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• Featured Abstract Landscape Artist Minnie Jardine

  

  Minnie Jardine is originally from Portland and now lives in West Danby, just south of Ithaca, New York. Her abstract landscapes reflect her love of trees as wel... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• "What Is It Like Being Bipolar?"

  A young woman asked me recently, “What is it like being bipolar?” I began by talking about the depressions--how you could think your life was finally on an... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Art Forgery: Copying Another Artist's Work & Selling It

  Recently I was asked to exchange links with another artist, which I am usually happy to do. However, there was one line on the artist's website that I found... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Together Without Words

  

  At my weekly writing circle with Zee Zahava, we always sit for a minute together without words. Then we pick up our “inspirations” for the night, take out our... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Next Step in New Commissioned Painting

  

  Each time I begin work on this commissioned painting, I study my photo of the original. What exactly were the steps I took in painting it? Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Beginning a New Commissioned Painting

  

  I started work on a new commissioned painting in the style of an older painting of mine in a different size and different colors. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Art of Retail Sales

  I sell my art online through my website so that I don’t have to do one-on-one retail sales. But my studio will be open on two upcoming weekends in October as... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Paintings & Abstract Prints Now on My Art Website

  

  I just put up some of my recently completed abstract paintings (with prints available, too) on my art website. It always feels good to finish a new body of... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Poise

  I was never poised. I didn’t know what to do with my body except when I was sleeping. I don’t remember all the nasty things my older brothers said to me as I hi... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Watch Me Paint My Abstract Art

  

  I wanted to make a video showing me painting my abstract art for a long time. This summer my granddaughter Rachel took a video of me working on a 24" x 24"... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Is This Abstract Painting Finished?

  

  I've been working on this new abstract painting for a while now, each time obliterating what came before it. This time I wanted to keep what I had, but make... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• How Unassertive Am I?

  One of my brothers-in-law once said that Adrian and I were the two most unassertive people on the planet. He was right. Adrian and I did not how to negotiate th... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Open Studio Weekends Coming Soon

  

  Forty-Seven artists on the Greater Ithaca Art Trail will have their studios open from 11 to 5 pm on October 6, 7, 13, and 14. It's an opportunity to see a wide... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• My Bedroom Today

  is a sad place, not a safe harbor. It used to be our bedroom and was filled with a king-sized bed that Adrian and I slept in together. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Destroying "Pretty" to Find Strength in New Abstract Painting

  

  Sometimes a painting looks too good to keep working on, yet I know it needs more. It may be pleasing to the eye, but it could be so much more if I could get pas... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Next Session with New Abstract Painting

  

  After using up a lot of almost-empty jars of paint to begin this new abstract painting, the canvas looked very drab to me with its dull grays and magenta. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Anxiety Makes Me Small

  Anxiety makes me very small. I crawl into a tiny box, shutter the windows, and tuck in my head. There is no room for anyone else to join me. There is no room fo... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beginning a New Abstract Painting on Canvas

  

  Sometimes I begin a painting by using up the jars and tubes of paint that are almost empty. This time I succeeded in going through many jars that had just a... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New Abstract Drawing in Colored Inks

  

  After making two minimalist drawings in black on white earlier this week, today I added more color after beginning with a black calligraphy marker. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Phobia

  1 Before Adrian and I left for our two-week trip to the Galapagos Islands, my friends had a going-away party for me. I was a PhD student at the time at Florida... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION