Wishing I had a media pass for this event. 📸 Go Wishing I had a media pass for this event. 📸 Going to @redbull Imagination with Ben yesterday felt so nostalgic. Between Orlando and the Midwest, the first half of our relationship was packed with events like this, plus tons [TONS] of moto. We have both missed it. The hype. The craziness. The talent.❤️ I love how our moto community never dies no matter where we go. 👊🏽✊🏽Good to see the soon-to-be Nielsen’s!
Gummy Bear No. 2 (Blue) is done! 💙 I think once Gummy Bear No. 2 (Blue) is done! 💙 I think once the group is complete, these bears could be a fun collection to keep together or a pop of joy individually. Wherever they end up, I hope they make you smile 😊

My new favorite ceramic brush holder is from @kaias.ceramics, found at the @downtownbentonville farmers market.
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#artwork #artistsoninstagram #igart #artgallery #artcollector #galleryart #acrylicpainting #foodart #gummybear #painting #originalart #arkansasartist
An entire festival of @tashsultanaofficial wouldn An entire festival of  @tashsultanaofficial wouldn’t be enough. She does it all, and does it well. 🎸🥁🎹🎺🎤🎷🪈

Took dad for a belated birthday date to @format_festival 💕
Birthday Donut 🍩 Being that it is my birthday t Birthday Donut 🍩 Being that it is my birthday today, I thought I’d share the story behind the painting. Birthday Donut is a tradition that started on Ben’s 30th birthday. We were on the road for a family moto trip, which made it difficult to have a cake. When we stopped for gas, I bought a sprinkle donut and surprised him in the car yelling, “Birthday donut!! Happy birthday!” Now, we have birthday donuts every year on our birthdays. 🥰 Needless to say, this painting is not for sale. 
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Photos/vids: painting Birthday Donut, my bday donuts from last year, 2017 😳, and today - our first bday donuts (donuts in general) since living in Arkansas.
Because, why not paint a gummy bear? I love painti Because, why not paint a gummy bear? I love painting things that make me smile or evoke joy. There’s something adorable about these iconic, squishy candies that I just had to paint - but on a brightly colored mini canvas. 

This is the first in a group of colorful bears I hope to include in upcoming holiday markets. There’s still some work to do on the red bear, but isn’t it cute?! ❤️🧸
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#artist #artwork #artgallery #painting #foodart #painting #acrylicpainting #artistsoninstagram #realism #contemporaryart #arkansasartist #northwestarkansas
Time to varnish some paintings! 💃🏻 “Birthd Time to varnish some paintings! 💃🏻 “Birthday Donut” 🍩 got a new background, and I decided to re-varnish “Clementine” 🍊and “Uncle Jewel” 🪶with a gloss finish to make the colors and textures pop. 👌 
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#painting #artwork #artist #artgallery #arkansasartist #nwa #animalart #foodart #painter #acrylicpainting
Not a shabby Saturday in Northwest Arkansas! Almon Not a shabby Saturday in Northwest Arkansas! Almond milk pancakes, 🥞farmers market walks, 🫑 lunch date at Table Mesa,🥤a 14-mile ebike ride between Slaughter Pen in Bentonville and Blowing Springs in Bella Vista, ⚡️🚲 and a date with friends at the Railyard Live in Rogers for 90s cover band The Mixed Tapes. 🎤
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#northwestarkansas #nwa #arkansas #bentonville #bellavista #emtb #ditl #minivlog #rogersarkansas
Varnish day on these two. ✨I decided to redo the Varnish day on these two. ✨I decided to redo the background of ‘Say Cheese’ 📸🧀 and finally finished my artichokes. I love how this GAMVAR gloss makes everything pop! As Ben says, “It makes the painting HD.” 🤩 www.MichelleBazisArt.com 
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#painting #varnish #acrylicpainting #artistsoninstagram #igart #artwork #artgallery #realism
While I might have been hermitting through the Aug While I might have been hermitting through the August heat waves with paintings and books, there’s still this…beautiful NWA golden hours, staycationing with visitors, and enjoying the fruits of someone else’s garden. 🍅
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What Would Make You Happy? An Exercise

What Does Joy Feel Like?

