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The Artist's Life Experiment: March 2015
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The Artist's Life Experiment. Bird and Sunrise photo. Because "someday" is today! Art Prints and Greeting Cards. Thursday, March 19, 2015. Solo vs. Duo. A Time to Dance" 7"x 5" oil on gessobord. I really debated about writing this post or not. Is it a good thing to show the "behind the scenes" goofs? Does it take away the magic and mystery of art making if I do so, or does it help others to know that not all creative ideas work out perfectly? RE:Is Your Best Ever Good Enough? It took some doing, but even...
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The Artist's Life Experiment: Twinks loves Easter
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The Artist's Life Experiment. Bird and Sunrise photo. Because "someday" is today! Art Prints and Greeting Cards. Monday, April 6, 2015. Twinks loves Easter" 10"x 8" oil on gessobord. This is a fairly new style for me to try, since I added a lot more elements than are in the original photo. To help myself, I actually created a digital collage first. In thinking it over, I am actually proud of myself for fighting through the discouragement sludge and getting this painting completed, even if I missed my dea...
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The Artist's Life Experiment: A Different Direction
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The Artist's Life Experiment. Bird and Sunrise photo. Because "someday" is today! Art Prints and Greeting Cards. Friday, May 22, 2015. Good Morning" 8"x10" oil on panel,Gessobord ©2014. I can never tell if this irresistible pull to please people is a positive or negative thing in my life. On the plus side, I will face all sorts of fears and resistance to please someone or a cause I care about, but on the other darker side, I will also trample over what is best for myself to achieve this goal. Ouch! I am ...
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The Artist's Life Experiment: Cairns of Personality
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The Artist's Life Experiment. Bird and Sunrise photo. Because "someday" is today! Art Prints and Greeting Cards. Monday, June 8, 2015. A big thank you to everyone who expressed your support and interest in seeing the new painting subjects I am contemplating. Here are five preliminary watercolor sketches to give you an idea of what I have in mind for this series. World on a Platter". He was just as surprised to find that his work had been inspiring me. I am fairly pleased with these little sketches. I...
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The Artist's Life Experiment: About me
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The Artist's Life Experiment. Bird and Sunrise photo. Because "someday" is today! Art Prints and Greeting Cards. 2008 Freezing in Germany after 1 month in Greece. I started this blog in 2008 because I wanted to finally see if I could change my self-doubt and fears by changing my thought patterns and actually do the things I dreamed of. One of my dreams was to make money being an artist. I was 43 years old then and I could see my life wasn't going to change if I didn't do something about it. Fraidy Gets B...
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The Artist's Life Experiment: April 2015
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The Artist's Life Experiment. Bird and Sunrise photo. Because "someday" is today! Art Prints and Greeting Cards. Friday, April 17, 2015. Tape Loop" digital art ©2015. Grief Stage One.Shock and Denial. Her plants, Her cluttered dresser tops. Dad's spare change jar, his collection of missionary name tags. I can hardly stand to think about it. This room has been my place of refuge. April 18th is their wedding anniversary. Tape Loop- click this link to hear the song on soundcloud. Monday, April 6, 2015.
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The Artist's Life Experiment: November 2014
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The Artist's Life Experiment. Bird and Sunrise photo. Because "someday" is today! Art Prints and Greeting Cards. Monday, November 10, 2014. Kirk" 7"x 5" watercolor on paper ©2014. Say "hello" to Kirk, he is hoping with intensity for his supper to be ready. Who could resist that face? Thank you very much for the beautiful painting. Kirky’s eyes are so life-like. And you captured the expression on his face perfectly. This is exactly how he looks when he knows that something is cooking on ...This was my fir...
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The Artist's Life Experiment: May 2015
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The Artist's Life Experiment. Bird and Sunrise photo. Because "someday" is today! Art Prints and Greeting Cards. Friday, May 22, 2015. Good Morning" 8"x10" oil on panel,Gessobord ©2014. I can never tell if this irresistible pull to please people is a positive or negative thing in my life. On the plus side, I will face all sorts of fears and resistance to please someone or a cause I care about, but on the other darker side, I will also trample over what is best for myself to achieve this goal. Ouch! I am ...
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The Artist's Life Experiment: June 2015
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The Artist's Life Experiment. Bird and Sunrise photo. Because "someday" is today! Art Prints and Greeting Cards. Monday, June 8, 2015. A big thank you to everyone who expressed your support and interest in seeing the new painting subjects I am contemplating. Here are five preliminary watercolor sketches to give you an idea of what I have in mind for this series. World on a Platter". He was just as surprised to find that his work had been inspiring me. I am fairly pleased with these little sketches. I...
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The Artist's Life Experiment: December 2014
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The Artist's Life Experiment. Bird and Sunrise photo. Because "someday" is today! Art Prints and Greeting Cards. Monday, December 29, 2014. Envy" 5"x 7" watercolor ©2014. Have you ever wanted something someone else had and then felt guilty for being envious? The next inevitable thought after that often is, "oh, I couldn't because.and next follows the inevitable list of why you can't. All the barriers go up. Here's an example of my goofiest barriers:. My first oil painting in over 20 years, "Purple Glow",...
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