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What I did on Summer Vacation
10"x12" Mixed Media on Canvas I think I’ve talked about it quite a lot. This summer I quit working in clay and immersed myself in working with different mediums. I tried watercolor, guoache and casein...
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Changes
Last week we lost a beloved member of our family to acute kidney failure. It came out of the blue and happened so fast. Dogs usually don’t recover from kidney failure. Even though X-rays and an...
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Are You An Artist?
I read two interesting blog posts lately about what makes a professional artist. Joanne Mattera posted on her blog on Monday “Who Is A Professional Artist?” and it’s a very interesting read including...
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Encaustic Self-Portrait
I’ve been all thumbs in my studio this week. I’m just grieving still over the loss of Merlin. He was always in the studio with me – in fact he was always with me. Monday was the first day I’ve been...
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Busy Fun Week
I finished another acrylic piece this week. I’m calling it ‘Off to the Fair.’ Bob asked me why I always painted animals in different colors. I wasn’t sure how to answer that other than I think that...
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The Daily Encaustic (Inclusion)
Today in my online encaustic class I learned about ‘inclusion.’ That’s adding elements to your wax. For this piece I painted an encaustic clayboard with acrylic paints thinned to water color thickness...
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Is it really Friday already?
I did manage to finish this. In spite of this: Watson is a fun junkie and has me laughing most of the time – but it’s not so easy to get any work done. He’s three months old now and weighs about 20...
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New Work at Galerie Matilda
” . . .and above all watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never...
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On The Lookout for Joy
“In the silence of listening, you can know yourself in everyone, the unseen singing softly to itself and to you.” -Rachel Naomi Remen I started working on my large folk art piece. This is a 24″x 24″...
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All Around The Studio
“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” -Twyla Tharp We are expecting a frost this week, so I spent yesterday bringing in all my house plants and Bob helped me make plastic covers that...
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Merry Christmas
”One reason that people have artist’s block is that they do not respect the law of dormancy in nature. Trees don’t produce fruit all year long, constantly. They have a point where they go dormant. And...
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The Gathering – Day 7
“Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything happen.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The GatheringDay 7 – Painting ChallengeAcrylics & oil pastels8×10 birch panel Day 7...
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White Rabbit – Day 8
“I learned never to empty the well, but always to stop when there was still something in the deep part of the well and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.” -Ernest Hemingway from the...
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Goat Love – Day 9
“For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the color of the wind.” -Maxwell Bodenheim Goat LoveDay 9 – Painting Challengeacrylics & oil pastels7×9 birch panel Day 9 — feel much better today....
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This Bird Is On Fire – Day 10
“Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.’ -Will Smith This Bird Is On FireDay 10 – Painting Challengeacrylics10×8 birch panel Day 10 – one third of the way there! Isn’t it true that it...
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Family Portrait – Day 11
“Every time you add color to a composition, you change all relationships.” -Nita Leland Family PortraitDay 11 – Painting Challengeacrylics8×10 birch panel I continue to use this 30 day challenge to...
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He Wouldn’t Take The Apple – Day 12
“The thing always happens that you really believe in; and it’s that belief in the thing that makes it happen.” -Frank Lloyd Wright Day 13 – wow – not just still painting daily, but blogging about it...
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Paulette – Day 13
“To say that making art is a conversation or dialogue between the maker and the paper is to oversimplify- it is a series of attractions and repulsion that may begin with intention and end with...
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Walking With My Muse – Day 14
“When you touch one thing with deep awareness, you touch everything.” -Thich Nhat Hanh Walking With My MuseDay 14 – Painting Challengeacrylics8×10 birch panel I’m amazed by all the subtle things I am...
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The Inner Critic – Day 15
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” -Winston Churchill The Inner CriticDay 15 – Painting Challengeacrylics10×8 birch panel Halfway there – day 15 –...
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