artist at play
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… Find Me a Find, Catch Me a Catch!
Those of you who’ve followed me for any length of time are well aware of the fun I have painting bookmarks and then playing matchmaker on behalf of a bookmark and a book cover <https://dottyseiter.blogspot.com/2015/09/transformation.html>. Most often, the bookmarks I create are found compositions excavated from a larger piece that I’ve brought to my trusty… Continue reading
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I Think I Can, I Think I Can … !
You may be familiar with the American folktale of The Little Engine That Could, a story that celebrates optimism and hard work and whose signature line is “I think I can!” That little engine came to mind as I slogged through iteration after iteration of what eventually managed to chug chug chug up a mountain… Continue reading
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Love Doesn’t Come in a Minute
Don’t even ask. Bigtime struggle with this piece. Not exactly sure how I get in my own way but am sure I do. Eventually—after trying and failing, creating one problem after another, scrapping early ideas entirely, feeling sludgy and straight-jacketed, cursing more than once, laughing more than once, walking away more than once, walking toward… Continue reading
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Background Check
The background check on this CutUp indicates that it began its life as one of several painting starts created in June 2023. I had plans to take the starts on vacation … until the vacation got smoked out by Canadian wildfires! This week, a card cut from one of the starts auditioned to be cast… Continue reading
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Out of Thin Air
I’ve moved my theater of operation out of my art journal to begin exploring the world of CutUps on small individual cards. My first experiment focuses on background. I pull out my considerable stack of painted sheets of Dixie All Purpose Food Wrap—12 x 12″ sheets of tissue-like paper. I find several I painted four… Continue reading
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Moniker
If you’re not familiar with the word moniker, you may think I’ve acquired a Boston accent and plan to write about someone named Monica, hahaha! But, no. I’m here to share a nickname, aka a moniker, for the art in which I play with cut-out paper shapes and which I referred to as mini-Matisses when… Continue reading
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And … It’s a Wrap! (really)
OK, one final bit of giftwrap from Christmas 2023. Continue reading
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Wrapping up Christmas 2023
As I scroll through iPhoto thumbnail images on my phone, evidence of further adventures in painting Christmas giftwrap catches my attention. Not sure why I didn’t post at the time—since our celebration of the holidays didn’t spiral out of control, I don’t have that as an excuse! In any case, here I am to post… Continue reading
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Cut-Outs Hang Out
Before we leave my debut mini-Matisses to seek their fame and fortune*, I want to share this photo from the page in my art journal where they hang out together. They make an attractive group of fledglings, don’tcha think? *Opportunities for fame and fortune abound, hahahahaha! Continue reading
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Feeling Scrappy
I feel scrappy and carefree as I work on this piece, determined to get paper cut-outs and scraps glued in place in the little ink-outlined box in my art journal come what may. No matter that:• the glue messes up,• the ink smears and is uneven,• I don’t yet have the right scissors at hand,•… Continue reading
My Story
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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