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Figurative Paintings

Naked Abandon: Lee Price

Sometimes, I find an artist’s work so powerful, that I can’t write about it immediately.  When I found New York artist Lee Price’s work, I wanted to share it as soon as possible, but just couldn’t write about it…

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Sometimes the Waiting is the Hardest Part: Brett Amory

Does it ever seem like you are always waiting for something?  An answer to a question, a check in the mail, the pizza to be delivered.  At times, it can feel like life is just a series of waitings.…

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Art to Inspiration: Pakayla Biehn

This blogging world is chock full of creative and inspiring people.  I am so excited to participate in the collaborative blogging project, Art to Inspiration!  Art to Inspiration is a monthly collaborative blogging project in which bloggers around the…

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Fragile Ambiguity: Kris Knight

Sometimes, in a world filled with sarcasm and cynicism, we can easily forget the vulnerability of the human spirit.  How one wounding word can hurt and haunt us.  Toronto artist Kris Knight’s portraits remind us that the strength we…

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Anticipated Moments: Shaun Downey

We all know what it is like to wait.  Wait to grow up.  Wait in line for coffee.  Wait on hold for customer service.  Wait for a new life to come into the world.  Sometimes it seems that life…

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Artsy on Escape Into Life: Matt Wisniewski

It’s Tuesday.. you know what that means!  Head over to Escape Into Life to check out the artist I’m featuring there today, Matt Wisniewski.  If you liked Pakayla Biehn’s work yesterday, I think you’ll love Matt’s digital collages. Matt…

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Delicate Double-takes: Pakayla Biehn

Have you ever been so enraptured by the natural beauty surrounding you that you feel as if the wonder of it actually becomes a part of you?  I have suspect Pakayla Biehn has encountered this feeling.  Her dreamlike works…

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Balancing Act: Candice Smith Corby

Many of you know that my hubby & I are living a bit of a vagabond life.  My other half is working as a medical traveler, so since May 2011, we’ve moved across the good ol’ USofA from Florida…

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Phantasmic Illusions: Catrin Welz-Stein

I’ve heard that some people only dream in black and white.  My dreams are always in color, but muted, like faded photographs or old home movies.  It seems that German born artist Catrin Welz-Stein has been somehow seeing into…

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Color Harvest: Orange & Indigo

While digging through my Pinterest inspiration boards, planning my features for next week, I noticed a color trend in a few of my pins.  It’s funny how our minds gravitate toward certain palettes some days, isn’t it?  Apparently, my…