Tag Archives: Christmas

Holiday Memory Gift

Posted on December 24, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Merry Christmas, Happy Santa Day, Happy Hanukkah (passed but we have our Stars of David on our tree), and all the other holidays! Looking toward the light in our physical, personal, and national arenas! The folding journal, ready for words … Continue reading →

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Holiday Memories at Hearst Castle

Posted on December 23, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Our business gets us in the back door to some amazing places. We conserved the Gothic Sofa for the Hearst Castle, near Cambria, California. We visited just before Christmas to see it installed in William Randolph Hearst’s private library (between … Continue reading →

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Solstice Memory

Posted on December 22, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Puja’s on the Solstice. One of our winter traditions. When we are where we can’t make a fire in the brazier we find other ways to “make” a fire! Part of my holiday memory gift to Mitchell this year, I … Continue reading →

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Kissing Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

The tassel man. Seriously, the differences between my sweetie and I in terms of decor is that I am a modernist and my man loves rich tapestries, textures, passementerie and tassels. I gave him a set of Indian red beaded … Continue reading →

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Silliness at Target

Posted on December 9, 2015 by dkatiepowellart

Departing from Restore Oregon to play in the season (and get some paying work done), I did a couple sketches of Mitchell and I from a time where we were having a hard time (many losses) but somehow, we always … Continue reading →

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My Business Sketchbook: Our Holiday Card

Posted on December 18, 2014 by dkatiepowellart

It was fun to create a holiday card this year, the end of my first year of watercolors! I had good models in a late 19th century chair from a set that will be conserved next year, and our cats, … Continue reading →