Here is an interesting tableau of pears that I found while taking my morning walk. It felt like I had somehow stumbled upon a secret hiding place where someone had placed four pears to ripen.
There they were waiting for the return of whomever put them there for safe keeping. A pair of worker’s gloves resting [...]
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The Blue Butterfly – Mixed Media – 10 x 13 inches
This painting/collage was inspired by an encounter with a white butterfly yesterday.
While I was weeding in the garden I saw a white butterfly come into the garden and land on a nearby plant. I took a minute to admire it and then continued on with [...]
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Yesterday as I was cleaning the studio, I came across a couple of watercolor and acrylic paintings, which were works in progress. They were my first attempt to break out of the cyclic creative block that I seemed unable to shake this past week.
One of them represented the different emotional and psychological imprints that can [...]
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The studio is dark, silent . . . the easel sits empty.
However, in the kitchen, all is well!
Cooking relaxes me and engages me in a creative way . . . like blending the right spices or ingredients together.
I have homemade chicken curry simmering on the stove, and mangoes, papaya, and peaches in ceramic bowls on [...]
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I spent the day wandering between the studio and the garden trying to decide on where to squeeze in another few plants.
What to do next . . . will it be herbs or flowers?
Being in the garden relaxes me completely. I love it! I feel myself becoming unstuck, more energized . . . open . [...]
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Everywhere I look I see signs of spring! The earth is awakening and everything is so vibrant and alive and full of energy.
It is hard to believe April is here. The flowers are blooming and the trees are unfurling their leaves. When I took my walk today, I came across a novel way to inject [...]
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I finished this abstract painting over the weekend and now it is packaged and ready to be mailed out. It is an acrylic art -mixed media collage on watercolor paper with deckled edges.
Deep In The Woods – Acrylic Art-Mixed Media Collage – 5 x 7 inches on paper.
Detail of “Deep in the Woods”.
Here it rained [...]
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Cracked Water Pot – Mixed Media – 10 x 10 inches
The Cracked Pot
Once upon a time there was a man whose job was to bring water from the stream to his Master’s house. The man carried the water from the stream in two clay pots. He hung the pots on each end of a pole, [...]
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Sketches – Etc …
Today, I had a hard time focusing on anything but the gorgeous weather just outside my window. I did do a couple of sketches from a magazine I got in the mail this morning, but that was it.
As hard as I tried, my mind kept wandering so I finally gave up and [...]
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Today I had my yearly retinal scan, during which they dilated my eyes. They gave me a set of plastic glasses to wear while my eyes readjusted.
I then left the doctor’s office and everything was bright and blurry. My husband laughed when he saw me wearing those big plastic glasses.
I guess I looked pretty weird. [...]
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