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Just Be.

I'm tired. More than normal, even. I think it's a combination of our rather busy schedule (my kids decided THEY SIMPLY MUST PLAY BASEBALL/SOFTBALL and they have several games/practices each week) and my trying to spiffy up my gift/Christmas sections, because I had no time last fall and was completely unprepared for the season (I… Continue reading Just Be.

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I don’t know all the words.

I'm an artist who doesn't really know how to talk about art. I know terms like "abstract" and "modern" but any further breakdown into categories and I'm completely lost. The same with techniques: I've probably done a few of them but that's just experimenting; I'd look at you blankly if you were to give those… Continue reading I don’t know all the words.

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A tour of my studio. In black and white.

I've been waiting for the moment I clean everything up and put everything back in place, but I am one of those people that destroy in order to create and putting it all back together takes precious time away. Not to say I never clean up, I do, but it never looks "amazing" and like… Continue reading A tour of my studio. In black and white.

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Spring is coming.

I've noticed that now we live in an area that experiences the four seasons we've become cyclical ... during the winter our activity slows down, we tend to watch more shows and read more books, and we both tend to pack on a pound or two. But once spring starts showing up we dust off… Continue reading Spring is coming.