Have you ever thought about writing down what would make you happy? Not a five-year plan or list of wishes and goals, but something more basic. What would a happy life look like [to you] on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis? I encourage you to get detailed when you write down what would make you supremely happy. Ask yourself, “What does joy look like, sound like, feel like, and tastes like?” This could include some gratitude statements for things that have already happened like healing chronic illness, getting a puppy, traveling somewhere new, or starting a business.

I can feel you judging me…

“You must be a millennial.”

“That’s a nice idea, but I live in reality.”

You Can’t Make Time

In the States, we have developed a collection of bad habits that won’t allow us to slow down, live in the moment, and act with intention. We don’t often ask ourselves what would make us happy because, we think, “I don’t have time for that.” But maybe this is the point: To make time. Time is our most valuable asset, but so many moments are given away like they’re renewable. If you were given a limited amount of money and told you’ll never have more, wouldn’t you be hyper-intentional about how you spent it?

the ask is the point

After all, how can you know which way to go if you don’t know where you want to be? Once you’ve written down what joy looks like for you, start a list of ways you can make this joy a reality. For example, it is really important to Ben and I to be together as much as we can and to be able to live where we want. In order to do this, working remotely makes the most sense for us. We chose not to accept or pursue opportunities that would get in the way of this joy, even if it meant turning down great offers. We have the luxury of choice because we have no debt, which is another joy we took steps to achieve.

If you have a spouse, I recommend doing this independently first, then together. You might be surprised to discover the little things you could do to help bring your partner joy, like waking them up with a kiss, joining them on bike rides, planting a garden, or planning a trip. Then together, what would make you happy as a team? Maybe it’s a house, a diet change, new hobbies, or family planning.

Be Joyful Always

Let me end with this: For those who have made it this far, some might feel this exercise is depressing. Writing down what would make you happy somehow makes you sad because it’s highlighting all the things you don’t have. You can be joyful always, regardless of your circumstance. Perhaps some of the joys you would like to achieve are not for today but I’m willing to bet there is something to be joyful about while you move toward the things you want. Choose to focus more on what you do have and what you can do rather than what you don’t have or can’t do.

HEADSPACE HACK: Whenever we were in a season of waiting or processing, my favorite thing to say was, “It’s just for now, not forever.” Maybe this saying will help you while you take steps toward making the joys you wrote down a reality.

How to start? here’s mine for inspo…

A joyful day [for me] includes waking up feeling rested with time to enjoy a morning routine (skincare, coffee, read my bible, stretch, and make breakfast). Most days, I work from home in my carefully curated office which is bathed in natural light. The windows are open often to feel the breeze and hear the birds. My office either smells like surf wax and fabric softener or my favorite maple and creme latte candle.

READ: Stress-Free Secrets To Becoming A Morning Person

My desk is oversized and my chair is both beautiful and ergonomic. My work blends digital and physical creatives with a focus on branding, community development, and art. Workdays away from home are filled with energetic collaborations and meetings, creative campaigns, industry events, and artsy projects. Aside from my day job, I’m identifying new ways to invest in children and women, encouraging them to realize their worth, nurture their talents, and identify paths to achieving their dreams. 

Work wraps with device-free quality time with Ben and dinner is made with real, delicious ingredients – some from our greenhouse garden. We like to go for sunset walks after dinner or stargaze by a bonfire.  It’s the little things that make our home a sanctuary like family heirlooms, soaking tubs, and homemade snacks. All who visit feel cozy, safe, and peaceful. Since I love design, cooking, and hosting, I’m making old-school dinner parties a thing, again. Years from now, we’ll have a collection of happy memories made over coffee, card games, bonfires, and movie nights. 

Holidays and time off are filled with what Ben calls, “dink days,” self-care indulgences. and travel. Dink days typically include a mixture of random errands and shop-hopping with friends or family. We’ll stop by farmers markets for treats and flowers, pop-up events or art fairs for trinkets and puppy petting, plus a coffee stop or two before finding a patch of grass to watch live music in the park. I’m thankful to be letting go of the DIY years and finally investing in things like fitness classes, holistic health treatments, and beauty appointments. We like to get out of the country a few times a year with weekend road trips or meetups with loved ones peppered in between. 

