my week in art

i haven’t had much to report artwise for a while, but this past week had some activity that i want to share. this week i did two things i want to celebrate myself for: the first was that i entered a few pieces into the art2life international online juried art exhibition. yes, at the very…

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prime day alternative

i’m still deep in busy summer pet-biz land (my anticipated “slow” month of july got really busy) but this is just a quick post to say that i know amazon prime day is coming up soon. lots of people love amazon; lots of people hate amazon but still use it; and lots of people hate…

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it’s been a minute

yeah, april and may whizzed by and i have no art to show for it. i’ve been struggling to have any creative motivation and there have been way too many distractions: weekend getaways, jazzfest, an unholy alliance with amazon (more on that later), and work work work. i should be glad that work has picked…

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sometimes life (and work) happens.

i was doing so so good on my daily art practice through the first three months of this year. i really felt like i’d managed to create a new habit. it was coming pretty effortlessly and i hardly even had to think about it. i was having my coffee and breakfast in my studio first…

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new books about art & creativity

since i’m just beginning to listen to one of these and have the other one on hold at the public library, i can’t give you a review yet of either of them. but both of these books have been the subject of numerous podcasts recently that i listen to, and seem right up my alley…

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new artist paint tip!

i wanted to write a quick post to share a pretty cool deal for artists but i think it’s only good til the end of march, so you need to act fast. and no, i don’t work for them and am not getting anything in return for talking about their product. i’m just someone who…

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