Hello, I am Sheila Atchley —
Artist. Author. Fire-kindler to women in midlife & fourth quarter.
I believe beauty is a practice. I believe if I encourage the women, I encourage the world.
From the Studio Desk
A Sampling of My Art
There is a tent just down the street from our church parking lot. I will park at my church tonight, and walk there.
Canvas and poles and chairs and lights, and a temporary stage…the kind of setup that looks, honestly, a little bit like a county fair decided to get filled with the Holy Ghost. And there is something about it that makes you want to stand very still and just look at it.
Enjoy another in my collection of “Video Shorts”. Please meet Dr. Nawal El Saadawi…
There is a particular kind of moment, you’ve had them, I’ve had them, where you look around at your life and think: huh. Something is shedding.
Not falling apart. Not dying. Shedding.
Like the whole thing has quietly outgrown its container while you weren’t paying attention,
and now the seams are showing, and the only honest response is to let it go and grow into whatever comes next.
That’s been my spring.