In between the charcoal portraits that I’ve been working on, I completed this mini painting of two strawberries. I really enjoyed working on this piece.
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Art Blog
Welcome to my art blog where you’ll find weekly updates regarding my latest work, exhibitions and artistic journey. My blog is my online journal. I love talking with viewers and fellow artists so feel free to comment or ask me a questions on any of my posts!
From the time I first read Kesha Bruce’s tweets on twitter, she stood out. She wasn’t just a fellow artists tweeting away about her creative endevours.
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Richard McKinley recently posted an article entitled “Nothing to Lose” on the Pastel Pointers Blog. The article served as a reminder about how much personality plays a role in the way we do things.
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Whenever I do portraits I try to capture “the essence of a person and message of the work“, meaning their personality and character rather than a simple picture of them dressed to the nines and beaming into a camera lens.
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It just never fails! Part of me believes I’m desitined or somehow predisposed to always have this happen to me. Why is it that when you invest so much time and energy into something, it has to fight back…. what on earth am I talking about? Well I’m talking about my creative disaster.
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I’m committing to something big! Inspired by the ”a painting a day” revolution, I’ve committed to something I’ve term “Dusty Thursday”. I’m committing to producing one mini painting (8 x 10″ or smaller) each week.
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I remember when I was very young, around 8 or so, I’d tell my mom that I didn’t want to just be one thing when I grew up; I wanted to be many things.
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I was given an amazing opportunity this month to guest blog on “Lori McNee Fine Art Tips“. Along with her artwork, Lori shares valuable fine art tips, art business tips and social media advice.
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I’ve been thinking lately of ways in which to produce more work to build my portfolio and provide more opportunities to learn more through a variety of works.
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Applications for the 4th annual Charman Prize were released by the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art earlier this year.
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Elena Parashko of the Professional Artist Magazine wrote a fantastic article entitled “Building a Reputation”. Parashko stated that an artist’s reputation is built on six main factors:
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At the beginning of the year, I wrote about The Big Balancing Act, balancing careers and motherhood along with everything else.
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