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Watercolor Contemplations
Watercolor, perfect for gentle laid back relaxing. Whether its shrouded marshland, or peach tinted skies these paintings are wonderfully contemplative.
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Zen Beauty
A fun and happy blend of blues make this a Zen Beauty! I combined the blues with lovely deep crevices and textures suggesting boulders or …. perhaps a mountainside. This is an acrylic painting on triple textured masonite wood board with multiple glazes to create that rich and layered look. I found all the many […]
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7 Days of Zen IV – Natural Beauty
Without artifice or pretence. Uncontrived. A loveliness of the Natural world. “Shizen” defines this spontaneous element of Wabi Sabi. An approach to viewing art and seeing beauty in non traditional ways! 7 Days of Zen continues with part IV showcasing Nature at her finest. The Natural Beauty. Shizen. The beauty that exists […]
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Gardens of Easter
Easter and flowers have always gone together – for me. From the tulips of the Pacific Northwest to the lush and tropical fuschia bougainvillea blossoms of Australia. I can’t imagine Easter without any flowers! Color for me is wonderfully inspiring, especially at Easter. Growing up in North America, it always was my herald of […]
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7 Days of Zen – Bones of Time
A patina of grace. An eloquence that only time can give. This elegance that aging bestows upon a thing somehow transcends the modern notions of youthful, ‘perfect’ Beauty. As I continue on with Segment 3 of the 7 part Zen Series, the chosen Wabi Sabi element is “Koko.” The prior […]
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7 Days of Zen II – Unbounded
The Freedom to express the hidden artist, to let go and speak out with my own voice has been a work in progress. It doesn’t happen overnight. Nor within the timespan of a short art course. I must look at art differently. Art is like life, and life is like art. I view art as […]
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Winter’s Glow: Watercolor Reflections
Small, delicate. A little miniature watercolor painting created with Amethyst and Sodalite. Just 2 colors. But she hints at mystery and night. Wabi Sabi in Winter To hint, to infer and to suggest at the deeper mysteries, at the beauty of nature is very Zen, very Wabi Sabi. It is probably, I’d say, one of […]
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Silly Saturday: Because I Can!
Did you know that learning to create Abstract paintings is a fabulous way to teach yourself art basics of Design and Tonal Values? I think that is why I consider abstracts one of the most Challenging genres to master. I do not say that I have mastered the realm of Abstracts. But I do certainly […]
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Seasons Spring and Autumn
Spring bursts forth and we all feel like dancing! Dreariness be gone! Flowers color up the landscape like the Christmas lights that brightened our homes those dark days of December. And, a stunning bold magenta tulip, with petals curling and curving in coy shyness. South. In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia, Autumn […]
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Gumnuts – The Star Within
The Beauty of the Forest continues…. little did I realize what the blossoms of the gum tree could create as the nut matured. Once the flowers have fallen off the nut hardens. As it does, it creates a stunning magenta and crimson inner circle, from which the Star emerges. I have gone years […]