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Start at the very beginning
My studio is full of blank canvases. To me, there is not much more beautiful than that. It’s the beauty of a new start with unlimited potential. Beginnings (or even restarts) are…
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A little perspective
It’s been a busy time for milestones. (Do other countries measure life’s achievements in kilometer stones?) On the bright side, my daughter graduated from elementary school this past week, as seen above,…
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The instrument
Did you feel like your connections with others were heightened this week? Amidst the chaos and concern over changes in our government and their effects, I kept having these great and powerful…
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Step
I bit the bullet and dove into my computer-based work this week, sourcing public domain images from the Library of Congress and starting to process them in Photoshop and Illustrator so I…
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No other
”An optimist isn’t necessarily a blithe, slightly sappy whistler in the dark of our time. To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact…
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The monster
I was really excited as this week started. I picked up some smaller trays for the extra wooden silhouettes, and it felt like my “palette” of people was together. I worked on…
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Easy chairs
This past Monday I finally got the last of the furniture I was selling out of my studio. The last items were two arm chairs that had been blocking that big doorway…
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The single candle
Are you in search of a sonically damaging drawing experience? I have the perfect materials for you! This week I embarked on testing surfaces for my new Cultivate pieces. They’re currently on…
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The wrench
I continued at my snail’s pace in the studio this week, experimenting a bit with the new backgrounds. If you look at this one a little closer, you can see one of…
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Not fast
Restriction. Pressure. Those words sound so negative. But if you’re pushing against something and suddenly take that thing away…well, we all know what happens. I didn’t fall on my face, but a…
