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More Experiments and Exciting New Images

1/29/2024

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I have been challenging my  self to work in abstract ways. Using different mediums and subject matter.
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This is a mixed media piece using acrylic, collage and markers. 11x14 on linen.
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January 02nd, 2024

1/2/2024

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Finally Back to it!

1/2/2024

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Sorry to have pulled a disappearing act long, long ago. Life seems to have gotten in the way. Much has transpired since I last chatted with you!

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We no longer live in Park City, Utah. We wanted a change of pace and are now in a small town on the west coast of Washington State, a city with the unique name of Sequim, (skwim). We have lived here for the last year and a half; having moved July of "22".
We live within view of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Mt. Baker, and also Victoria, Canada if it's a clear day.   
Most of the year here it is very temperate, today the 2nd of January  2024, it is a mild 46 Degrees and windy. No snow as of yet this year. Given all this the plants in our yard are very confused with the climate change. We have a Currant Bush in full bloom, Oriental Poppies all budded out. Nasturtiums still hanging in there from the summer and I noticed Daffodils beginning to emerge?? So weird!

I have joined a wonderful group of artists in a co-op gallery, "The Blue Whole" and have made some great friends. My husband, Craig is very involved with 3 of the hiking groups in the area as well as doing backpacking trips in the U.S. and different areas of the world most months.

My Art is making an interesting change here as well. I have begun doing some abstract landscapes as well as my animal portraits.



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Many new and exciting things to come stay tuned!
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Dog Camp

7/31/2020

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Some of you may ask what the heck is "Dog Camp"?  Well remember back to when you were a kid and went to sleep away camp.  That's pretty much what dog camp is except you bring your dog and have all kinds of dog activities. There is agility, paddleboarding, lure coursing, tracking, nose work, manners, even crafts, yep really dog related crafts honest, any way you get the idea. So we are going off for a about a week maybe a bit less. We do this every summer and our dogs love it and we have fun with them.  

Well this year it will be a different masks, social distancing and hopefully staying healthy. People come to camp from all over and hopefully we will all have fun I will let you know how it goes.

Here are some of the paintings that I have been asked to do by friends at camp over the years.
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"Zeeta and Spice"

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"Rocker"

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"Lucy and Rocky"
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"4 Labs"

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"Sir William"

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"Ranger and Emma"

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Three's, so they say things come in three's, must they be right?

4/29/2018

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Seems like whenever one receives challenges from the universe, they are said to come in three's which I am currently experiencing.

About a month and a half ago my oldest (15 year old) cat was diagnosed with cancer and kidney disease. A friend suggested I try essiac tea for the cancer which took me on a search online where I found a veterinary naturepath in Canada (Pet Wellbeing)  doing supplements for many animal diseases and maladies, I ordered one for kidneys and one for cancer that is basically the recipe for essiac tea and a couple more herbs. I also got several more medications from our vet for the kidney disease. He is currently on Cyproheptadine, Methimazol, Benazipril, potassium, Cisipride, Lactulose, Restore 4 life, CBD oil, and Pepcid AC, plus he gets 50-60 ml of fluids daily.  After having been on this regime for almost a month he seems to be doing better he is eating, grooming, playing and actually caught and ate a mouse yesterday!


Last week our 7 1/2 year old Aussie Mix Dog, was diagnosed as needing a hip replacement and possibly two,
apparently the best place to go for the surgery is Sun Valley the surgeon there does 75-80 of these procedures a year. Luckily for us it's only a 4 1/2 hr. drive. The tough part about this is our dog Zephyr is kind of a crazy guy and even though he is almost 8 still acts like  1 1/2 years old, we will need to keep him calm with only short leash walk for 2 months, this will be challenging for sure, not to mention the possiblity of a repeat sometime next year for the other hip. He still runs like the dog in the picture below, just seems sore sometimes but if he will pain free we will deal with this.


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Finally the third I have had a chronic cough for about 20 years or so and have off and on gone to different doctors to see if they can ferret out the cause. On this go round I have done a bunch of exams and varying tests and just found out I have sleep apnea. Of the three medical issues in our house this will be the easiest to deal with excepting now I get to ressemble Darth Vader when I go to sleep each night. I am familiar with this as my husband has sleep apnea and has for sometime.  Hopefully this will be the end of my cough, hopefully!
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Spring has Sprung in Park City, at least for now.

4/1/2018

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Lots of things happening in my neck of the woods this spring both good and bad.  The good things first; I have a show at a local bar and grill "Legends" at Park City Mountain Resort, it will hang until the 9th of April. If you get a chance check it out. It includes 3 different series of my work. 
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My Masai Series, done form photos taken while in Kenya several years ago.

