we could use a realistic photo or a more illustrated image for our resource,

my landscape – inspired by stacie albano, here.
{you have to click on that link & select the icon with the chair/wall art to see the original.}


{you can sneak a peek at my new wallpaper above, pictures coming soon!}

the final project, if inspired by an abstract or painterly artist, we had to complete a series of their works, my final pieces were a collection inspired by paule’ marrot, here. here. here.

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ceramics class…

May 7, 2010

oh, the grief it caused me in the beginning!

one evening when i was in the studio putting in overtime hours, i had a senior ceramics student tell me i was going way too fast.

so, i slowed things down.

then…

i fell in love with the pottery wheel.

isn’t that how life works?

sometimes we just need to slow down.

photos of all my projects from the class:

my complete collection.


my professor told me i was the first student to ever use only one color of glaze for all of my projects.

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are you laughing as hard as dusty & i do when we view these?

dusty thinks he looks like he is straight off the simpsons!

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first photo is the guy we always have to draw/paint, mr. planes/head.

then we had to paint someone else {i chose my husband}.

then we had to paint a self-portrait. truly yours.

i decided to share with you the photos i used as a resource so i could save the visual memory you would have of my husband and i from my paintings.
last photo –

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i’m in uber-update mode around here,

the house is super organized.

soooo clean.

there’s a fresh new look!

new wallpaper.

fresh paint.

new paintings.

i’ve been painting around the clock with inspiration

found here {paule marrot}, and here {stacie albano}.
{i promise pictures of everything in a couple weeks!}

it’s been sunny & seventy!
{hit the mid-80’s today!}

the windows are open!!!

i just love a clean house with fresh air blowing through….

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my girls have been busy with lots of fun projects at their art school.

last fall they both finished flowers that they used cross-hatching to compose.

then they both personalized their cow projects…

i love seeing their personalities exposed in their artwork.



i am almost finished with this semester, just three more weeks!

then i am going to have four months off with NO CLASSES. i’ll be honest, i was nervous about this at first. i really enjoy my daily focus on art. UVU is not offering any classes i need this summer. however, since coming to grips with it, i’ve planned lots of other fun projects to do in place of homework.

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