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Color mixing inspired by the Munsell system
What is the Zorn palette? What did Sargent’s palette consist of? Artists have always been intrigued by palettes...
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The one thing we can count on is change—and sewing masks!
The year 2020 started off like most years with back-to-back plans for travel to events, shows and other...
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More Than Meets the Eye
Growing up, I remember walking a trail to my grandparents house that was “up the hill” from my...
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“At Your Age…?!”
Have you been to a doctor lately and heard the comment, “At your age…”?  I have.  It left...
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Art, the Meaning of Life, and Hummingbird Moths
Once, when I was still teaching art, the new principal asked my colleagues and me, about that, which...
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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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