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I recently participated in an art show at the local Calistoga Art Center called “Fools For Art”. I felt like the themes (“Foolishness” and “Spring”) fit what I wanted to do perfectly; I instantly knew what I was going to paint. I had so much fun with this one that I am starting a series…
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You’d be amazed by how many blog posts there are on having the black thumb of death. This is reassuring to me because I now know that I am not alone. If you’re like me, you’ve tried to have a green thumb. Each year you find new resolve and promise to pay better attention to…
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A while back I went on a trip with my hubby to a near deserted camp ground roughly 4 hours north of Calistoga , called Lett’s Lake. The reason it was deserted was because no one else was crazy enough to want to camp during the rainiest, coldest weekend yet. But he had his new…
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I realize that this is not a food blog. For a couple of days I’ve been trying to figure out how I can justify the post I’m about to write. I think I’ve got it: Without food we die. If we’re dead, we can’t do art. Too far? Well, how about this: We all need…
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I know, probably the first rule of marketing is to present your work in the best possible light; don’t expose your weaknesses. But this is a blog about process, and art is definitely a process fraught with stumbles, errors and epic fails. Art is human. I am most definitely human; subject to all sorts of…
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The steps towards a finished pet portrait are rarely the same from piece to piece. Sometimes I envy those artists who have a system, a way of doing things that they rarely waver from. At times, my lack of a set process has made me doubt whether I truly was an artist. I also envy…
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So, looking back at my last post, I realize how very badly I’ve dropped the ball on blogging. Like I said at the start, all of this is a process. Once the shine of something new wears off, you have to dig a little deeper and find a different motivation, something stronger and more resilient.…
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So, recently I’ve lost my motivation to pick up my paint brush. This seems to happen to me on and off. I’m not sure what triggers it and I’m not entirely sure how to get out of the funk. However, creativity in any form is a good thing so now I’ve taken to dabbling in…
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As I mentioned in my last blog, more room on the Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Co.’s walls was due to open up mid-July; and sure enough I got the email asking whether I had more art to display. Of course I said “yes!” As part of my slow crawl towards making a viable business of…
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Hey Folks, I had the fortune of being contacted by the manager at the Napa Valley Roasting Company in St. Helena to see if I had any pieces I could display there. This was excellent timing as two of my biggest paintings had just come down from a 3 month show at the West America…
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