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Daydream Receiver

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I have always been a daydreamer – head in the clouds – lost in my thoughts. I hear one word of a newscast or conversation and I’m off on some will mental chase following the mental rabbit of ‘what if’ and “wonder how’ until I’m snapped back into reality. That’s how one of my favorite paintings came into being. It was the dead of winter. I was organizing a crazy stack of old photos and scrapbooks, when I came across pictures of myself, dad and maternal grandfather blowing stuff up… Read more Daydream Receiver →

Time Warps and WIPs

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I’m in the in-between time of having shipped off several canvases to their forever homes or to galleries to strut their stuff or hang in exhibits yet to open. They’re all dressed up with everywhere to go, while I and their younger, yet to fully develop little sibling paintings are hanging out in the nursery, aka basement art room These little “works in progress” (WIPs) are rowdy, demanding my attention. They wake me up in the night demanding a new brush of paint, or perhaps just one more swipe of… Read more Time Warps and WIPs →

Jostling Joy and Selective Perception

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I’ve joined an art mentoring group, something I’ve wanted to do for a while . Each meeting involves lively discussion, critique of previous effort and homework. This month I’m asked to purposefully consider what I like about the work of other artists – what draws me in, is intrinsically pleasing. At the same time I’ve been asked to thoughtfully look at my “style”…what I like about the way I paint, what colors I come back to, brushstrokes and symbols/patterns that repeat. As I work toward completion of my painting homework,… Read more Jostling Joy and Selective Perception →