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Art is a weft that adorns, holds together, and vitalizes the strands of life. Even in the simplest tasks, even in the plainest objects, there is meaningful poignancy.
Whether I’m seeing, listening, reading, recovering, arranging, scouring, appreciating, digging, relating, regressing, or creating, I continually encounter fabulous Reality.
I take from and attempt to add to the vast richness of human life.
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WORDS
Oftentimes words are a marvelous aid to finding my visual images. When I am working to externalize in visual form what lies hidden within, words can assist me. At beginning points, at stopping points, at questioning points, at stymied points, … Continue reading
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TEACHING AND PAINTING
The Masterworks Class I taught for New Mexico Watercolor Society a couple of weeks ago was outstanding. The workshop chairmen, Kathy Arneberg and Fran Krukar were excellent planners, arrangers and helpers. Dave Collis ran the camera set-up which projected what … Continue reading
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MASTERWORKS, 2012
I’ll be in Albuquerque this week to teach the Masterworks workshop for the New Mexico Watercolor Society. The class is full. I will present a demonstration of painting/collage after lunch(starting at one o’clock) on Wednesday to which the public is … Continue reading
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WEST TEXAS WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
On Sunday, March 18 I will give a demonstration of my creative process for the West Texas Watercolor Society headquartered in Lubbock. It will be at the Louise H. Underwood Center for the Arts: 511 Avenue K. Their meeting starts … Continue reading
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INTUITION
The intuition hides out in a part of my thinking that doesn’t have reliable words attached to it. It doesn’t even operate within parameters that I can get a grip on. It is beyond reason, above rationale, outside of calculations, … Continue reading
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Workshop: INNOVATIVE WATERMEDIA AND COLLAGE
INNOVATIVE WATERMEDIA andCOLLAGE HELEN GWINN, INSTRUCTOR APRIL 11, 12, 13 in Albuquerque, NM at EXPO NEW MEXICO(which is the State Fairgrounds) This class will be a delightful, experimental, creative, innovative approach to developing a watermedia painting or a mixed-media … Continue reading
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Sacred Encounter
On one of my routine early morning walks up the Ocotillo Trail I noted a cluster of walkers standing in the trail ahead. One person raised a hand of caution and directed my attention off to the side of the … Continue reading
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Desert Warmth
I love the desert! Where I live, we’re actually having a winter this year. We even had a white Christmas! It was exquisite and brought a quiet calm with it. New snow is predicted! We have had enough snow to … Continue reading
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Differences
When I teach a painting class, I often challenge painters to think about painting the shapes which occur between objects. In the art world, we call it “painting the negative.” That is “emphasize the positive shapes by painting in the … Continue reading
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Trusting
“INTO DEEP” (collage, 10X10X2 inches) “I like to have the maximum lack of control so things can happen that I can’t think of.” Robert Rauschenberg I’ve written about this quote before, emphasizing how it is that “thinking,” (rational logic) can … Continue reading
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