In the previous post, I mentioned finding inspiration via the National Archives. Here’s the end result. I call her “Regal Rose,” but the Archives file name was “Irish Spinning Woman.” I couldn’t NOT paint her. And truth be told she’s only the second figurative painting I’ve done. It was very hard, but I’m pleased with …
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Time to validate
I avoided the news about the Arizona massacre, just did not want to go there, let the news in. After 9/11 (like the rest of America) and later with my sons serving and losing “brothers” in Iraq and later, at home, I became shell-shocked and found the best coping mechanism was to avoid, deny, and …
Farewell Elizabeth!
> Long before it was a catchphrase in politics, Elizabeth Edwards gave meaning to the term “Military Families.” The daughter of a Naval Admiral, she moved with her family to U.S. naval bases around the globe. And so it was, during the height of my political awakening that our paths crossed in the fall of …
I prayed today that I would have a productive day. I didn’t realize
>what it meant. It was 4 a.m. and a call came in from “Private Caller” so of course I didn’t answer, but I never went back to sleep. So after glancing through Stephen Quiller’s Water Media Painting book, I sunk back into the pillows and tried my hand at meditating after finally finishing and being …
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Painting on the porch in the rain
There’s something about porches, don’t you think? When you are able to let go of the critical “I should be elsewhere” mindset and just hang on a porch doing whatever. If you’re like me, you find it liberating and reinvigorating. To me it’s the ultimate “Hominid’s revenge” where we who stand on two feet and …
A grand day with fellow painters yesterday
> Barbara with a painting from more than 20 years ago! The Collaborative Artists Network (C.A.N.) is getting geared up! We painted at Barbara Rembert’s studio in her home yesterday inspired by some glorious instrumental music, great, great food, and the artistic and creative energy that flowed like a bubbling stream. Barbara has a tremendous …
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