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Exploring the Symbolism and Meaning in Figure Art
In my short chapter of studying art in college, one of the most important lessons I experienced were nude figure studies in drawing class. Not only did I learn a lot technically from those classes, but it laid the foundation for meaningful artwork I would make nearly twenty years later. In this post, I explore…
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Exploring Colorful Horse Art
When I was a young girl, I was obsessed with horses, and not just My Little Ponies, but that was a big part of it! My room was decorated with horses and unicorns and I was constantly making horse art. I’m sure it started with coloring books, then there was the barnyard scene I won…
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Pet Portrait Paintings for Charity
When I started doing commissioned artwork some 6 months ago, I felt a little bit guilty. Why should I take money for doing something that comes easy to me and I thoroughly enjoy doing? I have a healthy salary at my day job and don’t need more money (said no one ever, haha!). Not that…
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Painting the Noise
My first abstract painting was done several months ago, when I was just getting back into making art (for the first time in a couple decades, basically). And though I enjoyed it, I found myself pleasantly surprised with orders for commissioned artwork that has basically kept me busy ever since. But last weekend, I was…
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Exploring abstract art
Eek! I haven’t really written in quite sometime now. I’ve been too busy painting! It’s funny how any sort of creative outlet seems to work for me and settle my mind. Whether blogging, writing free verse poetry when I’m too lazy to blog, painting, or even just posting on Instagram. I blogged on and off…