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Category: Process

Making art and the Brain

Why does making art make me feel so good? After a painting session, I feel wonderfully stimulated and as if parts of my brain

Brushes with greatness

Even though I have a trove of brushes, sorted by handle length, there are certain brushes that I gravitate toward over the las

Painting demonstration at Taos Art Supply

Have you ever wondered if people can even consider oil paints that are solvent-free? Historically, we associate oil paints wit

I want all the colors

“I want all the colors. Not just the ones you can see.” – Melwell Romancito

More bigness

I have been gifted a couple of extremely large canvases and it’s been so rewarding to fling paint without regard for how

Terrible beauty

A friend gave me a large canvas she had started working on but never finished. I know how that can be. I accepted it gladly, t

Spectral Shift

Shifting from realism to a shifted spectrum, I make up rules and stick with it. Red=shadow. Blue=highlight. Ramp down the deta

Like a shaggy dough

During the COVID-19 isolation, I’ve watched a lot of videos on how to make no-knead breads, soughdough breads, and flatb

The view from above

I have made a series of paintings that reflect natural shapes that humans create on the landscape – at least in our area. I

Simplification

I am on a mission to simplify my painting. I have become swamped with details and everything has suffered. The paint was dull

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