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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 13, Palms

Posted on February 14, 2018 by

These are my happy place doodles… Not quite California but reminiscent of a less crowded California! I had no idea when I began playing with the Hahnemühle Post Cards that I would love them so much! I wanted to mitigate the … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 10, Palms

Posted on September 1, 2017 by

A lot to want to ESCAPE from this last couple weeks… Sad angry politics, riots, and my MAC is a lemon and screwed with my reports. So I go to my happy spot… doodling Palm Trees and Daisies and Stars … Continue reading →

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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 7, Palms

Posted on August 1, 2017 by

A tropical island, one place I go that is my happy place… Not too hot, Pacific Ocean, breezes. Brunaille and grisaille underpainting.  Sent! Laguna Beach iconic view — from one of many photos I’ve taken over the years. Brunaille and … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Palms

Posted on April 2, 2017 by

I repeatedly draw certain images.  I am not sure why, and I don’t look too closely at why.  Maybe I am superstitious about creativity and don’t want to question it too much. Maybe I just want to trust my Muse … Continue reading →

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Tools: Time to Dream

Posted on January 29, 2017 by

New Moon, a day of silence. Sundays I talk about tools, and the biggest tool is our own bodies and hearts and minds. (Why do I think this is so dang funny — oh wait — the English call people … Continue reading →

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Bright Ideas: Inktober 19, King Tut

Posted on October 19, 2016 by

When King Tut came to Lalaland, I managed to obtain tickets. I was unimpressed by the viewing, but loved the hype and design elements all around the exhibit.  The powder coated metal costume jewelry was the best. From the LACMA … Continue reading →

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Boyd’s Beach, 1

Posted on October 4, 2016 by

Randy Boyd is letting me use some of his Laguna Beach *home home home* images for Inktober. It started out okay, then I tried adding colored inks to it. For some reason they got darker and more *aaack* until I … Continue reading →

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Days of Yore: Laguna Beach

Posted on September 23, 2016 by

I am homesick. Sketch from an old black and white photo from who-knows-where, looking East into the Laguna Hills, when they were pristine… With more news of fracking pollution approved to dump in our oceans, I am homesick for better … Continue reading →

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