Category: Artist Blog
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The Art of Rest: Embracing Deep Rejuvenation
I recently came across a photograph by Henri Cartier Bresson from the 1930’s. As soon as I saw the female portrait I thought it was so beautiful. She looked as though she was in a deep peaceful rest. Perhaps, this resonated with me because where I live winter has just set in. Winter is nature’s…
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Finding Joy in Life’s Simple Miracles
I felt called to painting this sweet little child when I found this photograph. Do you remember as a child seeing something and being so amazed? That feeling that comes over you of pure astonishment and wonder. There were so many moments like that for me as a child, but as I aged I found…
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Where does Painting Inspiration Come From
Like almost every other artist inspiration for paintings comes to me from many different sources. Nature is my greatest inspiration. The color combinations that nature does is so beautiful. Here is a photo I took at the NJ Botanical Gardens. I love varigated plants. It’s hard to deny their beauty. I find plants symmetry so…
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Bringing My Past to My Art
I learned to sew as a child and sewing has remained in my life ever since. My mother was a seamstress. I remember loving to dip my fingers and sort through her box of buttons. I used her fabric scraps to create barbies clothes. Many of my early businesses were based on my sewing. From…
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How I Get Back into a Painting Routine After Time Away
*I’ve moved my blog, this post was originally published on January of 2025 December had some pretty unenjoyable moments for me. Mainly because of the fact that I got sick after the first week of December, and pretty much remained sick the entire month. I never really get sick. I can’t even recall the last…
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How to Stop the “You’re not good enough” Voice
*I’ve moved my blog, this post was originally published on September of 2024 One of the things I have heard and read many times is artist’s say how they have or have had that voice that say’s you’re not good enough. When I first started as a self-taught artist I felt this a lot. I…
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Creating Good Habits
*I moved my blog, This post was originally published in July 2024 This year where I live spring has been extremely rainy. There have been a few unseasonably warm days that have hinted to the season to come. I suppose those days have influenced me a bit and I found that many of the compositions…
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Becoming a Better Artist From Mistakes
This past month I worked on something totally different. I tried painting a landscape. I also experimented trying to be more free and impressionistic. Which is very difficult for me. My brain just continues insisting to add more and more detail. This painting has been a big challenge for me this month. It was so…
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