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  • March 21, 2023

    New Birthday Card featuring Chocolate Cake!

    click here to see this card in my store. click HERE to see this card in my store.

  • March 13, 2023

    Not sure

    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!

  • March 13, 2023

    “Going With the Flow”

    “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…

  • March 13, 2023

    Windsong Wind Chime #5

    Windsong Wind Chime #5

  • March 11, 2023

    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…

  • March 11, 2023

    Doodle: Into the Light

    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…

  • February 28, 2023

    “Wildflower Meadow” painting, 16″x20″ finished

    “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…

  • February 25, 2023

    Studio Overhaul!

    Studio Overhaul!

    After getting my whole community living space rearranged months ago, I finally set my mind and heart to getting my art studio set up properly and organized! Here I am ready to work on a collage painting I began a year ago. I am going to finish this painting of a wild flower meadow for…

  • February 19, 2023

    Friction Fire Party! Woot woot!!

    Friction Fire Party! Woot woot!!

    Photos of our friction fire party courtesy of an attendee, Dawn Clay. Thank you Dawn for the beautiful photos! Paul Jenkins, a sculptor at Lunaria Gallery in Silverton, Oregon. Working on his handheld piece. Genie Stewart (the weaver) a member of Lunaria Gallery, in Silverton Oregon, working on her fireboard notch. Ron Clay, Dawn’s husband,…

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