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I have some awesome friends. One of them is Judy Reilly. She was a fellow church member here for some time before moving to Vermont. I miss seeing her regularly! She is an amazing quilt artist. I love her quilt’s color and whimsey and insight. My three photographs on this post are of quilts of … Read more
I checked this book out so many times from the library, I finally bought it with one of my amazon credit card coupons. I’m so glad I did! I find this book very inspirational. Claire Harrigan’s paintings I think are stellar but her advise is just as good. You can see in the sneak preview … Read more
This page represents July 26, 2009 through August 6, 2009. See below for some close up photos from this page. Enjoy!
I am pleased with the speckled homogeneous glazing of the above bowl and the carefully carved shape of the one below. Oh, to get it all to come together in one bowl! I’m improving but the path is slow. The above bowl I like better and it will be useful in the kitchen; the bowl … Read more
This page represents July 14, 2009 through July 25, 2009. See below for some close up photos from this page. Enjoy!
This page represents July 2, 2009 through July 13, 2009. See below for some close up photos from this page. Enjoy!
With exception of the one above done while waiting for my kids in their pottery class, the below doodles were done in church. It helps me concentrate and I enjoy them as pithy zingers later. I usually have a blank book with me to capture what inspires me. I recommend it!
This page represents June 20, 2009 through July 1, 2009. See below for some close up photos from this page. Enjoy!
Last night I was what my mom would have called “beside myself.” I was exhausted and would have gone to bed, but the sheets were in the laundry. I wanted to read, having searched for a moment to do so for weeks, but was too tired and restless. My husband and son were off at … Read more
This page represents June 8, 2009 through June 19, 2009. See below for some close up photos from this page. Enjoy!
This is the painting I started in my pastel class. It is the largest pastel I’ve ever done. It has been sitting on my mantel for over a month awaiting completion! I had a great time finishing it. This was done from a photo of mine taken on the Schoodic Peninsula in Acadia National Park, … Read more
I have really enjoyed this book by Dawn De Vries Sokol and even give it five stars. I bought it in the fall and have savored it slowly and incrementally at bedtime, studying each page thoroughly and carefully before going on to the next. I disciplined myself not to flip forward, and didn’t allow myself … Read more
This page represents May 27, 2009 through June 7, 2009. I am most gratified that several blog readers have started their own Box-A-Day Art Journal! I know well what enormous blessings are in store for you doing this! See below for some close up photos from this page. Enjoy!
I really enjoyed painting this one in the sun on my front porch, while sitting in one of our white Adirondack chairs and smelling the newly mown grass. Below are photos of the same painting. Which orientation do you like best?
This page represents May 15, 2009 through May 26, 2009. See below for some close up photos. Enjoy!
A photo of the full painting is below. The rest of the photos are close-up shots of details. What I liked most about this painting (besides that it was fun to do!) was all the paintings within it, so enjoy the details as well, as actual compositions in themselves.
I love bike riding. My 12 year old daughter just bought a bike with money she has earned with her little baking business, so I’ll be getting out more regularly now to accompany her. I am very pleased about this! Today friends introduced us to a rail trail in New York and we relished the … Read more