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Thank you Shayla Video

This video is in response to Shayla Maddox’s Video!
In late December 2009 when I began painting Christmas ornaments, Shayla began painting pretty ornaments to. We talked on twitter and decided to exchange ornaments with each other.
Hope we can make this an annual Christmas tradition Shayla!
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Artist Tip #21 – How I created children’s paper scrap packs for Christmas gifts

Last night I assembled three paper scrap packs for my nieces; ages three, six and eight.
If you are like me you have many many paper scraps, oops prints and papers that are too small to use. I cut down a larger sheet of cardboard with teddy bears printed on it which now doubles as the [...]

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Etching Memories Without Fear

In a moment our lives switch and adapt to our surroundings, yearning for alternative ways of thinking in approaching life.
When you meet new people that in itself creates new pathways in your brain causing reflection, affirmation and acceptance of what once was. Memories are created and we can either forget about them moving onwards to [...]

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Artists Tip #15 – The truth behind the struggle

The truth behind the struggle
You hear people speak of the struggling artist. It’s almost a romantic notion to have that said to you or about you if you are in fact an artist. I hate that notion. You never hear of a struggling physician or a struggling carpenter. Only artist’s seem worthy of such a [...]

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Artist Tip #10 – Why you should comment on art blogs

Why you should comment on art blogs
Because we need you
as much
as
you
need
us.
Next Week’s Tip – Why you should never put your art supplies away
Last Week’s Tip
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Cleaning the Slate for 2008

Created two web banners today for my Etsy Original Art Sale in Photoshop. This is the square one.
Let me know what you think.
Happy New Year!

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Artist Tip #5 – How to Package Aunt Wilma’s Christmas Gift

Artist Tip #5 – How to Package Aunt Wilma’s Christmas Gift
Remember that eyeball you tore out? I bet you saved it! Go now and get your Aunt Wilma caricature with red rose collage and wrap it in red paper. Tie this with green ribbon. Next punch a hole through that saved eyeball. Using a little [...]

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Artist Tip #4 – How to make aunt Wilma happy now that you’ve made her mad

Artists Tip #4 – How to make aunt Wilma happy now that you’ve made her mad
Now that Aunt Wilma is flaming angry because you caricatured her face and ripped out one of her eyeballs paste a pretty paper red rose in place of the missing wrinkled third eyeball that you previously created from one unsightly [...]

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Artists Tip #3 – How to hide that unsightly pen line

Artists Tip #3 – How to hide that unsightly pen line
When you’ve drawn a line and it’s bad because you smudged it, drew the line too long, too short, gave aunt Wilma an extra eyeball or twitched from being startled from your rhythm by said aunt Wilma simply give her another eyeball. In other words [...]

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Artists Tip #2 – What to do when your pencil lead breaks

Artists Tip #2 – What to do when your pencil lead breaks
When your pencil lead breaks because you pressed too hard and you do not have a pencil sharpener or pocket knife handy, simply light the end of your pencil on fire using a match or lighter, let it burn for 10 seconds and blow [...]

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Artists Tip #1 – What to do when you have no water

Artists TIP #1 – What to do when you have no water
If there is no water nearby and you NEED to paint, place paintbrush or whatever creative instrument you prefer into your mouth, think of your favorite food and wait for the gushes of saliva to appear and wet your brush.
Next week’s tip: What to [...]

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Six Divided by One – drawing

Title –
Six Divided by One
Medium –
Pilot G-tec C4 pen on Fabriano journal paper
Artist Statement -
Wispy tendrils feathers akin

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Spirits

I find myself listening to Spirits again today. It is almost painful sometimes to listen, for it causes so much emotion to well up inside me that I need to release. Last week on Thursday I danced. Friday I awoke feeling the world is my playground and that my dreams are becoming reality because I [...]

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Portrait of the Addict

Portrait of the Addict a couple a’ years ago.

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Free legal advice for artists in Vancouver

Over on Alliance for Arts there was an announcement made. This is one of the nicest announcements I have read about and hope to attend. As a blogger/artist/etc… this Outreach program could not have come at a better time for me. If any of you artists who reside in the Vancouver area would like to [...]

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Chapter 01-LUCIDITY

A documentary inside an addicts mind.
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Train of thought

This time of year is so beautiful. All things alive are growing and reaching their full potential. It is a time of memory, maybe from the year before or earlier. My hands are dirty as I write tonight. Dirty with sugestion and afterthought in not acting on forthought. It is becoming clear how all things [...]

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Enjoy experience, laugh and leave it behind

“Fear drives an artist” She says to me.
I could not respond.
This lead me to thinking about what we had discussed on/from last Wednesday evening, to today. What do you think? Artists are not unlike any other creature. We are creatures of habit and observation. We place deeply feelings of others within ourselves regardless of it’s [...]

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Are artists relevant?

##NOLIGHTBOX##Anyone else out there who has a lived a crazy life and thus survived to create with it? Are other artists out there who are not crazy anymore, using their life’s historical events to further their purpose creatively? Are all artists crazy? If you are not crazy, can you be an artist? Do you make [...]

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Recent Art Creations Sold

These are the most recent creations I have sold. They are part of the Chester Ku-Lea Collection. Some of them are 18+. If you are over the age of 18 click any one of the four images and it will take you to the complete gallery.

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