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Free Spirits
Free Spirits 24″ X 36″, acrylic My latest serious painting is another, looser version of a small vignette from a larger one I did years ago. Artificial lighting, even the special daylight tubes, just doesn’t give a true version of colour like real daylight. This took about 3 weeks with daylight being so short here [...]
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Keeping Sight of Our True Star
In 1492, Columbus sailed off to discover the far east, and possibly prove the earth was not flat. Columbus didn’t find what he expected to find, but it turns out that he discovered a whole new continent which founded a new culture as well. Was he a failure or a name for history to remember [...]
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Courage to Say No
“Are you painting lots?” friends often ask me. This usually feels like a compliment, and I’m sure that’s how it’s meant. But it clearly wants a “Yes” answer, which really puts me on the spot at times. I feel a bit humiliated, assuming I “should” be painting a lot, no matter what else is going [...]
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Is Love All You Need?
Were the Beatles right in singing “Love is all you need”? I often wonder if this has become one of those pie-in-the-sky phrases. Some people, on the other hand, seem to assume that you need the intellect to “analyze” a work art, and that love has little to do with it. Often our inner truth [...]
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Choosing Satisfaction Over Failure
I wasn’t a happy camper. This didn’t feel like success. My latest venture in taking on a complicated subject and trying to develop a new method in Becoming a Beginner left me exhausted and dissatisfied. “Success can be very disappointing,” wrote Evan Hadkins in his “Living Authentically”. There seems to be some degree of expectation [...]
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Becoming a Beginner
Since I hadn’t yet discovered exactly what my new process would be, or how to go about “backing into” abstraction, promising to show you my new painting was really going out on a limb. My goal was to make a visual expression of Bliss, a very new and precious experience in my life. “It’s what [...]
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Searching For Wild Mustangs
Did you think Fresh Horses had galloped away for good? At times, even I thought so. Hear the approaching hoof beats? After a year, Fresh Horses has become — a BLOG!!! Searching for Wild Mustangs “If I’d asked people what they wanted they’d have said faster horses” – Henry Ford. We don’t always know what [...]
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Stumbling on Happiness *
When out-of-the-blue good fortune bursts upon us, it’s in our best interests to be prepared to change our plans. In this article “Stumbling on Happiness *”, I trust my heart — and follow all the other advice I’ve been giving you loyal readers of Fresh Horses. Stumbling on Happiness * We plan our lives, like [...]
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Are left-handers more creative?
Whenever switching from rational drawing to more intuitive painting, I’ve often wondered if left-handers are more creative. This summer I’ve found a new way to appreciate my left hand. I DO NOT advise you to copy my example. I fractured my right wrist. A steel plate screwed into the bones to keep them straight finds [...]
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As simple as child’s play?
It’s the middle of summer. I’m not suggesting that you should read a serious article about pleasure. In less than two minutes, here’s some insight into relearning what pleases you. As simple as child’s play? If you’re anything like the workaholic and recovering perfectionist that I am, you may find it strangely hard to know [...]
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