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Margaret Atwood Sketch

October 18, 2015

I went to Powell’s bookstore to see Margaret Atwood speak about her new book “The Heart Goes Last”. Here is the sketchbook page I did during the event. The quotes are my perception of what she said – some adult supervision of my accuracy in the quotes may be required. Here is a juicy link…

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books as art

October 17, 2015

Books as art. Art as books. Fine art as illustration. Illustration as fine art. Writing as art…. And along such blurred lines here is a wonderful post http://joycorcoran.com/2015/10/15/old-tales-new-views/ Here’s a photo of one of my own efforts along similarly blurred lines:

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Illustrating poetry and

October 17, 2015

Some of my artwork illustrates a blog post by Kathy Temean about poetry! https://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2015/10/15/life-poetically-speaking/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WritingAndIllustrating+%28Writing+and+Illustrating%29 – and there’s some nice juicy links in that blog about writing, illustrating and (ahem) poetry! Have fun!

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on sketching the Oregon Coast

October 13, 2015

Back in 2009 I had the honor of writing and illustrating an article titled “Sketching the Coast” for Oregon Coast Magazine. (The 2009 article is pictured above) Well, I just heard from an editor that they’d like me to do a new article for them!! I am excited to be working with editors who appreciate…

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With Dog as my Co-pilot

October 13, 2015

Recently I took a writing class with Lorna Lee. Dam* good class and I was sorry for it to end. So I decided to shamelessly promote Lorna’s books and interview her in a selfish attempt to continue gleaning pearls of wisdom about writing and living a creative life. Or if not pearls of wisdom at…

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Pinker sketch

October 10, 2015

Last Wednesday I went to hear Steven Pinker speak about his book “The Sense of Style” at Powell’s books in Portland Oregon. www.powells.com and this is the sketch I did in my sketchbook while Mr. Pinker talked. The quotes are what I think I heard him say. (Errors are mine, all mine.) There was a…

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Err, art, art, art…write?

October 7, 2015

Half of being a fine artist or a writer is knowing how to fix it, make it do or when it’s time for a break. And yes, the above artwork is currently at Caplan Art Designs http://www.caplanartdesigns.com/ – contact the gallery if interested.

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art toad of mushrooms

September 30, 2015

Here’s one of my fine artworks titled “Toad Shroom” that Caplan Art Designs www.caplanartdesigns.com has currently on exhibit at The Daily Cafe in the Pearl http://dailyinthepearl.com/ – “Toad Shroom” was inspired by two novels by Tom Robbins; “Another Roadside Attraction” and “Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas”. Tom Robbins is one of my favorite authors. On…

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Paws to Enjoy

September 29, 2015

Amy Caplan from Caplan Art Designs www.caplanartdesigns.com has installed my artwork at The Daily In The Pearl http://dailyinthepearl.com/events.html for an exhibit running the month of October! The theme I’ve been creating art towards (for over a year) is “Paws to Enjoy”. This installation is a well curated collection of all of the little moments I’ve paused…

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art books; reviews and previews

September 28, 2015

Since I often get asked for suggestions of “good books about art” I’ve decided to start reviewing books about various aspects of art on Goodreads.com now and again. The photo is of one of my favorite “go to” books that I recently reviewed. I may review cookbooks too as I think knowing how to cook…

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