Those silly cats! This was a design I created while attending Liz Kohler Brown’s wonderful fun Summer School for fun this week. I like how you see the abstract form first, and then you get a surprise when you zoom in and see the kitties! Sly kitty thinks he’s so smart . . . You […]
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SPRING GARDEN
Looking out my window on a spring day makes me so happy – Seeing the flowers and smelling the soft breeze – makes me want to spend the day out there with them, instead of sitting here with my eyeballs glued to the screen – -=-=-=-=-=-=- JARDIN © Angela Treat Lyon 2026 instagram.com/angela.treat.lyon/
ICE CUBE FEET
Any of my three exes can verify that I am a shape-shifter. That I am a secret character in Marvel Comics called Ice Foot. That the second any part of my feet touched them as we laid together in bed, they’d feel the chill of ten thousand years run up their bodies until their brains […]
FLERRZ. I KNOW, WEIRD.
There’s no telling what names will come up out of thin air for my designs – sometimes they are ‘normal’ sounding, other times, not. So this one wanted to be called Flerrz. Like a combo of flurry and flower, all in a storm, but afterwards, when things calmed down again. Go figure. The repeat design […]
In MY GARDEN
Well, I don’t really have a garden – I have pots of plants that struggle through our hot, dry days and straggle their long fingers into the pathway across my front stoop. But I love them, even if they are funky looking! One day I shall have a real garden again! So in this design, […]
I’M BACK AGAIN!
Remember I said I’d found a pickle recipe? I had to try it! Annnnd, you know how I said I was going off social media so I could focus on my book series? I lasted a week – but couldn’t help cheating a couple days at the end. I know, Bad Me. So sue me. […]
For ALL MOTHERS
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! May your world be at peace May all good things come to you May we all honor, love, and respect you Not just today but every single day! Here are two plants with super healing powers get together in the garden – Isn’t it amazing how plants with such putting-off names can […]
BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
I’m one of the worst cooks on the planet. But I tried! I tried! I wanted to try to make up for the first batch of blueberry muffs. I was so careful to measure out everything perfectly! And … ummm … then I added twice the amount of blueberries called for. Because, you know – […]
FAT KATZ
An old friend visited. She had her fat cats with her in big ole kitty crates that were so big they took up the entire back of her SUV. I suggested she let them out once we were all inside and the door shut. I should have known how bad an idea that was by […]
OATMEAL COOKIES
I announced last week that I was going to be taking time off social media to focus on my next series of art books. And I did it, too! It was so hard! I missed everyone – seeing their posts, laughing at silly jokes, cussing under my breath at the stupidity humans are capable of. […]
BE KIND
The biggest test of late is this: no matter what happens, can you maintain your equilibrium? Can you remain detached enough from the swirling energy and emotions around you that you can make good choices? Be kind, even in the face of something distasteful? One mis-choice of words or actions can ripple down through years […]
FOUNTAIN of LIFE
Someone asked, what would happen if we jumped out of the Fountain? We all looked at each other, and a silent YES reverberated through each one of us. So we all, all at once, jumped right out of the fountain and into the air! We splashed and played until the sun went down, and swam […]
BIRDIES IN LOVE
Sometimes I feel so completely bowled over by life that I just can’t come up with an uplifting story for the art. Today was one of those days, so I decided to create a design that cheered me up – and it does, thank goodness. I’m seeing it as used in a quilt, or maybe […]
HORSE-LOVE
Lately an odd thing has been happening. Usually I have plenty to tell you about. But lately I have found that there are times I don’t have a story for a design I create – it’s just an alive thing and full of love, waiting for people to see and enjoy it. I love horses. […]
TATERS TOXIC?
