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  • Self portrait on a cold day

    Today I wanted to work on a self portrait with my new Derwent Inktense pencil in Payne’s Grey. This will eventually be painted over with watercolor and the inktense will activate and be permanent when it dries. As I add… Continue reading

    Self portrait on a cold day
  • Summer Dreams

    Today is another frigid day and so I was looking for warmth and summer vibes in today’s art. First stop- my sunflower pictures from this past summer at the community garden. I can’t help but feel a little warmer when… Continue reading

    Summer Dreams
  • Freezing over

    It has started the drop into subzero temperatures here in Metro Detroit. I am not looking forward to leaving my house these next few days. Our house usually keeps fairly warm, but it feels drafty tonight- although some of that… Continue reading

    Freezing over
  • Sky & Space

    Me with ‘Star Stuff,’ photo by June Nash Today was the opening reception for the Sky & Space exhibition at Anton Art Center. Our group, Lakeside Palette Club, along with four other area art groups participate in two group shows… Continue reading

    Sky & Space
  • Filtered light play

    Today was just an off day form me. I had a hard time sleeping last night and my gastroparesis was flaring up. This morning I had an awful headache and just felt terrible. I had promised to help at my… Continue reading

    Filtered light play
  • Chess cat

    It felt great not to have any deadlines looming today. I went to bed early last night and even took a nap this morning. I think I may have caught up on the lost sleep from working on the Kresge… Continue reading

    Chess cat
  • Pottery pear people

    I glazed my first batch of pear people today at the studio. I had two white clay and two red clay pears so this is a bit of an experiment to see how they turn out. I put a rub… Continue reading

    Pottery pear people
  • Tired

    It is really late and I should be in bed already but I was up working on finishing my Kresge Fellowship Application. I am so close. I just have one more image to upload abc the details on it to… Continue reading

    Tired
  • Indecisive

    I am happy that I finished one of the Fellowship applications that are due in a couple days. I completed the Literary arts in poetry application this evening. While I haven’t started filling in the Visual arts application, I have… Continue reading

    Indecisive
  • Six

    Today after mass, I worked some more on my poetry submissions for the Kresge Literary Arts Fellowship. I have poetry written in different spots on my phone and notebooks and I have art that is inspiration for or inspired by… Continue reading

    Six