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Summer Studio Sessions . . .

 Gessoing Panels on a Hot Summer Day: It’s Good to be Back in the Studio With the rush of spring and early summer planting season finally behind me, I am back in the studio full […]

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Switching Gears & The Sweet Smell of Turpentine

 It always feels a bit odd, putting away the dry media, sweeping, mopping and pulling out the oil paints. But if you are an artist yourself, you know that these two things —pastel dust and […]

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Thirty-in-Thirty: Day Twenty . . .

 January Half-Light â“’ 2013 Michaela Harlow – 16″ x 16″, Pastel on Paper In addition to taking out the power for half the day, yesterday’s wind brought along colder temperatures. Gone are the soft, moody […]

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Thirty-in-Thirty, 2013

January 1st marks the beginning of Thirty-in-Thirty, an annual, self challenge. The idea is to maximize studio time during the month of January, when I am able to devote myself, exclusively to my artwork. Of […]

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