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Announcing New Affiliate Link for Dick Blick Art Materials
By Polly Castor on October 14, 2022Read moreClick on the “Shop Now” button and a portion of sales will go to support this website. Thank you!
00Grid Journaling Ideas #1
By Polly Castor on October 13, 2022Read moreAs an artist, these types of exercises refill my tank and get me excited in fresh directions.
Colby Art Museum Visit (Photos)
By Polly Castor on October 12, 2022Read moreHere is the best that Colby Museum has to offer.
Grace Notes (#43 with Photos)
By Polly Castor on October 11, 2022Read moreI am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
A Beautiful Blue Death (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on October 10, 2022Read moreThis book strikes just the right note for my taste in a good mystery read.
We Met 34 Years Ago Today
By Polly Castor on October 9, 2022Read moreI am so grateful for this man and for the life we are making together.
In the End (Poem by Jena Schwartz)
By Polly Castor on October 8, 2022Read moreIn the end the circle closes...
Eggplant Curry (Recipe)
By Polly Castor on October 7, 2022Read moreIt’s eggplant season and I’m delighted to add this flavorful, delicious, new way to cook it to my previous...
Photos of Student Work (Adventures in Abstraction Maine 2022)
By Polly Castor on October 6, 2022Read moreEveryone did a great job and there were plenty of great ideas to discuss and appreciate. Don’t you love...
My Workshop in Maine and What They Said About it (with Photos)
By Polly Castor on October 5, 2022Read moreI loved being with these wonderful women and am so grateful for their marvelously receptive hearts!
Five Plein Air Paintings I did on Monhegan Island
By Polly Castor on October 4, 2022Read moreHere are the results of my hiking and painting on Monhegan Island...
Monhegan Island: Hike Through Cathedral Forest to Squeaker Cove (Photos)
By Polly Castor on October 3, 2022Read moreI loved being surrounded with compositions and textures, trees and rocks, moss and roots, surf and sky. See in...