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3 Paintings a day for 5 days on FB

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I was recently nominated by my friend (and fellow artist) Neena Plant-Henninger to do a challenge on Facebook: Post three paintings per day for five days - and nominate another artist to do the same each day that you post. They could be old or new paintings. The point: to fill Facebook with art images for the new year. Sounded fun, so I did! :) I tried to post around a bit of a theme for each day. Here are my five days' worth of paintings.  Day 1: Ballerinas (slightly older work) Day 2: Animals (more recent work) Day 3: Portraits (REALLY old work...but I still like them :)) Day 4: Kokopelli (more recent work - including a woven painting) Day 5: Butterflies (slightly older + more recent work - and, of course, I couldn't choose favorites, so three paintings turned into seven for this final day!) This was super fun, and also a good exercise for me. It helped me to realize that, even though I am facing the ch

Happy 2015 & January Paintings 4 Parkinson's

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Hello friends! It's a new year and a new commitment from me to be more consistent with my blog posts as well as my newsletter. I thank you for continuing to follow my crazy rantings, ravings, and art thoughts. I won't go into specifics, but I will say that the past few months have been filled with family business that took a lot of time and attention from us. Unfortunately, my art creating, blogging, social media, and newsletters had to take a back seat to my family priorities. But, as ever, I appreciate the support of my loving family and friends, and appreciate that my collectors and readers are still out there! So...with the new year in mind, I thought I would start my blog out with a reminder that Paintings 4 Parkinson's starts on the 1st of each month and ends on the 8th. (If you want to know more about Paintings for Parkinson's, click here to read Our Story and also to details for artists who might want to be involved).  We have just two more days left on thi