by insidewink | Jun 9, 2021 | Artists, Expert Advice |
Creativity & Expressing Yourself At insidewink we are all about creativity and expressing yourself. We love to feature artists, musicians, storytellers, heroes – all of us who take a chance and rise up to create or do something special. So we were especially...
by Ben Tanner | May 18, 2021 | Artists, Expert Advice |
Every few weeks we try to highlight an artist. Well, we received an email from Ben Tanner with the idea to teach our readers how to play a song on the guitar… which will make YOU our inspiring artists for May. Ben Tanner is a Physician’s Assistant (similar...
by Steve O'Bryan | Apr 6, 2021 | Artists, Expert Advice, Featured |
“I create a safe space for singers to come in and learn to sing better & I can sing what I teach.” – Katie Riggs Singer, Teacher Insidewink always likes to share people with interesting careers and occupations. Recently insidewink sat down with...
by insidewink | Feb 19, 2021 | Artists, Videos |
What Nature Does For Love With this being Valentines Day month, we were a little stumped about what to do for our partners and freinds. Sometimes you just can’t be sure that you are doing something someone will really love. We all have various Love Languages....
by insidewink | Jan 26, 2021 | Artists |
Artist Bettina Madini’s beautiful painting “VOLCANO” We meet the most interesting people through this website! We received an email from a reader, Joel Burbach (thank you, Joel), who recommended we consider Bettina Madini as our Artist of the Month....
by insidewink | Dec 26, 2020 | Artists, Interviews |
Karen Drucker’s motto is “You are seen, you are heard.” Through her varied talents, she creates an openess that is transformative. She is a singer, a songwriter, an author, a retreat leader, a comedienne and a self proclaimed “seeker”. ...
by Alison Martin | Nov 22, 2020 | Artists, Featured, Great Reads |
Joanne Kimes is the author of the “Sucks” book series whose titles include Pregnancy Sucks, Dating Sucks, Dieting Sucks, Grammar Sucks, Potty Training Sucks, Breastfeeding Sucks, Menopause Sucks, Bedtime Sucks and Christmas Sucks. Joanne Kimes makes me...
by Jean Trebek | Oct 23, 2020 | Artists |
Former Academy President, Frank Pierson, with Karen and Howard Baldwin at the Oscars Film producer, Karen Baldwin, has been a friend for a very long time. I actually met Karen in 1970 in kindergarten and we became “best buddies”. Our friendship lasted all...
by Jean Trebek | Sep 23, 2020 | Artists, Featured |
Peter Kares has been a family friend for over 30 years. Alex and I were at his home recently where he cooked us an amazing dinner and showed me some of his photography. I immediately thought that since he is so creative and based in L.A., his work would be perfect for...
by Alison Martin | Sep 1, 2020 | Artists, Featured, Interviews, Scuffed Stuff |
Outside HelMel Studio & Gallery in Los Angeles: John Becerra of SparkRise, Val Kilmer, and Brad Koepenick Who doesn’t know of Val Kilmer? Let’s take that one step further, who doesn’t love Val Kilmer? First, there are his incredibly varied and...
by Alison Martin | Aug 25, 2020 | Artists, Interviews |
I’ve known Kate Chassner a long time – thirty years! That’s most of her life. I met her at my wedding when I married her mother’s brother. My first distinct memory of Kate was when she held my bouquet, smothered her face in the flowers then...
by Jean Trebek | Jul 23, 2020 | Artists |
Carl Studna came to us through our friend Kathlene Noone. I didn’t know too much about Carl, except that Kathleen sang his praises. Knowing that Kathleeen has such an artistic eye, I asked to see some of his art. She gave me his book – Evolution of Loving...
by Jeanette DuBois | Jul 2, 2020 | Artists |
Rising Appalachia Rising Appalachia are two sisters whose music both honors and transcends the folk roots style in which it is based. They use their lyrics and voices to speak out about social, economic, and environmental issues, calling for change while promoting...
by Jean Trebek | Jun 18, 2020 | Artists |
I met Joan Doyle at North Hollywood Church of Religious Science over ten years ago. I don’t know if it’s because we both have Irish roots and reverence for spirituality but I felt a kinship with her immediately. Joan exudes a very centered and peaceful...
by Jean Trebek | May 23, 2020 | Artists |
Grenville Pinto Loves Entertaining! Grenville Pinto was introduced to us by our contributing writer, Natalie Soriano. Natalie and Grenville have been friends for a long time and we are excited to share his music with you. He has been playing the violin since the age...
by Jean Trebek | Apr 26, 2020 | Artists |
When you have children who attended the same school, you naturally become friends with their parents and that’s how I met the beautiful Sherry Corday, mother of our artist this month – Kimberly Corday. Recently, I went to a moms’ luncheon reunion,...
by insidewink | Mar 20, 2020 | Artists |
Since we can’t go to museums right now, insidewink is so happy to bring the art to you! Talk about the apple not falling far from the tree… Jade is the beautiful daughter of our previous insidewink artist of the month – Cheryl Goettemoeller. We have...
by Jean Trebek | Feb 24, 2020 | Artists |
Vi Wickam our insidewink artist of the month I met Vi quite a few years ago through our mutual friends, Ike Allen and Ande Anderson. I was taken by his pure heart and the way he played his fiddle! I thought he would be a perfect fit for insidewink… so...
by insidewink | Jan 10, 2020 | Artists |
Jean met Christy Shelton at church and was incredibly impressed with the artist’s newest work of art – a large, bare tree that stretched over the entire pulpit and church’s stage. As the weeks went on, Christy added leaves of different colors, so the...
by insidewink | Dec 24, 2019 | Artists |
“I try to remember to be grateful for the gifts that we enjoy from day to day.” – Alex Halliday, insidewink’s artist of the month Alex Halliday is a wonderful portrait artist from across the pond. She took a chance and reached out to us from...
