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Paint my kids!
It makes a person feel good when someone calls you in a panic in December wanting you to paint a picture of their kids for a Christmas present. Lucky for me, or not, because it means I don’t have a lot of commissions coming in, I had only one other commission, so I had time…
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Merry Christmas silly card
So I responded to a silly Christmas card challenge. “Send me a Christmas card” he said, and the only rules are the words “Buddy Holly” have to be on the card. So, the left side of my brain says “I don’t want to have anything to do with Buddy Holly on a Christmas card” and…
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An opportunity to make a postage stamp!
Being a big fan of postal art, I became very excited when I heard about this swap. Initially I had to buy a post card, which cost about two dollars and came all the way from England. The blog, Friends and Faux, is filled with wonderful examples of filled out and partially filled out cards.…
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A day in an artist’s life
So this morning, I got out my paints and was going to paint some flowers. I just got this amazing tube of yellow paint that plays REALLY well with other colors and my plan was to paint some little flowers that are pink and yellow, yellow and red, yellow and magenta, like I had done…
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Menage a Trois – I knew that would get your attention!
This commissioned painting celebrates one of the more exciting bike rides I have ever been on. It was a race! an uphill race! Each team must consist of three people, and both sexes need to be on each team. One year, my husband Donald talked me into participating and put me on the back of…