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Monthly Archives: February 2008

art and life

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Life is a great big canvas and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
Danny Kaye

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the 6th girl is finished

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Lots of titles in my mind for this one, but I keep coming back to a heady bouf. I think I must have taken that from Jitterbug Perfume, which would make sense since it is that heady book which inspired this painting.

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work in progress-more bees in the swarm

Friday, February 15, 2008

Adding bees, adding details, getting close to completion. Buzz.
Jim, my friend, you are now the bee with the goatee, large with white wings about to land just to the left of her eye. The one looking for maximum taste and freshness, that is.

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work in progress- bee detail

Thursday, February 14, 2008

I’ve been busy as a bee! My head is buzzing. Must paint more bees.

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work in progress-the bees are moving in

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Step 10: paint the swarm.
Next, I’ll finish these flying bees and then paint in more individual bees until I get the swarm moving across the canvas the way I’d like them to.

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Studio Play Day-Collage of Desires

Saturday, February 9, 2008

February’s Studio Play Day was held today and I was happy to find the participants had little experience in art making but were eager to step into new territory. It was a lot of fun to watch one woman struggle through the discomfort of the beginning stages, where you don’t know where you’re going with [...]

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work in progress-still painting the bees

Thursday, February 7, 2008

I’ve been painting little bits on the bees here and there over the last few days and I feel I’ve neglected my blog as I focus on some old and new business tasks. I have been enjoying emails with another painter and thought I’d include a little of my end of today’s conversation for you.
…It [...]

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