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Lupines
Allan loves the lupines and we both love walking at the Port of Kalama. The trails stretch for more than a mile right alongside the Columbia River, and today was the most beautiful day we’ve had this year. I admire … Continue reading
Remembering Maui
Have you ever wanted to go back to a time when you were younger, thinner, warmer, or maybe in a prettier place? That’s what being in Maui is like, especially the part about being younger. Warmth and light are things … Continue reading
Je Suis Tout (I Am Whole)
She is calm and whole in a green and peaceful place. Our lives are an assimilation of family, culture, beliefs and experiences, leading us to believe in what we are. Discovering one’s self can be easier for some, than for … Continue reading
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Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Green (Paint)
Happy St. Paddy’s Day, March 17, 2012 In honor of St. Patrick’s Day I dug out my green color charts and contemplated the many shades and tones of green. Actually, greens are made with many more colors than green, mostly … Continue reading
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Tulip Magnolia for the Twitter Art Exhibit
I’ve entered another Twitter fundraising art exhibit! In November 2010 I entered my first Twitter Art Exhibit, a collaborative fund-raising effort to help a library in Moss, Norway. All I had to do was submit a postcard sized painting and … Continue reading
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Cool Gray Wind Commission: Drawings
People seem to love my painting Yellow Wind. It’s one of three paintings in a series I call Primary Wind. In 2011 I completed a commission that reproduced each painting in Primary Wind; only larger. It was a fun to … Continue reading
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Sunset Reflections
New beginnings, sudden endings, adaptation, flexibility, moving on to something different, better, maybe, not sure, but what else can a person do? This moment of sunset has been captured. What it means is deeper, transparent yet hidden, buried yet obvious. … Continue reading
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Making a personal connection with paint!
People make all sorts of personal connections; with their family, pets, cars, computers, even shoes. I decided to make a personal connection with the one thing that fills my waking thoughts every day, 365 days a year. Paint. It’s a … Continue reading
A Holiday Sunflower Wish
Happy Holidays To You and Yours! Wishing you a joyous holiday season, wonderful times with family and friends, good food, nice wine, joy and peace in the New Year, and abundant painting inspirations! Thank you to all of my commission … Continue reading
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Making a Painting Together
“Painting together is all about trust. Trust that the other person will make what you’ve done better, not mess it up.” View from Ecola State Park by Allan Marie 12 x 16, oil on canvas done en plein air at … Continue reading
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I’m a Meebo style artist
In the spirit of the season, Meebo sent me Meebo stuff! Specifically, Sue Golden, who I’ve never met, but who works with my son, the new Meebo guy. Artist friends ask me why I do that blogging, Twitter, Facebook thing. … Continue reading
Primary Wind Commission ~ Part 4: Complete
Ahhh, sitting with my glass of wine and contemplating the completion of a commissioned series of wind energy paintings that will bring a smile to people I have never met. We are all connected together through energy, because who doesn’t … Continue reading
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