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Making Your Creative Space Work for You
When we moved to Silicon Valley for my husband’s medical residency in 2014, our family of five could...
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Having the Guts
I grew up in Crested Butte, a very small town in Western Colorado. During my childhood, the local...
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Tips From My Personal Notebook on Becoming The Artist I Want To Be
Moving to California in 1985 marked the beginning of my serious pursuit of becoming an artist. A real...
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A Simple Lesson
I’m relatively new as a studio and plein air painter, but I have over 40 years experience as...
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Facts and Figures- Looking at Corot
Corot – The Painter in Us All – Reflections on the Master of Land and Body – By...
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PURSUING GRACE, The Painting’s Story
BIRTH OF A PAINTING In the hope of being helpful to those who wonder how a painting develops...
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OPA’S FIRST VIRTUAL CONVENTION TAKES PLACE THIS WEEK
If you watched the 2020 National Awards Ceremony on Thursday evening, September 10, or took part in the ...
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In Light of Identity
Vincent Van Gogh in the city of Arles, David Hockney in California, and Claude Monet’s extensive working excursions...
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Colors for "Cherished"
I chose to paint this piece because of the dramatic nature of the composition, the lighting, and the...
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Staying Healthy, (Relatively) Sane, and Growing During the Pandemic
In early March, many of us were probably asking ourselves a similar question: “How do I keep producing...
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