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A New Year!  Yahoo!

1/4/2017

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I am not a fan of my last year in many ways, however in many ways it was a tranformative year.
Illness and change can make for an interesting journey.   

I found that I can survive humbling experiences and move forward.

So many people were kind and giving to me.   Asking for help and accepting help was a lesson for me.   
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But, now.   Moving forward!

I have had a good time decorating my new home/studio/gallery building.   
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My "Fuck Fear" series is featured in the bathroom.   Yep.  In the bathroom.  

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Fun to take a shower and look at art at the same time!

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Love these industrial cabinets in my kitchen.   My next project is to paint the kitchen floor.   Stay tuned!

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Settled In

10/7/2016

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I have been in my new home now a few months and it is feeling like home indeed.   Well, it also feels like my gallery and studio too.   I have the luxury of rolling out of bed and taking just a few steps and I am in my studio!

I am getting geared up to have my studio/gallery open for the Washington County Open Art Studios tour on the weekend of October 15th and 16th.   This will be my 6th year of participating in this free tour.   

I absolutely love to meet people who love art!  It is great fun and I am sharing my gallery with Penny Forrest again this year.

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Finally Feeling My Energy Returning!

7/17/2016

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Yahoo!

I got ill last December and it has been a wild ride.    Now, just in the last week or so, I got a snippet of the energy that I used to have.

Last month I moved into my studio/gallery building and that was a lot of work to take what was just a workplace and move things here and there and make it a home also.  
​ A rather bohemian home, and I love it here.
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My vintage Frigidaire Flair works great!
The cooktop pulls out and tucks back in when not in use.   
Great use of space for a small kitchen.


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I bought this old kitchen cupboard years ago and it fit just perfect in this space.

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Why, yes.   I did paint the metal cabinets.

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I discovered that these old card files fit spice bottles perfectly!

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A Bump in the Road

2/19/2016

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I ran into a health issue that has set me back.   Blog posts are on hold for a bit.  You can click the top of the page is a link to Helvi 2.0 and read about it. 
Thanks!
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Wonky Flowers in Progress

11/9/2015

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I thought about painting a funky big abstract flower on the canvas.
 What would that look like?  
Big.  
Yes.  ​
With a fun background.
I moved a bunch of older paintings from one place to another and found a few that I did not love anymore.   So I decided to paint them over.
With wonky flowers!
Some of these are done and some are still in progress, but you will get the idea...

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My Own Issues with Flowers

10/25/2015

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I started paintings flowers just as a sort of "test' after the last series of paintings that were more urban and gritty and contained the "F-Word" in the titles. 
So I thought, OK - I will paint some pretty flowers to offset the offensiveness of the "F" series.

Something in my head kept telling me that painting flowers is  like Old-Lady painting.  

​ Even though I know my flowers do not look like old lady paintings.  
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It kept bugging me.


But I am a persistent painter, if nothing else, and kept painting MORE flowers.

The more I paint the kinder I feel towards those flowers.

I think I am working my way through my own bias and now I am sorta liking flowers.

I admit, that I like the leaves a bit better than flowers - BUT I am still painting flowers.
All will be well.

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The "F" Word 

9/6/2015

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I received a note in the mail from someone who said that after talking to me they decided to "Be more Bold" in their life.
Wow.
That really struck me in several ways and got me thinking.

Thinking about what it takes to speak out.   



How fear (of what?) keeps a person from being their true self.

All of these thoughts got me to painting my new series that is officially called:


"Fuck Fear

Be Bold
Money Back Guarantee"


If the word fuck bothers you, then you are likely bothered by now, and you can just read any of my other blog posts in the past 5 years and the word fuck will not be there.

But today it is.



Each of the paintings has the title of the series written on it at least a few times.

Oh, and to top it off, I have discovered acrylic spray paint from the auto parts store.  

 
The spray paint and the Fuck word
 just got me feeling like such a 
Bad Boy.

I am so dope.

heh



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Yes.   The fridge is still running.  

8/3/2015

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Here is the funny thing about painting the fridge...
I paint flat on a table and I found that standing upright and using upright movements with my arms was kinda fun.
Now I am thinking of the garage door.....
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It is cool to be in the studio all the time...

7/21/2015

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said the vintage Kelvinator refrigerator!
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I bought this years ago at an old farmhouse and have tried to clean this. 
But it is just stained. 
 Icky gross looking stains.
I had all kinds of stuff held on with magnets and for some reason I took them off this week and got reminded how ugly this looks.
Still a cool fridge though!
Sooooo.......
I decided to start cleaning my paint brushes off before I wash them.   I decided that this fridge is PERFECT for cleaning my brushes!
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Ya know...
I never paint upright.
Always flat on my table.
This is kinda fun!



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It is my building.

7/12/2015

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This is my Studio and Gallery building.

I did not know I was painting it until I was done.


I love when I am surprised like that!



I then began painting more buildings.



I had an Art Fest at my building on Saturday.
The members in our art group, The Green Cab, were there doing demos.
We had all of our art on the walls and had a lovely day.
The ARTOSAUR was there all day!
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