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Today’s Ocean Sunset Painting
By Polly Castor on March 9, 2010Read moreToday I worked on layering “graded washes” of watercolor to create a luminous effect. This single painting took several...
00Movie Review: Runaway Bride
By Polly Castor on March 8, 2010Read moreMy oldest daughter is home from college for spring break. We enjoyed Runaway Bride... a thoroughly decent film which...
Winter Photos of New Pond Farm
By Polly Castor on March 7, 2010Read moreWith temperatures in the fifties yesterday and today, we are thinking spring with good reason! As the weather here...
Book Review: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
By Polly Castor on March 6, 2010Read moreThis is a wonderful book; it is the best novel I’ve read in quite a while. I give it...
New Poem by me: Life Goes On
By Polly Castor on March 5, 2010Read moreLife Goes On Death means never more: so definitive and final. In argumentation I’ve learned to avoid saying always...
My New Watercolor Abstract Landscape Series
By Polly Castor on March 4, 2010Read moreI painted this abstract landscape series in watercolors this week. I had fun exploring options within self-imposed limited constraints....
I’ve Started Making Homemade Bread!
By Polly Castor on March 3, 2010Read moreFor Christmas I got two bread making books from my husband and a bread baking stone from my sister....
Photos of Fresh Snow by the River
By Polly Castor on March 2, 2010Read moreI took these photos early last Saturday morning after a 12 hour slow snow the day before. I had...
Photos of Snowy Fields
By Polly Castor on March 1, 2010Read moreWonderful ice cream grazes on these fields at other times of the year! I hope you like these wintery...
Where’s the Color: More Art By Others
By Polly Castor on February 28, 2010Read moreThe photos on this post are from three different, recent, local guild and museum (juried/curator) contemporary shows. I like...
Fifteenth Page Done in My New Box-A-Day Art Journal
By Polly Castor on February 27, 2010Read moreThis page represents February 15, 2010 to February 26, 2010. See close-ups of recent entries below. Enjoy!
Two New Bowls Made by Me
By Polly Castor on February 26, 2010Read moreThese are my most recent two bowls made by me on the pottery wheel… I especially like the wider...