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Light snow above the Artic Circle, by Carol L. Douglas. I didnât even know I had a bucket list, let alone that painting above the Arctic Circle was on it. But as I crossed the Yukon River, I realized that no amount of bad road was going to stop me from seizing this opportunity. My …
âWhiteface makes its own weather,â by Carol L. Douglas. High contrast clouds and a flat brush imply rain. Clouds are a terrific, rampaging part of the landscape, and often the best part of a composition. I love painting them. They seem so easy that I never figured there was much secret gnosis to painting them, any more …
Schoodic Point breakers by Lynne Vokatis (finished). A visitor mentioned that Acadiaâs Schoodic Peninsula seems much busier than it has in other years. Iâd been thinking much the same thing. If so, that means the National Park Serviceâs investment in the Schoodic Woods campground has paid off handsomely. My class was so gung-ho that they started 45 …
My studio. Clifford doesn’t stay here but I have to remove some doors before he can be moved. Wish you were here. Since Friday, Iâve loaded half my earthly belongings on a 16â rental truck, hooked my Prius up to it on a trailer, driven a gazillion miles, unloaded the truck and trailer and returned …
The Red Truck, oil on canvasboard, Carol L. Douglas I believe that creativity rests less on freedom than on structure. Iâm not the only person whoâs discovered that genius requires discipline: from this Navy SEAL asserting that everything starts with making your bed to Mason Curreyâs Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, the idea permeates current …
The tail end of the anti-Bill demonstration at the bus headquarters. Yesterday I was driving downtown when I passed a demonstration at the bus headquarters. Union members were protesting the decision to stop busing 9,000 Rochester City School District students on the RTS because troublemakers wonât stop fighting. The move will cost 144 jobs. I …
Sampler from Salem, MA, 1791.Needlework was one of the last traditional crafts to vanish; girls were still taught to embroider into the 1960s. One would have to be blind to not notice the current trend in adult coloring. Of the top ten sales positions on Amazon, threeare adult coloring books (and one is a guide …
Keuka Lake Vineyard, 40X30, oil on canvas, by Carol L. Douglas. Priced by the square inch, of course. This week Iâm writing about N., who is a retiree now painting full time. She wants to sell paintings but doesnât want to be a full-time businessperson. The last question N. has to answer is whether sheâs …
Lapis lazuli eyes in the 25th century BCE Statue of Ebih-II (eastern Syria). Todayâs misinformationcomes from the same fount that gave us yesterdayâsâfour-coned woman.â Itâs the idea that the ancients were somehow ignorant of the color blue, as evidenced by the fact that Homer called the ocean the âwine-dark sea.â Fragment of a fresco from the …
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No neck, no breasts, long limbs and very wide hips. How could a little Roman girl hope to live up to this? A photo of an articulated ivory doll found in 1964 in Rome has recently made the rounds on the internet. The doll is part of the funeral dowry of a little girl laid …