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Underdoing
I began taking Qigong classes in late December. Qigong is an ancient Chinese healing practice that combines meditation, controlled breathing, and gentle movement. Roughly translated as the master of one’s energy, Qigong combines two important concepts of traditional Chinese medicine. Qi refers to vital life force, while gong means mastery or cultivation. The practice is Continue reading
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Another January Finish
So happy to have my painting starts from June of last year serve as raw material for CutUps and come fully into their own magnificence all these months down the road in January. I use my paper trimmer to cut another card from one of the starts. I adhere three layers of tissue to veil 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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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
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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