Category: Art Blog
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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!
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Fall is in the Air, and on the Tables, and on the Porches!!
No one can keep on being angry if she looks into the heart of a pansy for a little while.”Ruth Maude Montgomery Fall flowers are some of my favorites, almost as much as spring flowers, maybe! I think of fall flowers as the last bits of vivid color before the season of brown and gray. […]
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Tuesday Birds-The Canorous Cardinal
Cardinals are the main bright spot in an otherwise drab and dreary winter landscape
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Tuesday Birds-The Elegant Egret
Egrets, Herons, Cranes and storks are often confused in folklore and real life. These long legged wading birds alternate between elegant graceful shallow water walking to awkward wing flapping squawks. The fascination with them is real. Does it matter which one is which in the world of folklore? Some stories are generalized and some are very specific […]
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Colorful Fridays- Essential Forgettable Dirty Yellow
In painting daffodils and sunflowers, Yellow Ochre is the winner for the subtle variances in petals.
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Happy New Year, Y’all from the Chickadees!
