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Artsy on Escape Into Life: Misha Ashton-Moore

It’s not what you do, it’s how you do it.  Double-exposure photography is hardly a new concept, but the way Portland, Oregon photographer Misha Ashton-Moore does it is something special!  I immediately feel for her warm + cool palettes…

Searching For the Light by Savina Gost
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Guest Foraging: Curated Persona: The GlobeTrotter

Doing a little Guest Foraging over on the UGallery blog today!  For this month’s installment in my series for UGallery, Curated Persona, I’ve put together a little collection of art for The GlobeTrotter.  Methinks I might be feeling a…

Turn by Eva Magill-Oliver
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Artsy on Escape Into Life: Eva Magill-Oliver

Less is more.  Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.  Sometimes, I just love to cleanse the artsy palate so to speak, with work that is beautiful in it’s seeming naivete and guilelessness.  Perhaps that is why I was drawn to…

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Artsy on Escape Into Life: Pascaline Dargant

Collage seems to be the “it” medium these days.  And why not?  It takes a gifted eye for composition, color, and visual texture to make a collage that stands out amid the throng.  French artist Pascaline Dargant’s collages are…

Camp Home series by Kevin Miyazaki
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Artsy on Escape Into Life: Kevin Miyazaki

Note: There seems to be an issue with EIL, as this Artist Watch has not been published as scheduled.  Working to get it fixed!  There is so much to be proud of in our history, yet there is much…

Bird Sanctuary by Michelle Morin
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Artsy on Escape Into Life: Michelle Morin

I am loving the illustrative quality to these watercolors by Massachusetts artist Michelle Morin!  I’m sharing more of Michelle’s work in my Artist Watch on Escape Into Life today.. head over to EIL to check it out here. Michelle…

Reindeer by Valerie Chiang
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Guest Foraging for UGallery: Curated Persona: Your Snow Bunny Sister

After a little holiday hiatus, my Curated Persona series for UGallery is back!  I happen to have a lot in common with this month’s persona.. which is why Mr. Forager keeps threatening to move us to Alaska ( which…

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Artsy on Escape Into Life: Alex Steckly

Thick, interlocking lines of paint layered over obscured black and white imagery?  Could I be more intrigued?  Check out the work of Portland artist Alex Steckly in my Artist Watch over on Escape Into Life.  Because I need to…

See No Evil by Andy Price
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Artsy on Escape Into Life: Andy Price

The juxtapositions of uber-traditional garb and the ultra modern in these paintings by Andy Price really caught my eye.  See more from this artist in my Artist Watch over on Escape Into Life today! Andy Price on Escape Into…

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Artsy On Escape Into Life: Brian Taylor

I’ve finally joined the world of Instagram, which definitely has me taking more photos than I normally would with just my camera. Which is leading me to think more carefully about what I choose to photograph and how I…