Author: MaryGwyn
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Art and Soul
Realizing all art came from a Creator much bigger than us little humans forced me to look at art in a way I never had before.
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Crashing Tales
“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” Coco Chanel (from The Painter’s Keys) One writer sees the culture of creative people as “crashing” leading him to lament about the state of the current art world. He believes artists are seen as “cultural elites” “idle dreamers” or “self-indulgent parasites.” […]
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Trusting the Magic
“And suddenly you know. Its time to start something new and trust the magic of new beginnings.” Meister Johann Eckhart (from The Painter’s Keys) What is the magic of new beginnings? A paraphrasing of the dictionary definition of magic calls it a power that allows people to do impossible things. “Impossible things” is a wide-open […]
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Community Education at Watkins College of Art
The Summer and Fall lineup I’ll be teaching in Community Education at Watkins College of Art will be featuring some new additions. Traditional Botanical Style Watercolor will continue with new workshops in Silverpoint Drawing, Colored Pencil, and Watercolor Ink. Expanding the possibilities! We’ll be utilizing techniques for capturing the beauty of wildflowers in their natural […]
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Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, Nashville, TN
We’ll be painting Fall Leaves in Botanical Style in Liquid Watercolor on October, 9th from leaves we pick up in the beautiful surrounding grounds. For more information email: education@cheekwood.org.To register, follow the link HERE.
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The Ice House Gallery, Mayfield, KY
Coming up in August is Bird painting in oil when we will be painting a sweet little goldfinch. More workshops in Botanical Style painting to follow in the Fall. Follow the link for more information.To register, follow the link HERE.
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Persistence to Transformation
A rubber chicken becomes a beautiful hummingbird! One of the most wonderful parts of teaching painting workshops is when you get to be in on a magical transformation. This past Saturday’s workshop participants, like so many other workshops, consisted of a mix of the never painted before, rusty haven’t painted in years, and experienced artists expanding […]
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The Captivating Amaryllis
Symbolic of success, strength and determination, the Amaryllis’ name means “to sparkle” and so it does!
