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New Art for my Show the end of this summer.
I have started working toward the solo show I am planning. I love working large and I have started a couple new pieces. I seem to be drawn to this particular composition. This is the first layer.
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Born an artist, or encouraged into it?
From the beginning, as soon as I could hold a brush, pencil, or crayon, my mother made sure I had opportunities to make art, and my father always made sure we had plenty of art supplies. But would I have developed as an artist had those opportunities not been present? What do you think?
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New Birthday Card featuring Chocolate Cake!
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Not sure
Here an update o”f my “Go with the Flow” painting, which does not feel like “Go with the Flow” anymore. What does it feel like now? I added more paint using some of the freeing techniques I learned from Betty Franks in her online class! Thank you Betty!
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“Going With the Flow”
This doodle/painting reminds me of cells moving along through a vessel. I have been playing with even more of my new art supplies recommended by some of the artists I took online classes from recently. Betty Franks recommended Nova acrylic paints because the pigment is so rich. I heartily agree!! There is so much pigment…
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Releasing the Baggage
My burden clings to me like the shell of a caddis fly nymph, protecting the tender beginnings of the immature creature within. I’m floating through space toward the light like a slow moving comet, trailing a tail of debris. Seemingly at once I detach and watch the shell, the accumulation of life’s conclusions, continue on…
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Doodle: Into the Light
Last night I decided to work towards a plan for some larger paintings I want to do for the large solo show I will be doing next year. As I began I felt like I was such an amateur and so I just started playing with my new crayons, CARANd’ACHE NEOCOLOR II AQUARELLE. These crayons…
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“Wildflower Meadow” painting, 16″x20″ finished
I started this painting last year when my daughter Melanie was visiting and working on her painting using torn paper and acrylic paint. I decided to give it a try and after that day I had gotten this far … see below. So when our guest artist for March, at Lunaria, decided to cancel, we…
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