The 30-Day Creative Gathering Artists, February 2023

Val van der Poel

The 2023 February 30 day Creative Gathering has come to a spectacular end. Many new members joined us. Day one started off with a bang. 40 pieces of art posted. Our daily average was 33, and our final count was just under 1000 pieces of art created, 992.

I didn’t count the extra pieces that were posted in comments. Those would put the total well over 1025. Our September 2022 total was just over 700. Way to score, artists!

I know you will enjoy this peek at the amazing art that was created during our Creative Gathering. Be sure to visit our board on Pinterest to see them in more of a gallery view. It’s spectacular!

Sea Dean

Eileen A. E. Vivell

Jennifer Beaudet Zondervan

Markus Wobisch

Christine Brooks

Judit Zsidakovits

Helen Trachy

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.
Bill Moyers

Chandra Lynn

Nelvia McGrath

Lynne Forrester

Eva Lato

Laurelle Cidoncha

Diane Wilde

Donna Pierce Clark

To create one’s own world takes courage.
Georgia O’Keeffe

Johanne Boisvert

Francine Bennett

Cindi Jones

Anne Bolner

Teresa Harrington Hazelbaker

Linda Lovisa

Marrianna Dougherty

Karin Hooper Schoonover

Lucie Trepanier

Cher Truax

Beth Farabough Bolay

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye,
it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.
Edvard Munch

Natasha Papousek

Sandy Sandy

Corinne Bekker

Jaine Buse

Raymonde Fortin

Pam Morgan

Lynne Mizera

Lori K. Wikdahl

Joy Nichols

Christiane Drieling

Laurie Sayward

None of us, including me, ever do great things.
But we can all do small things, with great love,
and together we can do something wonderful.
Mother Teresa

18 thoughts on “The 30-Day Creative Gathering Artists, February 2023

  1. Christine Brooks

    Thank you. Fantastic post. What a fantastic collection of works and talent
    Thank you so very much. I so enjoyed seeing and reading comments. Congratulations Sheila for a wonderful month.

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    1. Sheila Post author

      So glad you enjoyed it, Christine! Always look forward to having you participate.
      Happy creating to you. 🙂

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  2. Teresa Hazelbaker

    What an amazing variety of the creative outpouring of art. Thank you, Sheila, for devoting so much time to commenting and encouraging everyone who posted daily on top of doing your own pieces. The final presentation you made of everyone’s contributions is so well done. You make us all look our best. 🙂

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    1. Sheila Post author

      We have an awesome group of amazing artists, Teresa! So glad you enjoyed the post, and the gathering. 🙂
      I just put them all together, it is the artists that make the collection so fabulous.
      Thanks so much for sharing your vision with us, Teresa. 🙂 See you in the next round! 🙂

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    1. Sheila Post author

      Thanks so much, Chandra. Your month was outstanding! Jaw droppers all!
      So glad you were able to join us, it would not be the same with out you!
      xoxo 🙂

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  3. Lynne Mizera

    Seeing everybody’s work together, all in one place is completely and fantastically Amazing! I just have to join the rest of the group by saying thank you! thank you! thank you for all the work you do to organize and promote this wonderful event, but even more how you support us for the entire 30 days. I am already looking forward to the next one 😊

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    1. Sheila Post author

      So awesome to hear, Lynne. That you will be with us in September. 🙂
      I am so glad you enjoyed the event. Thank you so much for sharing your WONDERFUL work with us all!
      Happy creating to you Lynne! 🙂

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  4. Dorothy H Seiter

    Sheila, heartfelt kudos to you for the love and expansiveness you bring to the 30-Day Creative Gathering. W – O – W !!! Thank you for creating a gallery to shine light on all the magnificent art!

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    1. Sheila Post author

      Thanks so much for visiting the gallery, Dear Dotty.
      Sure would love to see you in the gathering one day. 🙂
      I know your art would receive lots of L-O-V-E! xoxo

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  5. Lynne Forrester

    Oh wow! Thank you so much for compiling this post, organising and encouraging us all Sheila 🥰. What a creative month we’ve all had, it’s lovely to see everything together like this.

    We have to have done the universe some good by sending such creativity out into the world like this 💖

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    1. Sheila Post author

      You said it Lynne! My writing skills lagged… the post was a long one this year.
      But YES! We definitely added to the positive energy and light of the world!
      So glad you enjoyed the post! See you soon! 🙂

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  6. Paint a Masterpiece

    Wow! Simply amazing everyone. I made a major departure from painting by learning to knit. The support I got was very encouraging. It was so inspiring to see the incredible variety of media represented. I’m always amazed how eclectic my favourites list is.

    I try to go back and view each day several times during the gathering because many participants play catch up and post long after the day on the album cover. I’m always thrilled to see the new art and leave likes and comments.

    I look forward to seeing you all again in the fall. Have a great spring and summer.

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    1. Sheila Post author

      Yes, Sea. A long list, of eclectic favorites! 🙂 I am so grateful to you for doing that, Sea. I do constantly, for the very same reason. I wish I could get more people to understand the huge benefits of using the albums to view, rather than the main feed. Thanks you for continuing to look back, and comment! My wish is that everyone receives recognition and encouragement. And if they have taken the time to catch up, that is really something. So glad to have you in the group, still! Haha. You have been doing this longer than I have. You are the one who got me started, weren’t you? See you in September, and before! xoxo

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  7. Helen Trachy

    Lots of energy and creations in here! Congratulations to all and my special compliments to Sheila, the Chef!😊😘👋🌈👏👍

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    1. Sheila Post author

      Haha 🙂 Thank so much Helen. Thank you for contributing your amazing talent and energy!I always look forward to seeing you in the gathering.
      Happy creating my friend! xoxo 🙂

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  8. Val van der Poel

    What a wonderful collection of art and creativity! I hope that everyone who participated will give themselves a big pat on the back whether they did one piece or all 30. Somedays the chance to get creative just doesn’t happen but when it does I bet it makes everyone feel so much better. Sheila – you have done so much work organizing us and then putting together this blog and the pinterest page as well as doing your own art. You amaze me! Thank you so much for all you do.

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    1. Sheila Post author

      Well said, Val. One reason I try so hard to include each artist, in this post.
      Making a commitment to yourself, setting aside the time. Even one day out of 30, is better than not having done it all.
      And we all have busy complicated lives. But setting the intention, can bring possibility.
      Thank you so much, Val. For shining your light, and sharing your wonderful work. And thank you for consistently offering
      your encouragement, and gentle suggestions. Those conversations are so vital to the group’s success. 🙂 xoxo

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