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Suzanne
My girlfriend Suzanne turned 45 in July. Instead of buying her a birthday gift, I offered to create a painting for her. Initially I had something completely different in mind but it didn’t work out as I envisioned. It took a while to find something that “felt” like Suzanne and was true to my aesthetic.…
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2014 Fun Run: The Wild West
Each September my boys’ elementary school puts on the annual Fun Run. It’s our only school fundraiser where the kids collect pledges for laps run around the school parking loop tracks. At the beginning of the event, the entire school comes together for the kick-off. Along with music and announcements, the fifth graders have the honor of running…
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Greek Vase & Dummy
This is a second still-life piece from the Intermediate Drawing Class at PCCA. I did the initial drawing in class and then finished up the detail work at home. I used a large piece of drawing paper, vine charcoal, and compressed charcoal for the shading. I then used a subtractive eraser technique on the vase where you first…
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Intermediate Drawing
I am taking Intermediate Drawing this summer at PCCA. Even though I love color, I thought it was a good time to go back to basics and work on the foundation. It’s been nearly 20 years since I took a formalized drawing class, so I’m well over due! The summer classes are small and intimate and…
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Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity
Last month as I was preparing to head off to art class I received a call from my husband who was at work. His company, TWI, does non-destructive thermal imaging for a myriad of clients, mostly aerospace related. However, on this day, they were inspecting a very different kind of material; an original Parisian work of Art…
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Church & Update
Below is the finished painting. If anyone knows which church this is or its whereabouts, please let me know! Now that I have spent many hours with it, I would love to know the history! Update So, about a year ago, I stumbled on a website with this church. It is called Pena Palace and is…
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Waterfalls
I just completed another class at PCCA entitled, “Landscape Painting.” Our teacher, Anatoliy Shapiro, is a Russian-born professional artist. He is well known for his large mural works. During this class I only completed two pieces: the Dominican Republic pastel piece and this oil painting. I worked from a personal photograph that I had taken in the Animal…
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Sosua, Dominican Republic
Our family recently took a trip to the Dominican Republic. It was heaven on earth and I had a really hard time adjusting once we came back to the states. It wasn’t just the shear beauty and warm temperatures, the tropical island breezes and the blue ocean white sands right out our doorstep; it was…
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Zoe
This is a pen and ink drawing of our feisty one-year-old kitty, Zoe. I took a close- up photograph of her curled up in one of her favorite spots: her little basket on our counter-top under the warm lights.
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Art Night 2014
In January, I was the appointed chairperson for our local elementary school’s Art Night. I had volunteered back in September before all the hoopla of the school year not knowing full well what this endeavor would consist of – still it was art and it is my children’s school – what better way to combine…
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Blue Eye
Goofing around with digital art apps on the IPad.
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Canopy
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Hands
My hands have been hurting — a lot! So, I took a breather from class for a couple of weeks to rest my wrists and hands. X-rays reveled, to no surprise, the cartilage is gone and my wrist bones are all smooshed together. My elbows are also in bad shape! Come to think of it,…
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Red Jacket
Red Jacket was a still life assignment in class. I usually don’t care for painting a still life subject, but this one I was eager to paint. I love Red and Jackets! I must own 20 or 30 (much to my husband’s chagrin!) I began the painting in class and then finished it up in…
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