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Lake Pontchartrain Remembered

New Orleans 2005 – 6 weeks before Katrina 50 Days for 50 Years We drove from Palm Springs to New Orleans as a way to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. And celebration it was. Our memories of those 50 days bring laughter and joy to our minds almost daily. Yes …it is a great way [...]

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Meet the Artist…Barbara Nechis

Inside the Artist’s Studio Series “By encouraging paint and water to do what they do best – flow, I am able to paint what cannot be photographed. My work evokes the essence of nature.”  Barbara Nechis I was painting with oil paints, but always admired watercolor paintings. Living in the Northwest, watercolor was the perfect [...]

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Coasters… Art for the Home

 CERAMIC TILE COASTERS   BIG HIT AT THE STREET FAIR They arrived last week to raves!  OVERHEARD AT FAIR “They’re perfect” ” Get 4 as a hostess gift” “Mary, you can hang them on that little, empty, long wall” “They are perfect, I’m going to put them on an easel on the table” SEE WHAT [...]

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UPDATE Pick 3 Favorites

The results are in… This is a very big thank you to everyone who participated in this project.  Your favorite picks are very interesting. I am actually working on the top two; my next posts will be Recent Work and finally…a Video of Painter 11. Expect to see one of your favorites here very soon. Come back often. Your [...]

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What style should I exhibit?

Here’s my dilemma? What should I show of my artwork at the street fair?   Photorealism?               I’ve had huge success in selling this style for the past 8 years. These pieces are very realistic, and that’s what people love and have been buying. They’re up-close and intimate portraits of flowers that make the viewer stand [...]

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Off to Dallas

This is a big day for me. August 20…MY BIRTHDAY.   I’m celebrating with son Steve and family. That means, I’m flying off to Dallas today, returning on Monday. If I can I’ll post tomorrow. If I can’t that means I’m just having too much fun to stop. More soon. OK I promised myself that [...]

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