Benedetti siano gli istanti, i millimetri e le ombre delle piccole cose. // Blessed are the moments, the millimeters and the shadows of little things. -- Fernando Pessoa The Litt...
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Tomorrow, March 8 is International Women's Day. The women is my family line have all been strong women, some have been through unspeakable suffering and have come through while holding ever...
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"The light at the end of the tunnel." The light is always there - if you look for it. Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknow...
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It looks like we're in for 6 more weeks of winter, if you believe the majority of groundhogs, our local groundhog Whiarton Willie excepted. Which means one thing: hunker down with a cup of...
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After several years of small paintings on paper, I've broken out an 11 x 14-inch canvas and attempted an abstract work with no plan in mind. The result: Indian Summer. Acrylic on Daler and Ro...
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My brother-in-law is one of the busiest retirees I know. He writes, paints, hikes, gardens,takes care of his extended family, and then there's his passion - bee keeping. He takes incredibly goo...
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Happy New Year. May it be happier, healthier and more positive than the last one. Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year Wishing you a new year filled with hope, peace, contentment, and good health. Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unneces...
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It's been so long, I've forgotten how to blog. Sometime I forget I have a blog. My very quiet life has a little more noise in it as things slowly open up and while we're still careful, it's ...
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Basically minding my own business. Enjoying the scent of flowers Nurturing a pot of rosemary on my balcony Vaccinated but still being careful. I'll probably use a mask for t...
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Happy Earth Day! Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown
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I received the Covid vaccine a week ago, and have an appointment for my second shot in the near future. I continue to mask up and social distance. With the weather warming up I've been bringi...
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My latest landscape paintings, impressionistic, a little abstract. Painted on mixed media paper with acrylics. Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessar...
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I've been learning to mix my own colours. I used to shy away from that, especially as every colour imaginable is readily available in tubes, but that can get expensive and I don't need to create ...
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When I was a full-time painter, I painted at night. It worked for me. With the pandemic and staying at home, I rediscovered my nightly painting. Monday night SOLD Sunday night The...
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There hasn't been much to blog about lately. We are hibernating, waiting for the world the right itself. And painting. Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--s...
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Mark making Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown
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My 7-year-old grand-niece has discovered the joy of art. She's informed me that she's drawing things based on my art (which is plentiful in her house). I sent her a painting of a pear, and she m...
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And now it's mid-October. I had a birthday. I'm still here. The days are getting shorter. Let the stitching begin. Stay safe. Better days are coming. Simplicity is the removal...
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I'm still here and working. Altering Victorian cabinet cards. Doing some collage work. Painting a landscape in France (after Derain). The landscape is in France, not me - alas! Stitchi...
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We're in week 3 of a heatwave. I eat a lot of this, cut up in chunks and ice-cold. Watermelon is mostly seedless these days, but a few sneak in. Stay cool, stay safe. Watermelon, watercol...
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What I've been doing. Sorting and assembling pretty little packages. Find them in my Etsy shop . SOLD Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source un...
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I'm very happy to have contributed to the new issue of Art Quilting Studio . My article Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown
We are making memories. Every day at 7:30 p.m., the hospitals' shift changes, and every day at that hour all over the city people come out on their balconies and front doors to bang pots and pa...
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I hope you're all doing well. I don't have much to say, as I spend most of my time at home. I make two trips out for necessities, wearing my mask and gloves, and a daily evening walk in an is...
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