Category Archives: painting

Taxes, Losing Your Grounding

Posted on March 26, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

I started my taxes two days before the Full Moon. It took waaaaaay longer than I thought, because I was determined to find every last little deduction. I am so tired of being screwed by the feds. On the Full … Continue reading →

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Cat Squares, 8 Frisbee

Posted on March 25, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

10. CAT FRISBEE Every day they find more things with which to play. Many of these do not make me happy. Especially if they steal them from my desk! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out … Continue reading →

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Al Noor Mosque

Posted on March 24, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Artists around the world are showing solidarity with the New Zealand Mosques. I see this as a prayer that the USA will choose sanity. Understand I grew up with guns, have nothing against them… But this is plain stupid… the … Continue reading →

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Full Moon Setting

Posted on March 20, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Cropping the images was a bit like how it was to experience the moon setting. I saw more and more through the window. And then it was right there and so bright. Ink painting, Robert Oster (Bronze, Thunderstorm, and Orange) … Continue reading →

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Canvas Project

Posted on March 18, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Remember when I posted about my entry into the Canvas Project? Hundreds of tiny canvas entries each painting their visual image of a word. They covered the walls of the art gallery with the canvases in Brooklyn! I wish I … Continue reading →

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Akkerman all the way from THE Hague!

Posted on March 17, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Yes, they call it “THE Hague”… who knew? I did a favor for a friend and she sent me a thank-you gift. A totally cool and beautiful thank-you gift with some silly surprises in it. I swear to goddess it … Continue reading →

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Killing Winter with Orange

Posted on March 12, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

I had the very nicest favor done to me — A friend sent me the TWSBI I’ve wanted the most! ORANGE! Not sold in the USA!!!! Nice that the Japanese postal service color coordinated their package with my pen! I … Continue reading →

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Got the Blues!

Posted on March 9, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

This is the post where I bore you guys with my musings on my new passion for blue inks. I’ve developed a passion for blue inks. *I am laying the blame on Robert Oster for the many $$$ I’ve spent … Continue reading →

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Mount Kailash

Posted on February 26, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Mount Kailash. That lone figure is a spiritual friend of mine… same teachers. She did what I will never do (broken body here) which is to trek to this amazing space. I’ve had this image on my wall for many … Continue reading →

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Cat Squares, 5

Posted on February 25, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Mousies are one of their three favorite toys. It is the tail. 7. LEOPARD MOUSE Leopard is silent. Leopard is stealthy. Leopard can be flipped in the air by his tail. HE FLIES! When Leopard flies he does somersaults. This … Continue reading →

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Nostalige Journal 11-2018

Posted on February 24, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

I forgot to publish my entire journal from the end of last year… What a period! Lotta writing… Less watercolor (no time) but more ink painting. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved … Continue reading →

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USk: Valentine’s At HEM23

Posted on February 21, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Following on the discussion I was having about how other creatives shape our art, recently an urban sketcher was reiterating how it is not right to ink at the location and add colors later… the colors are not true from … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 20, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Okay so I had my Diplomat Aero red magical i-think-it-can-fly and it-looks-like-a-dirigible pen the day before Valentine’s Day — So I could record everything in advance! Mitchell had to listen to me the 13th gushing about my pen, kvetching about … Continue reading →

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TWSBI Eco

Posted on February 19, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

A story about how other creatives shape you… push you… remind you! I’ve fallen in love with TWSBI’s and draw them a lot. They are architectural, like little buildings, and you can see all the ways they work which is … Continue reading →

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Hari-Gibbs-Fred Meets the Horses!

Posted on February 16, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

We set up the studio so the cats have a little more run time when they are in the studio. *okay, truth be told they get under our feet sometimes and this gives them a whole lotta space* They can … Continue reading →

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Nataraj

Posted on February 15, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Nataraj and a whole lotta crazy journaling. My mojo went missing. Nataraj danced it back into my fingers! Killing winter with orange! “In order to be brave we must trust that underneath it all there is sanity and openness.” Sakyong … Continue reading →

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Painting George

Posted on February 13, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

We have a lot of creatives in my family. My mom wanted to be an actress and took acting classes. *i can hear my baby brother laughing because she did a good job acting all her life* My baby brother … Continue reading →

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Tools: Birmingham Inks

Posted on February 8, 2019 by D. Katie Powell

Over Christmas I took advantage of a huge sale on Birmingham’s own line of inks, scoring 30ml bottles for the price of samples! *btw i am sending you to their ink page site as they are a small company that … Continue reading →