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Polly Castor 
Once in a Blue Moon (mixed media) by Polly Castor This new abstract landscape is highly textural and is titled Once in a Blue Moon, for it is a rare sight. The painting is 20″x20″ and done on an archival wood panel in mixed media. See the entire work above and close up details below. … Read more
When you walk in, my large monoprint collage is centered on the back wall, three rooms away, and you can see it from the front door, the minute you walk in, so that was fun.
She paints large, and I love her gestural strokes, as well as her bold use of color.
Oh how lovely it feels to be alive; how magical to wake with the light and live…
During our plein air retreat I did six paintings in three full days, two of flowers, two of rocks, and two of water.
It was fun to nurture people in this way, and I’m already thinking about what to make next year!
This salad is easy to make, lots of crunch and texture, and the dressing is delicious.
I like how Arden Bendler Browning’s work straddles the line between abstraction and landscape painting.
This is why I have a practice of taking photographs in black and white.
Making is how I stay connected to something deeper than thinking.
