Summer Bouquet Documentation

I’m documenting the flowers from my garden.  Why? Because we’re moving July 2 to Murphy, NC. That means I’ll be leaving this flower garden I’ve worked on for the past 3.5 years. While I’ve divided and dug up a few things to take with me, I can’t take them all. Photos and probable references for [...]

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Guest Artist – Stacy Wills

A new feature on my blog will be Guest Artists. People, processes and art that have had an impact on me that I want to share with my readers. Here’s the first Guest Artist Post. Enjoy!  I met Stacy earlier this year during an online Lenten retreat with Christine Valters Paintner. I loved her artwork and [...]

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Missing Iris

I am really homesick for my Iris today. I’ve been going though about 500 photos of her and her friends, deciding on who to use as my watercolor demonstration next Tue. night, Mar. 13, for Matthews Artists Guild. This photo was taken last April. A dozen rhizomes ordered from White Flower Farm planted in about [...]

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Freedom VS Structure

My freedom-loving inner artist that lives to splash color is needing to wait her turn today :/ Structure, her counter-intuitive partner, is hard at work, laying a firm foundation.  This stage is not my favorite.  Funny, this morning’s reading from Christine Valters Paintner’s, the Artist’s Rule,  Abbey of the Arts, was: Creativity arises out of the tension between [...]

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Amazing Brush Discovery

Only for the brave and desperate Iris No. 15 reference photo. For those new to my blog, this is part of the All About Iris Series I’m creating for an Oct. 2013 exhibition at The Campbell House, Moore County Arts Council,  in Southern Pines. NC. A collection of 60 paintings, all from flowers from my [...]

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Watercolor Sculpting Workshop

Perfect day for planning 9/23 Watercolor Sculpting Workshop at Artist League of the Sandhills. Here’s the reference photo I’ll be using for the demonstration for Iris No. 14, taken when my iris were blooming. Really looking forward to painting this one For more info, phone 910-944-3979 or e-mail artleague@pinehurst.net Nine already enrolled, three more seats [...]

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Photoshop Elements To The Rescue :)

Isn’t it amazing how this… Can become this

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Got A Plan?

I think she’s showing off now Or, maybe just giving it all she’s got. A good role model for any endeavor. I’m a list-maker, goal-setter, let’s-get-it-done kind of person. Guess that blows the theory that all artists are unorganized and out there somewhere First quarter of this year was devoted to class preparation and teaching. Second [...]

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I Didn’t Think You Would Believe Me…

…Unless I showed you She bloomed today! (The photo I posted yesterday was taken yesterday). Happy First Day Of Spring!

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Spring Is On The Way!

I’m not going to make a Pollyanna post.  A rejection from a national juried show, a 22×30 painting gone awry I spent a day trying to corral (the wisest move I made was deciding to throw in the towel) and trying to ward off a cold with gallons of orange juice. Some weeks are just better suited for pulling weeds. Which [...]

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