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I am so filled with appreciation ! The 3rd Annual Studio Show was a huge success!! Seeing friends from long ago and welcoming first time visitors to my Studio was truly enjoyable..
The weather was unseasonably warm and the mood as people shopped and shared conversation while sipping sangria was like being at a fun party!
Melynn [...]
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“I sing the song of life…With the smile of the sun and the dance of the twilight. I float in the sky in rhythm with free spirit and joyous heart.” ~ Swami Paramananda
Years ago I found a small leather bound ”Book of Daily Thoughts and Prayers” by Swami Paramanda. It was in a pile of books at [...]
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“How does one become a butterfly,…You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.” ~Trina Paulus
My studio has been a safe and comfortable cocoon for me this summer. A place where I can spend hours getting lost in my landscapes…dreaming… drawing…putting colors on canvas and paper.
But now [...]
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“EVERY FLOWER AND EVERY TREE AND EVERY ROOT ARE ANNUAL PROPHETS SENT TO AFFIRM THE FUTURE AND CHEER THE WAY.” ~Henry Ward Beecher
There have been alot of gray and green days this May… but even when the sun isn’t shining the light of plush pink flowering trees lifts my spirits.
I’ve actually decided that the blossoms are [...]
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I’ve just finished reading a book called Clara and Mr.Tiffany by Susan Vreeland and so it was fun to see several panels of Tiffany Glass exhibited on display when I visited the Metropolitan Museum in N.Y.C. last week.
From the book I learned alot about the delicate process of “painting” with glass shards and also about the women who designed many of the nature [...]
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“What was any art but a mold in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself~life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.”
~WILLA CATHER~ from “The Song of the Lark”
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I’ve always been drawn to Russia. I’m easily pulled into Russian novels, I love Russian Ballet and Dr. Zhavigo is one of my favorite movies. Books by Anton Chekov and Leo Tolstoy are on my bedside table so that I can pick them up to read before drifting off to sleep at night . I [...]
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This painting by Caleb Stone hangs over the fireplace in our living room. It’s one of my favorite pieces of Art. Caleb was my mentor as I began to explore oil paints back in the 90’s. Several of his landscapes that we have collected are displayed throughout our home.
Each time that I look at the paintings I feel like [...]
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