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Old Time Music – All in the family
It seems that we have a family tradition, it is old time music. Donald’s mother remembers her own grandfather playing fiddle tunes. My son is lucky enough to own the fiddle he played them on. Little did we know that so many years ago that old time music would bring so many different parts of…
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Portrait of a Stanford Student
Due to the hiring and layoff rhythms where I work, about 10 years ago we were at a strange place, where everyone in our group was close to 40 or older. It was depressing to see the the most important age group missing here. With the advent of the 787 programs we finally started getting…
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PRUGNI – Italian Plums
This year the raspberries weren’t too great, the figs were a terrible disappointment, but we have plums! They are also called Italian Prunes. Now why would someone paint Italian Prunes? It came to me in a dream. I was frustrated because my paintings haven’t been inspiring me lately, and so I dreamed that my husband…
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Itty Bitty Cat Paintings
A fun way to paint little kitties is to use a very small piece of watercolor paper to paint them on. Â Next, you stuff the paintings into a tiny little frame. PRESTO! Â These particular kitties are being donated to an auction to benefit Feral Cats, but if you want one, I can make one for…
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A face at the Othello Park International Festival
Your roving painter found a great face to paint last weekend. Assisted by her energetic partner, Artist Seanna Jordan, Mimi was able to snap a few photos of this man while he wondered what the heck we were making such a fuss about. Â He’ll never know!