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Wishing I had a media pass for this event. 📸 Go Wishing I had a media pass for this event. 📸 Going to @redbull Imagination with Ben yesterday felt so nostalgic. Between Orlando and the Midwest, the first half of our relationship was packed with events like this, plus tons [TONS] of moto. We have both missed it. The hype. The craziness. The talent.❤️ I love how our moto community never dies no matter where we go. 👊🏽✊🏽Good to see the soon-to-be Nielsen’s!
Gummy Bear No. 2 (Blue) is done! 💙 I think once Gummy Bear No. 2 (Blue) is done! 💙 I think once the group is complete, these bears could be a fun collection to keep together or a pop of joy individually. Wherever they end up, I hope they make you smile 😊

My new favorite ceramic brush holder is from @kaias.ceramics, found at the @downtownbentonville farmers market.
—
#artwork #artistsoninstagram #igart #artgallery #artcollector #galleryart #acrylicpainting #foodart #gummybear #painting #originalart #arkansasartist
An entire festival of @tashsultanaofficial wouldn An entire festival of  @tashsultanaofficial wouldn’t be enough. She does it all, and does it well. 🎸🥁🎹🎺🎤🎷🪈

Took dad for a belated birthday date to @format_festival 💕
Birthday Donut 🍩 Being that it is my birthday t Birthday Donut 🍩 Being that it is my birthday today, I thought I’d share the story behind the painting. Birthday Donut is a tradition that started on Ben’s 30th birthday. We were on the road for a family moto trip, which made it difficult to have a cake. When we stopped for gas, I bought a sprinkle donut and surprised him in the car yelling, “Birthday donut!! Happy birthday!” Now, we have birthday donuts every year on our birthdays. 🥰 Needless to say, this painting is not for sale. 
—
Photos/vids: painting Birthday Donut, my bday donuts from last year, 2017 😳, and today - our first bday donuts (donuts in general) since living in Arkansas.
Because, why not paint a gummy bear? I love painti Because, why not paint a gummy bear? I love painting things that make me smile or evoke joy. There’s something adorable about these iconic, squishy candies that I just had to paint - but on a brightly colored mini canvas. 

This is the first in a group of colorful bears I hope to include in upcoming holiday markets. There’s still some work to do on the red bear, but isn’t it cute?! ❤️🧸
—
#artist #artwork #artgallery #painting #foodart #painting #acrylicpainting #artistsoninstagram #realism #contemporaryart #arkansasartist #northwestarkansas
Time to varnish some paintings! 💃🏻 “Birthd Time to varnish some paintings! 💃🏻 “Birthday Donut” 🍩 got a new background, and I decided to re-varnish “Clementine” 🍊and “Uncle Jewel” 🪶with a gloss finish to make the colors and textures pop. 👌 
—
#painting #artwork #artist #artgallery #arkansasartist #nwa #animalart #foodart #painter #acrylicpainting
Not a shabby Saturday in Northwest Arkansas! Almon Not a shabby Saturday in Northwest Arkansas! Almond milk pancakes, 🥞farmers market walks, 🫑 lunch date at Table Mesa,🥤a 14-mile ebike ride between Slaughter Pen in Bentonville and Blowing Springs in Bella Vista, ⚡️🚲 and a date with friends at the Railyard Live in Rogers for 90s cover band The Mixed Tapes. 🎤
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#northwestarkansas #nwa #arkansas #bentonville #bellavista #emtb #ditl #minivlog #rogersarkansas
Varnish day on these two. ✨I decided to redo the Varnish day on these two. ✨I decided to redo the background of ‘Say Cheese’ 📸🧀 and finally finished my artichokes. I love how this GAMVAR gloss makes everything pop! As Ben says, “It makes the painting HD.” 🤩 www.MichelleBazisArt.com 
—
#painting #varnish #acrylicpainting #artistsoninstagram #igart #artwork #artgallery #realism
While I might have been hermitting through the Aug While I might have been hermitting through the August heat waves with paintings and books, there’s still this…beautiful NWA golden hours, staycationing with visitors, and enjoying the fruits of someone else’s garden. 🍅
I started a new painting today. 👩🏻‍🎨 Fe I started a new painting today. 👩🏻‍🎨 Feeling pretty good about the progress so far. There’s still quite a bit of detail to work on with the bear’s fur and face, plus the Carmen Miranda fruit hat. 🧸🍇These painting time lapses are too fun! 16x20” acrylic painting on canvas; Bear Fruit 😊
Our Arkansas Home ❤️
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🚲 Devil’s Den
🚤 Beaver Lake
🏄🏻‍♀️ Loch Lomond
🐈 Home
💐 Bentonville
It has been a full few days here in NWA. 🎨I’ It has been a full few days here in NWA.

