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25 Nov

Painting of the Week – Autumn Essentials

November 25, 2020
By Laurellee

Bountiful Color Contrasts This painting, Autumn Essentials, is about bounty. The leaves are just turning color and there is a healthy ...

17 Nov

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – San Miguel Singers

November 17, 2020
By Laurellee

Capturing what mesmerizes you! I was working the camera when I saw this backdrop for a painting that stopped me in my tracks. The ligh...

10 Nov

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Samson at the Marketplace

November 10, 2020
By Laurellee

Creativity in Business This is the scene in my Children’s Christmas story “Samson’s Gift” where Samson, the ram, is taken to the Marke...

04 Nov

Weekly Updates

Cards Will Keep Us Together – Don’t miss out on this Greeting Card Special

November 4, 2020
By Laurellee

28 Oct

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Golden Reserve

October 28, 2020
By Laurellee

Using Complimentary Color Backgrounds On a road trip to Chicago I called Paul saying, “I just drove by herd of cows with long horns an...

22 Oct

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Autumn Harvest

October 26, 2020
By Laurellee

Carried Away with Color It was fun driving through a whirlwind of color last week with all the fall foliage. To fulfill my Arts Partne...

14 Oct

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Wishing Well

October 14, 2020
By Laurellee

Arranging Shapes to Create Movement Seeing this 2003 Watercolor made me pause and think of wishing you all well. I hope you and your f...

07 Oct

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Forest Archway

November 6, 2020
By Laurellee

Balancing a Color Palette On my summer weekends I walk up Pelican Point Road to and from the “Magic Hill”. I call it that because it’...

30 Sep

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Brittany Loves Biking

September 30, 2020
By Laurellee

Connecting the Subject to the Background When I was in college, I took a portrait painting class from Jack Youngquist, a masterful art...

24 Sep

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Last Summer Rays

September 24, 2020
By Laurellee

The Story of a Painting Memories often come back when you are painting.This painting is about simpler times, the feeling of the sun's ...

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