For our next TCS we will have birder and fellow artist Ross Hier. Ross will share about his February birding adventure in Costa Rica as well as his lifelong bird artwork.

Like art, birds reveal a spot of beauty with their plumes and songs and allow us to escape the stressful and mundane. Ross has captured the simplicity, as well as the complexity of birds.

Ross’s love of nature from a young age led him to a career as a wildlife biologist. He retired after 35 years with the Minnesota DNR Wildlife Section. A self-taught artist, he thoroughly enjoys the versatility of transparent watercolors. Nature provides him with unlimited subject material. Many of his subject ideas arose after observing some interaction in nature, landscape, or creatures. “I am drawn more to days when life wasn’t so driven by technology and was lived at a slower pace.“

Our next TCS is April 12, 5:00 PM via Zoom. Please reach out to Trey for an invite. Everyone is welcome to join.

Hello Artists! Your input is requested.

Join us via Zoom on Wednesday, February 8 from 5 to 6PM or email Trey.

Tending the Creative Soul is transforming. Trey would love to hear your ideas for TCS in 2023.

Would you like TCS to meet at a different time? Evenings, mornings, weekends, midnight?

In-person gatherings instead of/along with Zoom gatherings?

What locations would you recommend for in-person gatherings?

Would you be open to hosting occasionally either in person or Zoom?

What length of time seems good to you?

What topics are you interested in?

What topics have you appreciated in the past?

Special guests?

Multiple Zoom or in-person gatherings to choose from each month?

Other thoughts?

For our next TCS, Wednesday, February 8 from 5PM to 6PM, we will be discussing the future of TCS. If you can't make it to our Zoom gathering this week please send Trey an email with your thoughts.

For our Tending the Creative Soul we will be exploring "The Practice of Observing Art." The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston Texas has a four step practice of how to "look" at art. We will be experiencing their four steps of Look, Describe, Think, and Connect with various pieces of art. If you have a favorite art piece you would like to share for the practice please "bring" it.

Our next TCS is Wednesday, October 12 from 5:00 to 6:00 PM. This event is online via Zoom. Reach out to Trey for a Zoom invite.

Tending the Creative Soul will be Wednesday, September 14 from 5:00 to 6:00 PM. This event is online and open to anyone who would like to join. Email Trey for a Zoom invite at treyeverettcreates@gmail.com.

We will be exploring Creativity and Music. How does music influence your creative process? If you are a musician what helps you get into the flow? Who or what styles of music are some of your inspirations? If you aren't a musician how do you experience music as a creative force? Please join us!

How do the seasons affect your creativity? What is it like to create art on cloudy cold days versus sunny warm days? Do you tend to create more quality art at different times of the year? For our next TCS we will be looking at how weather, times of the year, events and situations affect your creative quality and output. We will also be discussing how to work with those slow and less creative times of the year. Reach out to Trey for a Zoom link.

Tending the Creative Soul New Date: Every Second Thursday from 5 to 6 pm. Our next TCS is Thursday, February 10th from 5:00 to 6:00PM. This is online via Zoom.

Our topic of discussion will be: How do you protect, store, catalogue, and transport your artwork? Bring your thoughts, questions, and clever ideas you have learned over the years. Email Trey for an invite if you aren’t on the list (treyeverettcreates@gmail.com).