I’m on Day 15 of #21daysinmyartworld (although at some point I got the days mixed up – go figure!) but today’s prompt is “How I Title My Paintings.” Is that interesting to people? Would you buy a painting if you liked the title but not the image? I have found that if I’m on the fence about purchasing someone’s work,…
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Exodus
A special thank you to the Art Bar (MKE) for being such a wonderful supporter of artists. They sold some of my works at their annual holiday sale, and as my husby picked up the rest someone stopped him and bought this original on the way out to the car! This painting is titled “Exodus.”
Little Beaded Houses
Latest WIP. I’ve been getting involved with stitching the last few months, especially slow stitched art pieces and journals. With these, I combine paint, beads, paper, fabric, and of course, lace. (A constant in my art pieces 🤪) At night, I typically sketch in my art journal but lately I’ve been sketching out ideas with paint and ink on fabric…
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Reflecting Back on 2022
For years and years I did a yearly wrap up here, which was a way for me to reflect and take note on highlights (and maybe, lowlights) from the previous year. I did several of these and then hit 2020 and I wrote a final wrap up post titled, “Good Riddance, 2020.” It was a challenging year for a lot…
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Happy National Cupcake Day
Did you know that today is #NationalCupcakeDay ? 🧁 I couldn’t let the day pass without mentioning my new family card game. I am an artist, baker, and geek, and you know when you combine those you are going to get something like Cupcake Commotion! We had a blast test-playing this game for months until I finally got it where…
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