Category Archives: art

Fusing Glass Under Influence of the Flu

A few weeks ago, I contracted the flu.  Although I never get the flu shot (it does not respond well to my system), I haven’t had the flu in years.  And so I forgot that, no matter how much you … Continue reading

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Glass Slumping Class

Way back at the beginning of February, I took a glass slumping class.  Sounds a little dirty, but I assure you it is not!  What glass slumping is is taking pieces of glass and fusing them together with a first … Continue reading

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Glass Workshop 2: Window Vases and Potential Earrings

Knowing that I was going to work or be away the last three Thursdays of February, I decided to go to the glass workshop the week after I made the orange and blue window vases.  (Aunt Trisha, by the way, … Continue reading

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Finished Window Vases

I finished the window vases and took pictures of them all assembled the other day, so you can see the finished products: <– Mosaic Window Vase I love this one.  I just love how all of the pieces fit together, … Continue reading

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Old travel drawing, finally painted

The other day I was rummaging through some of my old paintings and drawings, and I found a line drawing I did when I visited Scotland in 2007.  I was visiting a friend from seminary who was doing a field … Continue reading

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Glass Workshop: Orange & Blue Window Vases

I went back to the Stained Glass Supplies store in Eagle Rock to attend their glass workshop.  On Thursday afternoons, for a fee of $45, you are welcome to use their space to create what you like, and they will … Continue reading

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First Watercolor Painting in 2011: Purple Hyacinth Bulb

Since I don’t have a regular studio space, I don’t paint regularly.  Towards the end of Christmas time, I painted a lot — an Easter painting for Glenmary (that post will come out in April, since the painting is secret … Continue reading

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A person to watch: Stan Fellows, painter

Last year at some point, I was flipping through my Martha Stewart Living magazine when I noticed a beautiful watercolor done of a tree.  It was so beautiful that it made me pause to look up the artist and see … Continue reading

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Farmer’s Market Watercolor Painting

I love the farmer’s market.  First of all, I love fruits and vegetables and do not have to be asked or shamed into eating a majority of my foods as or with fruits or vegetables.  They have so much flavor! … Continue reading

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Second Submerged Succulent Floral Arrangement: Succulents & Twig

Remember when I went to that floral design class in Venice last summer?  Where I made the submerged floral arrangement? Well, as part of the class, they gave us the vase and a sheet of paper that told us of … Continue reading

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