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I’m an Artist Who Uses Paints Made from Rocks
Every so often, I need to make a post at my website to introduce myself and share a bit about what I do. This helps keep my website relevant in the ever-important search engines. So hello! I’m an artist who …
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Frozen Fingers on a Beautiful, Brutally Cold Morning
It’s another beautifully brutally cold morning here at Wild Ozark. After bundling up to go out and feed the horses and chickens, I glanced at the package of Hot Hands and decided, nah, I’ll only be a few minutes. Twenty …
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The Moment of Quickening
I’ve been working on this painting for a while now. The sky is the farthest background, so that’s the area of focus. All the while it’s been pretty standard, putting paint here and there, by design or by whim. But …
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Owl Spotting Day
Before the snow began the other day, I needed to go into town to inspect one of the properties I have listed. That turned out to be a great Owl spotting day.
On the way down the driveway, the dripping …
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Snow Days at Wild Ozark
The past two days have been declared Snow Days at Wild Ozark. It’s been brutally cold, but today the temperatures have warmed up to 46*F so far and it is bright and sunny outside.
I haven’t been outside much because …
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Nature is Both Brutal and Beautiful
Beautiful brutality are two words that seem at odds with each other, right? But that’s exactly what the natural world really is – Nature is both brutal AND beautiful.
Even the parts most people would consider ugly is still beautiful …
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Savor the Commute
When I used to work in Bentonville it meant a long drive to and from work every day. Most people probably don’t savor the commute, but I did.
On the way out, the thirty minutes of dirt road gave me …
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Finding the Balance Between my Creative Life and Business Goals
When it comes to multi-tasking my life, work, and creativity demands, finding balance is my goal for 2025. When I wrote out my goals for 2024, there was a lot more on my list and I didn’t even touch …
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Fiction influenced by Nature
This is a post I wrote in 2014 on this same date. I’ve added an update in italics, and a paragraph at the end about the current situation concerning my (lack of) writing. But re-reading this post makes me want …
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Herbal Care Gift Set 2024
Yesterday I made the decoction and infusion for the Winter Crud syrup that goes into my annual herbal care gift set that I make for each of my adult children’s households. The other items include a bottle of sting oil, …
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December in South Texas
We just returned from a trip to south Texas, not far from Corpus Christie where my husband was born and raised. My next travel post will be in March, about springtime in south Louisiana, where I was raised, if not …
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It feels like winter
Well, sooner or later ever year there comes a point where it feels like winter has arrived. This week here at Wild Ozark marked that point. It’s been 19*F some mornings, but this morning was 24*F and that is plenty …
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My Growth as an Artist
My first painting was in summer of 2018 while I was visiting my husband who was working in Qatar at the time. I didn’t have many art supplies on hand – only the first set of paints I’d ever made …
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Old Shed with Red Sunset | Painting in Progress
This old shed is one of my most photographed subjects. I take pictures of it in various weather, lots of sunsets, and throughout the seasons. Now it’s time for an Old Shed with Red Sunset painting, using my Ozark pigment …
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Making a Tube of Earthy Yellow
I have a painting project stalled for lack of paints. Before I can get back to work on it, I need a few fresh colors. One of the pigments I use from my palette often is a dark, earthy yellow. …
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One day only, Nov. 29, 2024 from 8am to 3pm, get 1/2 Price on all available ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS (unframed). It’s my first annual Black Friday Art Special 🙂
Here’s the link to all of the watercolor paintings (discount won’t …
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Caulking the Chimney & Terraced Garden Path
This past weekend was one of cleaning and organizing my office/studio (still not finished), and tending to some homestead tasks that needed doing. One of those was caulking the chimney. The other involved a load of floodwater gravel to make …
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Disorganized Space | Time for Studio Cleaning & Organizing
Today I’ve started working on a task that’s been on my to-do list for the whole year. It’s one I procrastinate for as long as I can, it seems. But it just can’t go on like it is any longer, …
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The Creaking Wheel of Life
This post is being filed in my category for off-topic Musings. I’m sixty today, and the feels I’m feeling today are taking me by surprise. The wheel of life isn’t just creaking on this revolution – it’s nearly kicking and …
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Natural Art Supplies | Osage and Rocks
After a flood is an excellent time to look for my natural art supplies.
On my way home from the office yesterday, I saw the roots of an Osage tree. Of course, I had to stop, and then I couldn’t …
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Hermit Musings – Rainy Weekend
Is it strange to be actually looking forward to a land-locked weekend? We have a rainy weekend ahead of us, and we certainly do need it after the drought that just broke a couple of days ago. We’d gotten 2-3″, …
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What Comes First? The subject, or the palette?
I think I work opposite of most artists when it comes to the way I do certain things. What comes first the subject, or the palette?
For most painters, I would imagine the subject is chosen and then whatever paints …
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Earth Tone Wall Art to Bring Nature Inside
Earth Tone wall art brings a sense of calm, peace, and connectedness to a room. How does it manage to do this?
Nature itself features earthy colors. So when you see them reflected in your surroundings, if you love being …
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A sampling of the art that I’ll have at the Bentonville Fine Art Festival
Mark your calendars for this event planned by Arkansas Art Shows. The fair will be held at the picturesque Orchards Park in Bentonville, Arkansas, across from the entrance of the renowned Crystal Bridges Museum. I’ll be there with my art …