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  • May Watercolor Challenge Day 4

    Today’s prompt of a ‘bridge over a river’ instantly reminded me of this neat bridge near the Holiday Inn we stayed at while in Albany last summer. I loved the view so much I dragged my poor husband down an… Continue reading

    May Watercolor Challenge Day 4
  • Pastel Landscape

    I decided I wanted to play with my pastels today and was flipping through my photos looking for a floral picture to paint. Instead I came across a picture of a small watercolor abstract landscape I painted a few years… Continue reading

    Pastel Landscape
  • Zoom floral cards

    Last week I made some cards which I brought to Lawrence Street Gallery Saturday during my shift. I sold one of them the next day at the opening reception along with a tiny pear. Thursday I sold another of my… Continue reading

    Zoom floral cards
  • New art at LSG

    It’s a new month starting this week so that means I have fresh art up at Lawrence Street Gallery. I embraced the spring energy this month and have a lot of bright and flowery pieces. The Exposures annual photography show… Continue reading

  • Pastel Series Continues

    My twentieth anniversary is coming up next month so for today’s pastel painting I decided the next piece in my house plant series would be a money tree. We didn’t have this type of plant growing up, but we didn’t… Continue reading

    Pastel Series Continues
  • Mixing things up

    Today I had a good but long day and decided to experiment with combining the inktense with pastels and see how it works. I started by just doodling shapes onto the paper in grey and then adding colors. Something of… Continue reading

    Mixing things up
  • Zoom and clay today

    This morning I had a short zoom, since my youngest had a half day, and I napped through the start of the session, but I was able to complete my experiment with inktense paint on canvas. I didn’t need to… Continue reading

    Zoom and clay today
  • Vital Signs

    Today was the Opening reception for Vital Signs at Lawrence Street Gallery. It has some amazing and impactful work in this show by the Women’s Caucus for Art in MI. I don’t belong to this group, but after meeting some… Continue reading

    Vital Signs
  • BDay sugar rush

    I have had way more sugar today than I am accustomed and I can feel it. But it is my birthday so I wanted to celebrate it with my friends and family and kids in my religious education class. So… Continue reading

    BDay sugar rush
  • Winter Art

    Today we had a winter paint out, but winter really asserted itself and only my mom who was hosting and I braved the snow for the event. Since it was just the two of us we sat on the covered… Continue reading

    Winter Art