Tanya Torres  
Art for Love, Peace and Joy

In my house in Puerto Rico, a wood carving of Mary Magdalene by traditional Puerto Rican saint carvers Barbara Díaz and Marta Rodriguez Olmeda. Hello from Puerto Rico! I have been here a few days, a time I gave myself for thinking, decompressing, earthing, and enjoying the very simple things that life has to offer. Just a few days to remember, create new thoughts and find brief moments of a different silence. The green that surrounds my house soothes my soul. Tree planted in

Yesterday’s drawing of Mary Magdalene Today’s writing… I went through this so many times this year! After writing and editing a post, I get this message. It’s usually when I haven’t assigned a title and the auto save is not working properly. But I forget sometimes, and this happens. As I used to tell my son when he was young and had a bad day: Tomorrow will be a good day!!!! I had a good day, so losing a post is just a minor annoyance. Magdalene blessings to anyone who sees t

Today’s drawing of Mary Magdalene I needed more rest than usual this week, and the whole week passed before I was able to sit down to draw. Finally today I was free and was able to work on this drawing and some projects. The new year approaches and my mind is looking toward the future. And also back to this year. Even though I’m exhausted, I did manage to have a good six months where I completed several projects and emerged out of the intertia I had been experiencing for suc

Continued progress Progress may not be noticeable, but this painting has an extra 4 hours of work from the last version I posted here. It’s a slow process to finish a painting. I only worked on the face, the foot, the hand and the hair. Now it needs to dry again before painting another layer. The last month of the year is here. It’s been a long year of work, thinking, dreaming and hoping. I have been working on rebuilding the bases of my art practice. It’s a process that beco