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Category Archives: Life
Orb
I’m finally getting something like a satisfactory conclusion to this, with the white wispy edge to the orb working out well, and a curious orange centre to it. I had a very pleasant day with my kids looking for Christmas … Continue reading
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Anniversary approaches…
December 18th will be the first anniversary of this blog! Hard to believe that it’s nearly been a year. It’s been a great exercise for me, requiring me to think about what I’ve done each day and sort through it … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Making work, Sources, The Cardinal Virtues
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So Cal
I drove back to Thousand Oaks today, an eight hour journey that felt like fifteen. I arrived here at about nine pm, deciding like a lunatic to get into the studio and paint once I got to unload, which I … Continue reading
Tao Te Ching
Here in the forest I have no means of keeping the blog going unless I get into town and visit a cafe with wifi. While I sat here today, nursing a pot of good tea I met a young man, … Continue reading
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Amelia’s blues – gold in the forest
Painting Amelia as Temperance continued, adding Prussian blue to the shadows of her pants, extending and correcting the shape of the left leg, and defining the shadows of the face and goggles. I worked at the hair on the left … Continue reading
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Fire Puja
I felt extraordinarily privileged to meet Lama Pema Tenzin, and Twewang Seetar Rinpoche when they came to visit friends here. They’re from Bhutan, o Druk Yul (the Land of the Dragon), the last Buddhist kingdom in the world. At age … Continue reading
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The essence of a canyon
I took stone from the canyon and ground it to powder. The sage is broken to small pieces and placed into my blender, reduced to fragments. Tomorrow I will macerate the two in a solvent and set up a reflux … Continue reading
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Distillation
I visited Dr. John Tannaci in his laboratory at the University because he asked me if I’d like to learn more about distillation. His class has been using distillation to extract the essential oils of nutmeg for a class project … Continue reading
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Amelia’s sky, sailing
I painted a glaze of Prussian Blue over the sky, taking it to a nice rich dark blue that I’m enjoying so much that the Prussian might supplant the Ultramarine blue in my choice of favorite blues. I love that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alchemical work, Amelia Earhart, elements, oils, painting, water
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Halloween
Busy day. The festival was a blast – less of a turnout than last year, but still a total treat to celebrate Samhain by putting on an event like this. We ate a crazy amount of pumpkin pie and enjoyed … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Openings, Other people's work
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