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  • DIY coffered ceiling from salvaged tin tiles

    I’m creating a kind of coffered ceiling using tin ceiling tiles that I salvaged from the dumpster. This is the ceiling in my studio/workshop. It’s been a lot of work, but once this is finished I think it will add a nice bit of style to the place. After some construction, I was on the

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  • Lessons from My First Year of Painting

    2023 was a year of painting for me. My goal for the year was to complete one actual, real, proper painting each month. The year has concluded, and I’m declaring it a success! I met my monthly painting goal, and along the way I had paintings accepted into two gallery exhibitions. I’ve also displayed several

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  • Teapot Trifecta

    Teapot Trifecta

    It’s December, and here is the latest submission for my monthly painting goal. I may need to provide a bit of waffling and excuse-making to explain this, but first, the painting(s): For this month’s installment, I offer three (3) smaller paintings. Yes, three images of this same broken teapot. I hope to conclude my teapot

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  • When your Painting doesn’t Turn out as Expected

    I’ve painted this same broken teapot again. It was a circular journey for me. The final result isn’t what I started out to paint, but this experience was a lesson for me in “enjoying the journey”, and “not obsessing too much about the destination.” The teapot was sitting on my countertop, with the cutting from

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  • Submitting Paintings for Gallery Exhibitions

    I’ve finally had one of my paintings accepted for a gallery show! It’s a small, afterthought of a painting, and I think the show will be a hodge-podge of little nothings, but I’m pretty happy even so. It’s nice to have something finally accepted. There are two galleries near me that I have been paying

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  • November 2023 Painting

    November 2023 Painting

    At the beginning of the year, I set myself the goal of completing one actual painting each month. This is my finished piece for November, 2023.

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  • Another Art Blog

    Another Art Blog

    After a lifetime of dabbling around the edges of creative things, I’ve finally started applying myself and am getting serious about art. I started painting nearly a year ago, giving myself a 2023 New Year’s Resolution of completing one finished painting each month. I’ve been mostly successful in hitting that goal, and have learned a

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