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About Me
 It all started with a magical class in Portland. . . .
Several years ago I attempted to get through Julia Cameron’s book, “the Artist’s Way” on my own, but abandoned my efforts about half way through the program. I decided to try again and discovered an Artist’s Way Creative Cluster being offered in Portland under the tutelage of Gretchin Lair at Scarlet Star Studios. I signed up in the fall of 2005 and with determination and delight, completed her 13-week course. Out of it sprang both my desire and my mantra to BE BOLD and to further enhance my creativity. As result of my newfound boldness, three things happened: Alley Art was born, I began offering Artist’s Way Creative Clusters in Salem, and I gave myself permission to call myself an artist!
I love to teach, encourage others, and lead groups related to creativity and art-making. I’m also a workshop junkie, devouring as many classes as possible related to art journaling, painting, and collage. My creative resume illustrates the variety of classes and workshops that I have both taken and led.
Because I believe in supporting the arts, I am a member of the
Salem Art Association,
Portland Art Museum,
Artists in Action,
Oregon College of Art and
Craft, and
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology.
Dayna is a proud member of the
Portland Art
Collective, a group of 30+ talented women artists. She is also a
founding member of the Salem Art Group, a small group of
Salem artists who get together for art outings and workshops.
I am also a:
- I am a guest lecturer at Serenity Lane presenting specialized lectures on Wellness and Communication.
- Member of a book group with no name, but made up of smart, intelligent, creative women who love to read and discuss what they’ve read.
- Full-time wife, married for 39 years to the most supportive husband a recovering creative could want (thanks,
Howard!).
- Mother to three grown children, two granddogs, and four pretty cool grandkids!
- Graduate of Western Oregon University with a BS in History.
- Graduate of the post-baccalaureate Addiction Counselor certification program at Chemeketa Community College.
- Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC II).
If you would like to know more about me and my day-to-day activities, please visit me at my blog or "like" me at my art Facebook page.
Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power in it.
Goethe
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