a creative process
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Framing things
I’m working on framing my fine art for upcoming exhibitions via the Caplan Art Designs Gallery this year. I’ve finished 13 new artworks to be shown, via the gallery, at the winery Burnt Bridge Cellars in June and July 2025 and these new ones along with more new art will be included in another exhibit…
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Eggheads forum
As I’ve worked on my Eggheads sculpture – hand painting heads on 12 solid wood eggs and bodies on 12 solid wood egg cups – I thought about how smart people are as essential to society as eggs are to a working kitchen. In the background of my thinking was a question of how to…
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Eggheads going on and on
I’ve taken a rather inadvertent blogging break. My still-in-physical-therapy ankle is an ongoing life factor. Other things have been happening too with the results being that I’ve not had much time for blogging. But all the while I’ve been not-blogging I’ve been working a little along towards my upcoming one person exhibit at Caplan Art…
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Egghead beginnings
My fine art exhibit continues at Burnt Bridge Cellars via the Caplan Art Designs Gallery. I am continuing to create more fine art for later this year when my current exhibit moves to the Caplan Gallery to be exhibited there along with my new artworks. These new artworks will primarily be 3d sculptures. Here’s a…
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Ducks in a row
This painting that I began in my last post was inspired by one of my nephews who teased me, gently, about saying so often during our family domino games that I “need a minute to get my ducks in a row”. Apparantly I tend to focus on our family conversations during our games rather than…
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Colorful language
In my last post I mentioned that I was working on a smaller piece… Since Spring has begun I’ve heard more birds chattering whenever I’m outside. I’ve also been reading about birds and language use. Birds like parakeets or parrots can mimic human speechmaking fairly accurately. That thought led to thoughts about how humans mimic…
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Half assed
In my last post I told about finally being able to work in short bursts at my studio easel on a larger painting inspired by a conversation with our Fairy Goddaughter. She had talked about the distinction between things done “half assed” and things that were done acceptably as “good enough” meaning that while one…
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Not my cup of tea
I was thinking of high tea as I worked on my last painting “Eager Beaver” so as I began a new artwork I continued thinking of tea related thoughts and phrases. At the time I was beginning the new painting some dear friends shared that they were taking a road trip to see the plants…
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Early bird
I wrote in my last post about having been a night owl and that changing due to necessity. This change of hours inspired me as I worked on a new painting at the kitchen table this week in short bursts until I finished it…. … and titled it “Early Bird”. I feel like this bird…
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Oops-a-daisy
I’ve been working on a new painting as I mentioned in my last post that illustrates an idiom often said when a small child falls – “Oops-a-daisy”. Yes, the idea for this painting was inspired by my falling and hurting my ankle. (See also my recent email newsletter about SOCK questions for how I use…