I bet you didn’t know that potatoes, being of the Nightshade family, produce tomato-like fruit – that’s poisonous! I only found out because I planted some taters I got at the grocery store that were sprouting. The grocery guy told me to be careful, and about the fruities that would come if I allowed the […]
WILD OLD WOMEN UNLEASHED
Are you a plus-60 years old woman? Do you get ignored in public or at home, just because you have grey hair or walk with a cane? People walk right into me on the street and in stores sometimes! Hello? Am I invisible? Seems so – sure didn’t happen to me when I was a […]
MY FAVE WEAVER
I consider one of my most favorite artists to be the best – THE best – artist of all time. He’s a fabulous weaver. Not just any row-upon-row weaver, but magic images weaver, wizard-like design weaver, iconic story-teller weaver. His name is Maximo Laura. If you have ever seen any of his weavings, you’ll know […]
WHERE DOES ‘GRATITUDE’ COME FROM?
It was only after I spent a few months in Italy carving marble, that it dawned on me out-of-the-blue one day where the word comes from – It comes from the word in Latin meaning ‘grace.’ When I was in sixth grade, Latin classes were mandatory. I pretended to hate it, but truthfully, I was […]
TWISTY CHEETAHS
Did you know that cheetahs have part dog DNA? I wonder who did that – it was a long, long time ago, whoever it was! But it’s why they have such long legs and such a small head in proportion to the body!
SINGING HOME THE FLOWERS
Pain vs. Beauty is a real thing. Life can be so distracting! I have a chronic pain thing that keeps trying to usurp my energy and attention 24/7. Such a bludy PITA. That’s one of the reasons I do so many designs. During the time I’m drawing – it’s like imbibing a whole bottle of […]
I DEPEND ON LOVE
I’m so tired. I work at night, because cool nights are better than 107-degree days. And there is less psychic interruption. But what is really important? But having a backwards sleep cycle wears you out, and I’m worn to the nubs. Esp with all the crap happening in the world that grabs your attention with […]
LET’S HAVE A PICNIC UNDER the TREE of LOV
What are we waiting for? I’ll get the blanket and the food basket, you get the drinks, and I’ll meet you out under the tree! It’s a lovely day, not too hot, not too chilly – just right to sit around and nosh on our favorite sandwiches (and chocolates!), and climb trees and pick flowers […]
PLAYING in the FOREST
I had a dream this morning where all these funny looking folks were out playing in the trees. They were climbing and swinging and diving and flying and just being loud and laughy and silly, being naughty and having way too much fun. Why can’t we do that, too – and way more often? We […]
I LEFT MY HEART HOME
It’s hard for me to to believe, but it’s been almost seven years since I left my home in Hawaii. I miss it terribly. Hawaii is my Heart Home. It’s taken me forever to get over the shock and trauma that happened right before I left — I still haven’t told the story yet, it upsets me […]
TIME TO GET HORIZONTAL
Three goodies for you today! I have so many designs just sitting in little folders on my desktop, each one begging me to let it come to the light and be seen! So today you get not one, not two, but three! Sometimes ya just hafta relax. Or dance. Or sit by the river and […]
ARTISTS ARE the RAFTS
I fully believe that no matter the intensity and depth of the swamp and the mire and the mud and the insanity that we are going through – and probably will go through a lot more of in the coming days – even so, sanity will rise and prevail. I feel if I don’t have […]
FOXY-LOXY GARDEN TASSEL RUG
I want to share this with you right quick – I just ordered one of these magnificent rugs for myself!!! I rarely get to keep my own pieces, so I’m excited! The top image shows a rug made for a bathroom. No tassels, but non-skid bottom, and soft and cushy to walk on! Above is […]
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE
You do! I value YOU, and every one of the people who show up, view, appreciate and buy my work, make comments, send support dollars – it means the world to me! I wish you a very happy after-Christmas/holiday-in-between week, and an amazing, incredible, productive, take-care-of-you, fun, loving new year! You’re just the best! Stay […]
THE END of the DARK FORCES
I had a dream tonight that woke me up and made me come running here into my studio to sit down and write it out. In my dream, all of my light-filled friends and allies in the entire world got together and sent wave after wave of pure love to all the people in thrall […]
BLACK STALLION LOVES BUNNY
I guess I’m just the typical 79-year-old teenager who never got over loving and fantasizing about having horses. . My parents had a boat we got to sail all summer – they said that was enough! No horses! I said, ‘But, but, we have a barn! And I’ll keep the tack in good shape, and […]