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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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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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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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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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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

