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Showcase 3

When I wake in the morning, a blank page; when I go to bed at night, paintings. Magic, I tell ya!

What to notice here: A small square of gray sketch paper; areas of high flow transparent brown, yellow, and red iron oxide acrylic paint; India ink lines, marks, and asemic writing; torn bits of painted and text collage; watercolor pencil scribbles; paint splatters; and amorphous patches of titanium white and light blue violet acrylic. Those materials and marks signify nothing.

And yet.

I feel as though I’ve been hiking around in rough scrub over uneven terrain under wide open skies in the sharp fresh air of Montana somewhere.

The alchemy of creative activity never ceases to amaze.

Useful Benefit
3.5 x 3.5″; acrylic, India ink, watercolor pencil, and collage
on sketchbook paper
abstract landscape
2023
No Break
3.5 x 3.5″; acrylic, India ink, watercolor pencil, and collage
on sketchbook paper
abstract landscape
2023


6 responses to “Showcase 3”

  1. imajenationgmailcom Avatar
    imajenationgmailcom

    DOTTY!!!! “hiking around in rough scrub over uneven terrain under wide open skies in the sharp fresh air” – omg yes. Right there with ya.

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    1. Lola, right?!! Perhaps a destination for the intrepid Inclement Weather Hiking Society 🥾🥾.

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  2. It’s indeed a mysterious, miraculous thing.

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    1. Isn’t it? And it doesn’t just happen once; it happens again and again. Lucky us!

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  3. Joyful Puttering Avatar
    Joyful Puttering

    I’m enjoying all this “noticing!” And YES….it looks like what I think Montana looks like!

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    1. Noticing is such a gift! LOL about these sketches’ looking like what you think Montana looks like—clearly I think so also, but what first hand knowledge do I have of Montana? None!!!

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In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.

To make art.

I get hooked.

In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.

I post my paintings and their stories. The good, the bad, the ugly.

My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.

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