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"Stained Glass Sky"  16 x 20 acrylic on panel. Part of our local animal life.

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"Puzzle" 11 x 14 acrylic on board. One of the "Partial Series"

Other happenings in my life, my very encouraging and supportive husband is soon to retire, as in the next week or two. We will have many new goings on around here from this change, including a truck and camper,
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Last but definitely not least our oldest cat, " Charming Charlie Grayson has been diagnosed with cancer and we are working on the best plan for him. Sadly it is not something fixable but we want to give him the best quality of life for as long as possible.
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A Subject I don't usually discuss or write about, but maybe I should,  Anti-Semitism.

3/14/2017

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I was going thru movies on Netflix the other evening while working in my studio and ran across an old Gregory Peck film. "Gentlemen's Agreement" from 1947. I had never heard of it and enjoy old movies so I put it on while I was working. 

The gist of the story is that Peck, aka Phil Green is hired by a magazine and is asked to do a story about Anti-semitism.  He can't figure out a way to approach it until he decides to tell everyone he and his family are Jewish to see first hand how people react. 

He finds his secretary at the magazine was not hired when inquiring about the job when giving a Jewish name and then called back with a different name and was hired.  His son is called names and chased away by other boys, the hotel he planned to honeymoon in is restricted but won't say it to is face.  The article comes out to raves when the title is shown to the staff "I was Jewish for 8 weeks". I saw this movie last night.  

This morning I read an article on Facebook by Michael Douglas http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0315-douglas-anti-semitism-20150315-story.html  

There have been acts of vandalism in at least 3 Jewish Cemeteries.  Hundreds of  Jewish Community Centers have had bomb threats over the last several months. 

When I was growing up in Salt Lake City in the 60's and the 70's I experienced  Anti-semitism first hand not  a big thing it was in school and Jr. and Senior high. Just words but they cut deeply and have never left me. In a high school art class a girl came up to me one day and said it was Hitler's Birthday and I should get into the kiln. I never reported these incidents to anyone, I generally try not to rock the boat. Kids in general can be really cruel. 

I have come to a place in my life where I don't want to not rock the boat, I want to make noise and protect people who are discriminated against, be it Jews, Muslims, Blacks, Hispanics or anyone being treated unfairly. 

I thought over the years that society was becoming more enlightened and open. These days I find I have to
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Weather or not?

1/10/2017

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Well, for the past few winters I have complained, loudly, about our great dearth of snow in the ski town, known as Park City. 

This year however we seem to be having an almost normal winter! YAY!!!!

What is normal? You might ask.  

Well it started snowing around Christmas, which was a bit late but hey snow is snow well..... we got 4 feet in a week. Whoopee!
Yahoo! Even people in town that don't ski were excited! It got cold -21 F. but hey the snow was so light and powdery.

Then it,.... no not that, it RAINED, for about 18 -24 hours. It just is not supposed to rain in Park City in the winter. Boo! 

Ice everywhere.

Then yes, it was snowing again! Alright but wait the January thaw it was 45F.

What?

Now it is snowing again another 4 feet in a few days! But Alrighty! We may have an excellent winter yet, if it stops being so schizophrenic. 

Only Time and Old Man Winter will tell.

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Wow, time flies when one is busy!

12/25/2016

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Sorry, to have been absent for so long.  We took an  awesome trip to Morocco in Mid October till early November and have been wanting to tell you all about it.  However on the way back I came down with a cold that turned into a sinus infection and then got run over by the Holidays.  Almost healthy again and raring to get back into my art and writing. Here are a few photos to hopefully picque your interest.
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Street merchant in Chef Chouen selling paint and more.
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​Our Guide Mohammed Abu and me in chef Chouen.
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​Three women at the weekly Market in Northern Morocco.
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Fall, stuff to do.

10/9/2016

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Putting the yard and house in order for winter, the shorter days a precursor of the white stuff to come.

Last Wednesday driving home it was a white out Sept. 28th. Not totally unusual for Park City, to have snow in September, but it came on so quick that it was a bit of shock. A quick stop at the Farmer's Mkt. amidst the flurry of flakes falling trying to make purchases from all my favorites to thank them for being there in the snow. 

Today 68 degrees F. Mowing the lawn planting the last few seeds and plants, getting the bed ready for the garlic this week. The last few tomatoes will be picked, planters tucked away. Deck furniture awaiting next summer's soirees. 

We bid farewell to summer 2016, hoping for a bit more rain next year and a bit less dry heat.
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