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Monthly Archives: December 2011

2012 Non-Goals

Friday, December 30, 2011

I hope everybody has a prosperous and productive New Year. Because 2011 was so crazy for me and I have no idea what will happen in 2012, I’ve decided not to declare any set goals. I did write a list of things that I would like to accomplish, but I have no idea if any […]

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2011: Year in Review

Thursday, December 29, 2011

2011 was a big year for me, although not so much on the art front. I did have goals for this year, but other things took up my energy. Even though things weren’t as productive as I’d like in terms of my artwork, I did have quite the year personally. I had quite a few deaths […]

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More Roses

Monday, December 26, 2011

This year when I felt like painting all I seemed to want to paint was florals. And I’m still not sick of them! I’m currently making sketches for some new rose paintings. I made this one while I was waiting for Cate to fall asleep one night.

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Merry Christmas 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

This is the last of my mini fruit still lifes. I really loved painting them and I hope that you enjoyed looking at them. I’m wishing all my readers a festive Christmas this year. I am having an especially good Advent season and I hope it is the same for you all as well.

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Non-Stressful Christmas!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

This is the first year that I can remember that I haven’t been stressed out over Christmas. I decided not to gift anyone artwork this year, and my family decided on a one present per person policy which really simplifies shopping. Now that my shopping is all done and I don’t feel “pressurized,” I actually […]

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Pear Slices 2

Friday, December 16, 2011

Here is another composition of sliced pears, this time with bold blue shadows. I really like the combination of blue and brown. Now that I have both ultramarine blue and raw umber on my palette, I think I’ll really enjoy myself.

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Pear Slices 1

Monday, December 12, 2011

In reality, this pear was unripe and not very good for eating. It was sitting on a plate getting kind of slimy when I painted this little still life, but I like the way the painting turned out. The blog Orangette recently had a lovely piece about poached pears. I would love to try it […]

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Pinterest

Thursday, December 8, 2011

I’ve been posting to Pinterest for the past few months, whenever I find an interesting image that I want to save. Pinterest is a great site for finding online inspiration, and I love to browse through other people’s pins. If you use Pinterest, feel free to follow me, and leave a comment so I can […]

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3 Year Blog Anniversary

Sunday, December 4, 2011

I never really commemorated blog anniversaries before, but I was looking through my archives the other day and I realized that my blog is turning three today. I have been posting my work elsewhere online since 2005, but this is the first blog that I’ve really made “my own.” The above painting is another one […]

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Blue Bookmarks

Friday, December 2, 2011

I decided to make more bookmarks in the same vein as these. I really didn’t have any use for them though, but thankfully I knew three people in need of a new bookmark.

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