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When I see a rainbow, I know that someone, somewhere loves me. ― Anthony T. Hincks #thejennuinearticle #inthestudio #rainbows #2022artjournal #handpaintedpapers #takeyourbrokenheartmakeitintoart #mydevotionpracticeisart
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It is already Valentine season #inthestudio and that means there are #heartseverywhere once again. ❤️ This year there will be a lot more hand-painted ones, which is a lot of fun for me! Spread paint and making custom colors on of my favorite soothin
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Watercolors left out on the table from Sunday's Zoom meetup with @gigglepaint and @xoameebee and flowers from @gcdaman have resulted in some impromptu florals. A little sunniness on dreary days. 🌻️💐 #thejennuinearticle #inthestudio #myde
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Took some time yesterday to listen to the piano being played and make a watercolor in the #devynlarsonflowerpot style. What a balm for a weary mind. 💐️🎹 Thank you @devynlarson for the great tutorial and for sharing your knowledge
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Taking some time for self-care #inthestudio today. Listening to @melrobbins #heresexactlywhattodo podcast while I make some watercolor and pen art. After several very stressful weeks, this is exactly what I need. #thejennuinearticle #mydevotionpracticeisa
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Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now. -- Fred Rogers Whatever you feelings are on Valentine's Day, I hope you are show
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It's the first day of #28FebruaryFlowers today! I did this challenge from @amanda_evanston last year and loved it. Every day in February you share an artwork with a floral aspect for all 28 days. It's a great way to get into your daily creative practice a
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I'm really looking forward to Valentine's Day this year. Of course any excuse to send more love out into the world makes me giddy. #thejennuinearticle #inthestudio #heartseverywhere #valentine #mydevotionpracticeisart
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Little houses with kittens in windows, gold smoke, window boxes, teal roofs, and welcoming red doors are a happy diversion from the reality of this last week of April and how it has played out. 🏠🐈⬛🌹 Laughter with friend
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After two months of wild goose chases, real estate incompetence, and closing attorney mishandlings, our house sale is dead. After many, many hours of phone calls, emails, tears, pleading, and hiring the best attorney in the state, at least the deed is fin
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The Strawberry Castle
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Sneak peek of one of tomorrow's small batch of #arthousesforhope, which will include this beach house trio at sunset. (Link in bio.) All of the papers in these collages are hand-painted. Now that I've started making my own I can't imagine going back to st
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Today is a difficult day for a lot of people. It's my most dreaded day of the year. It always has been. If it is for you as well, for whatever reason, I offer you this flower and a big hug. If you are celebrating with your mother or children or both, I ho
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Granny's prized blue hydrangea bushes dot the manicured lawn, while Grandaddy's flag flies above their peach house with the cornflower blue trim. We all know there is hard candy and warm advice inside. #thejennuinearticle #inthestudio #arthousesforhope #t
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Home is a safe place and a sanctuary for most of us - a place where we can retreat at the end of the worst of our days with someone who loves us. What I wanted to show here is the same sanctuary, but in another role: the place where we regale those we lov
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Laundry day #inthestudio and you can almost smell the sunshine soaking into the clothes on the line. Tomorrow the first batch of #arthousesforhope arrives in my Etsy shop (link in bio). I'll be making and releasing small batches of these collages througho
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I loved this little house when I put it together, but then I added the mat and "Wow!" I'm so excited to see these pieces coming to life on my art tables. It is really filling me with joy to make artwork that is so happy and that will be welcomed into some
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"Midnight at Mimi's"
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This week was another rough one for headaches with daily migraines. On three separate days my body shut me down mid-day (think power save mode) and I woke up not knowing *when* I was, let alone where I was or why I fell asleep. This evening I woke up for
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A little bright spot for your Monday, in case you need one. ❤️💛💚💙💜 #thejennuinearticle #inthestudio #handpaintedpapers #rainbow #mentalhappyspot #caseofthemondays
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It's been so emotional for me to pack up these elephant cards and now I'm looking at only five of these sweet little faces. (Including the sweet fella who I keep calling Henry though I have no idea why?) I'm so happy that y'all have responded so warmly to
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It's been a couple of weeks of transition over here, but today this sweet little fella came out to play. #thejennuinearticle #inthestudio #elephant #takeyourbrokenheartmakeitintoart #handmadecollage
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Teeny little elephant from my mixed media art journal as I start to flex my creative muscles again, slowly... September is the beginning of the end of summer - thank goodness for my swollen brain and aching head. I can see hope on the horizon and almost t
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This September I've joined a month-long challenge to do one creative thing a day. My friend Amy @gigglepaint and I are each filling up a square per day with art. She's making mini paintings and I'm making mini collages. Here is my square for September 1st
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"Guidance" It's so interesting to me how a piece will change and let you know it's not done while you're making it. I had this larger elephant cut out and decorated and she seemed fairly happy, but a bit lonely. I added so many things to the landscape wit
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Sometimes our creative challenges push us past our comfort zones. I almost let one get the best of me today, but I sure hate to throw in the towel... Square 5 for my September Challenge with @gigglepaint and friends is also the 2nd color in the #coloricom
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08/30 is an exercise in my favorite colors, as I need a balm for my nerves. My husband is in surgery at the moment and I brought my art supplies - just a small stash - so I could keep making while I waited. Thank goodness for the #sept22challenge and good
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09/30 in the #sept22challenge with @gigglepaint and friends. In the hospital with @gcdaman and our nurse tech, Gus, told us a story about his brilliant yellow bird who escaped and flew away - with a little help from his niece. The story fluttered in my mi
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10/30 The view from our window at WakeMed in Cary was so calming and inspiring. I wanted to capture this for the #sept22challenge. #thejennuinearticle #mydevotionpracticeisart @gigglepaint #artwithfriends @gcdaman #takeyourbrokenheartmakeitintoart #justad
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Started this in the hospital before @gcdaman got his discharge orders and finished it up at home. Wanted to use some secondary colors but not overt green, orange, and purple. Neocolor II pastels, hand-painted collage papers, security liner from a junk mai
