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Imagine… I stand on a stage before you, the huge curtains behind me are luminous. I present the latest in virtual carousel rides: My New Portfolio Preview Page, a dazzling changing frame of a wide variety of my art work. The curtains of light seem to pool as a flat screen, and there before you, the delightful shifting of image after image, turning and unfolded into the next.
I am thrilled ...
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The artists retreat: A place created first in the mind, for it to be activated in any space, even in the most ideal creative spaces. It suggests an honesty with self, an agreement to withdraw from expectations in order to discover something new creatively. A retreat can mean putting value on quietly listening, becoming aware of what surfaces.
I am interested in working with individuals who, whether local or visiting the area, ...
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May I invite you to visit My Illustrations Overview page for clients and authors. It’s a formula for begining an illustration project, and it’s filled with extensive information about how I translate your words into artwork.
For the new author, who has always wished to have a bit of art to enhance their poetry or short story, I have provided a full description of the language used in art and the way your story can be translated into illustrations!
For the experienced author ...
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We are all artists in our own way. I see that we are finding new ways to join our talents and passions for life and expression in the most creative ways today.
We ought to be emboldened by the unbelievable solutions that are being put to work to empower individuals. Artistically, as well as personally the more we allow ourselves to be ourselves without apology, the greater our ...
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We are all so different, yet so much the same in ways that really matter. We want to express ourselves.
We need to discover our most authentic self. Perhaps a self that was never discarded, for all of the various reasons that this can happen. This usually happens at the hands of those who have lost their own childhood. As a home school mother I wanted to provide an environment that nurtured what my children were born with, natural creativity, endless ...
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Hello artists and art lovers,
I’d like to tell you about something I learned from one of my youngest students. She is just seven. She taught me that when you don’t know you can’t do something, you might just be able to do it very well.
It was our first class together. From what her mother brought of her art I could see a definite confidence in her line. She had a sure hand, even when she wasn’t sure how to draw ...
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I have noticed that when the seasons change something happens inside of our hearts and minds creatively. As summer turns to fall, not only do I see changes around me, but I seem to smell the new season coming.
The power of these changes brings a profusion of color images into my imagination. I lay color next to color in my mind building scenes characters and unknown places of wild potential for stories to become more real. Summer into fall has a combination ...
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Hello fellow artists,
I’d like to share my technique for creating a hand-colored drawing of a character for a client. I like to rough out the image with several first sketches. I prefer a soft lead pencil because of the fluidity in the line. I begin with my envisioned idea, then use basic shapes to rough out the proportions on the paper.
Many artists get themselves discouraged by starting in on the detail too soon. Try to enjoy the process, after all that’s ...
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I’m so thrilled to be able to be in touch with fellow artists, my clients, and new friends.
I have some far memory of a Salon where artists and artisans met. The environment is timeless, well glassed and wooden, a high interior, plenty of room for thoughts to float about in the room. Lots of well worn tables with meaningful deep scratches from an exphasis on paper. One thing we all have in common the need to inspire or be ...
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