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The Dogwood flower
 Every now and then I have to take a break from all the faces, and find myself painting flowers or something like that instead. In our back yard we have a magnificent Dogwood Tree – it is very inspirational.  This painting is one of a series. It is 5.5″ x 8.5″
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1908 – a young family
Some people like to make lace, some people like to wear lace, I thought it would be fun to paint it. On shorpy.com, I came upon this wonderful black and white photo of a young representative and his wife and little girl. The little girl, Olive Sherley, lived to be 98 years old. Â This was…
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Regret – the lady in the red dress
I came upon a very old photograph of an office Christmas party. Everyone seemed to be stylish, happy, elbow to elbow, except for this one young lady. She sat far to the right of everyone else in the picture, and looked away from them all. Her hair was mussed, she just didn’t look like she…
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Portrait of a Peasant Girl
The April challenge was to copy someone else’s painting. I chose this one by Alexei Alexeivich Harlamoff (1848-1915) which he called “Portrait of a Peasant Girl” The original painting is oil on canvas, here’s a picture of it; art renewal.org. This was just for fun, she turned out looking very sweet and fresh.
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I Gatti Randagi – Alley Cats
One of the pleasures of being in Italy for me is getting to know their cat populations. I think you can learn a lot about a town by the condition of their cats. Towns with lots of healthy cats seem friendlier to me. Â Although Italian cats are usually smaller than our cats, Â don’t eat as…
Mimi Torchia Boothby
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