🎨I’ve committed to a big painting project, which I chipped away at. We explored new areas of the Crystal Bridges art walk in downtown Bentonville. 

☕️ Spent Saturday morning at Onyx Coffee and the Farmers Market 🌸 then picked up a loaner from Specialized before road tripping to Devil’s Den for a 2.5hr eMTB ride. 🚲Sadly, it’s been too dry for the waterfalls to flow, so we’ll have to come back. Before we left, a quick stop turned into a 1hr RT nature walk to get to the scenic lookout (worth it). We talked about books we’re reading to destract from the heat and our exhaustion (113°). 🥵 

🚤Sunday, we visited New Heights Church with some friends then spent the afternoon surfing and swimming on Beaver Lake. 
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#painting #artwork #artistsoninstagram #northwestarkansas #nwa #arkansas #bentonville #minivlog #emtb #hiking #farmersmarket #vlog #ditl
A hodgepodge week. Last Thursday, my HUGE family A hodgepodge week. 

Last Thursday, my HUGE family celebrated 101 years of my grandmother. It’s the first time in at least a decade that I can remember all 100+ of us being in one place at the same time. I browsed her home for, what could be, the last time ever & clipped a piece of the trumpet vine from her yard - my hope is it will flourish at my home in NWA. Whenever I look at it, I’ll think of her, especially when it blooms. 🌱

Spent a few days with family in Omaha, talking late into the evenings, picking out new house plants we don’t need (but my soul does) and loving on family puppies because [it’s a fact] petting dogs boosts your happy hormones. 🐕

Pursuing new opportunities with my art including launching a website, planning commissions, and printmaking. 🎨

With a bike in the shop, we browsed Bentonville on foot. The art walk at Crystal Bridges is an easy go-to, especially since we’re still new and have only scratched the surface of what’s available here in NWA. 🚲

Like I said, hodgepodge, but goodpodge. ❤️
Starting something new ✨ Glass Topo Chico Lime b Starting something new ✨ Glass Topo Chico Lime bottle with Grandma’s roses. 🌹Acrylic painting on 16x20” canvas. 🎨Can’t wait to share the finished painting! 

Who else loves Topo Chico?! 🙋🏻‍♀️

NEWS: I’ve launched a new site for my art - both original paintings and fine art photography. Click the link in my bio to check it out. 🫶🏽
🗓️ JUL 1 - 31 📍NWA & OMA 🗓️ JUL 1 - 31 
📍NWA & OMA
There was so much I didn’t capture from this stu There was so much I didn’t capture from this stunning exhibit at Crystal Bridges. My favorite elements of Diego Rivera’s work are his infamous florals, his use of color, and his intricate frescoes. I can’t wait for the Annie Leibovitz exhibit in September 📷 Feeling grateful for such incredible programming at my local art museum.

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#diegorivera #artexhibit #artmuseum #bentonville #nwa #arkansas #northwestarkansas #artgallery
Session two on the partner piece & final touches f Session two on the partner piece & final touches for part one. The two are intended to balance each other; the first has an earthy/stormy background 🌲 with bright shapes 🟪while the second has a fiery/warm background 🔥 with grounding shapes🟫. They’ll be displayed side-by-side in our entryway. Swipe for process photos/images of the partner pieces. Should reveal final project this weekend ❤️ (2) 30x40” acrylic on canvas

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That was fun ❤️ Silent Hattie, Tunnel Vision & That was fun ❤️ Silent Hattie, Tunnel Vision & Technical Difficulty in Bella Vista.
Did you spot the birthday donut? (IYKYK) 🍩 Spen Did you spot the birthday donut? (IYKYK) 🍩 Spent the weekend celebrating my mom and niece’s birthdays in Kansas City. Scooters, birthday donuts, home hangs, and walkabouts. No agenda, just quality time. 🫶🏽

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#kansascity #kcmo #qualitytime #ditl #travelgram #minivlog #lovefirst
4 projects started in one week & new projects in t 4 projects started in one week & new projects in the planning phase. I’m a painting maniac 🤪

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