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Individual Tree

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Casey Klahn has recently started up a facebook painting challenge based on a photo that he posts. I have followed Casey’s blog for a number of years and I really appreciate his insight. I happened across his blog yesterday where he posted his latest photo, and I was really drawn to the image so I […]

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Misty Sunday Morning

Friday, January 18, 2013
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New Drawing Music: Lovisa Samuelsson

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

I recently came across this musician online and I really love her work. I have never emailed a musician until now, when I contacted her to inquire where to find her music to download. She is still working on her ep at the moment, but she was so kind to mail me a cd of […]

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2013 Art Goals

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Welcome to 2013, my friends. Because of limited time and my chronic illness, I am going to be realistic about what I can do this coming year. Here are my goals: Work in a series as my main focus. I have already started this (my sunset paintings) and I’m looking forward to continuing with this […]

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2012: My Year in Review

Monday, December 31, 2012

If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you know that it is my tradition to post a year end recap post with all the highlights. This year I have been adjusting nicely to my role as a mom, which I love. I started a new job which has also been positive […]

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Books I Read in 2012, part 1

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Even with all that went on this year, I spent a fair amount of time reading. I’m publishing a two part blog post with short reviews summarizing what I read this past year. I grabbed most of these books from the New Fiction rack at the library, although next year I’m planning on being a […]

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Christmas Eve Greetings to you, my friends

Monday, December 24, 2012

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, spent with your family and hopefully relaxing. I am happy to be home with Cate today, enjoying her company, and then with my whole family for roast beef dinner. This is Cate’s first real Christmas, with tearing open presents and all. I’m looking forward […]

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Working in Tandem

Monday, December 10, 2012

This time I tried something a little different in hopes that it will keep my momentum going. I started a new painting while I was still in the middle of the first one. I find that the beginning stages of a painting are the most boring, and sometimes the hardest part is starting to begin […]

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Happy Wednesday before Thanksgiving

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving has always been a special day for me. In earlier years, it was always a traveling day with the promise of a late night Thanksgiving dinner with many relatives. This year, we are starting a different tradition of having Thanksgiving with immediate family, so this Wednesday feels a bit different for […]

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One Year

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

I made this card for my daughter’s first birthday. I painted it in watercolor first, and then went over it with diluted Noodler’s Eternal Luxury Blue ink in my flex nib pen. I wrote a message inside the card and sealed it. I am planning on making one every year and then giving them to […]

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