go… Continue reading

  • Paper Collage is such a fun way to create

    The pink and the yellow just work. This piece took about two hours. It always gets me that I paint these colorful papers from copy paper. As I paint them, the textures are just interesting to make. Oh, but when… Continue reading

  • Ribbon hand painted paper?

    What a great idea! On this journal session I gathered a few objects. I didn’t know what I’d create but the objects would ignite my curiosity. I could write my poems or project pages on paper with ribbon lines. Watercolor… Continue reading