birthday gifts
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Process Interruption
Turns out part of my Process! series of posts includes pressing pause on the January creative exercise I’m working on to experiment with more gift wrap! I turn to my still inexhaustible supply of 12 x 12″ sheets of tissue-like Dixie All-Purpose Food Wrap and get to work. I paint with a different color palette Continue reading
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Like Granddaughter, Like Grandmother, part 2
In the fiction category, tapping into Dave’s and my both enjoying the young adult novels of Chris Crutcher in recent months, Dave for the first time and I for the second and sometimes third time since 1992, we decided to give Caroline a copy of Crutcher’s earliest novel, … drumroll … Running Loose. Happy birthday, Continue reading
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Surprise!
I wake on my birthday, heart full of celebration, open to whatever might unfold, wondering what little surprises the day might hold in addition to a few planned activities. I also wake missing my dad fiercely on this May 13th date of birth we shared for 71 years. This is my second year without him 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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