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Creating Art Around Life
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Balancing a Hectic Life AND creating art is tough, but it can be done! Purshing through obstacles and getting back into the studio to create meaningful art is a big part of of who I've become in the past 30 years
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Painting Southland Skies

Painting Southland skies was as challenging as they are amazing. Fantastic formations often compel me to steer off to the side of the road to enjoy the show.

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Learning impasto painting

Learning impasto painting for these daily paintings, rather than usual method of using increasingly thicker paint over previous thin layers, build confidence.

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close up shot of ancient concrete pillars

Choosing Monochrome

I’m choosing monochrome for this Day 5 work from our trip deeper into the Kyeburn Diggings.  Yesterday, I cut back the the chroma to show the muted colours.

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Cut back chroma

Cut back chroma on Day 4

I cut back chroma on day 4 because I love colour and  decided against a monochromatic rendering of the hills.  Instead I slightly exaggerate the contrast.

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