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Primal Expression: Brenda Hope Zappitell

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m far from a wild child.  I tend to be calm, controlled, even-tempered.  Maybe that’s why I’m drawn to abstract expressionist work like a moth to a flame.  And the work of Delray…

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Harnessed Energy: Guus Kemp

This Fall, the leaves in Oregon have been full of riotous color, bursting forth in celebration of the last days of sunshine and warmth.  But to find happy energy in the long, grey days of winter, one only need…

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Fashion Plate: Leigh Viner

What do you get when you take one part line sketch + one part abstract expressionism + a flair for fashion?  The stunning work of Denver artist/photographer/designer, Leigh Viner.  Leigh elevates what could be a simple fashion sketch to…

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Yes, Virginia, You CAN Afford To Buy Artwork! ( Part 1 )

Please enjoy this oldie by goodie while I spend the next two weeks camping, packing, visiting with the mom-in-law and moving from WA to OR. See you in September! It is a huge misnomer that only the rich can…

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Melodious Abandon:  Michelle Armas

Pablo Picasso once asked ( rhetorically, of course ), “Why do two colors, one put next to the other, sing?” Good ol’ Pablo had no answer, nor do I.  But they do.  Color calls out to us, reaches out…

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Masterworks Monday:  Rauschenberg in Tulsa

Hello Artsies!!!  After being out of the blogosphere for the past three weeks or so, I am finally back behind the computer, as it were and it feels great.  I have so much to share that I hardly know…

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Masterworks Monday:  Jack the Dripper

A polarizing persona in the art world, Jackson Pollock, called “Jack the Dripper” by some, figured largely in the Abstract Expressionist movement in America.  His work  is such of the “love it” or “hate it” variety and it can often…

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Masterworks Monday:  Hedda Sterne, The Last Abstract Expressionist Dies at 100

I have a weakness for Abstract Expressionism.  I’m not sure what it is about the paintings of that time and the artists who created them, but there is just something about these works that move me.  Maybe it is…