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True Adventures of an Art Addict: Weekly Quick Collage: Let's Try
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Friday, August 7, 2015. Weekly Quick Collage: Let's Try. Collage, 5 x 5 inches. If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true. August 7, 2015 at 7:28 PM. Beautiful collage - great quotes! I have be...
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True Adventures of an Art Addict: You Can Fix It II
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Monday, May 18, 2015. You Can Fix It II. You Can Fix It II. Mixed media, 8 x 6.5 inches. I'm not really sure about the meaning of this one - it was just kind of one those that came to me suddenly and without much thinking. Is it a guardian angel standing ready to give me aid, or does it represent me, half-stitched together and trying to make something of myself? Perhaps attempting to contact that higher plane? I can't really say, but I do find it somewhat intriguing. W E B Du Bois :. You can Fix It II.
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True Adventures of an Art Addict: July 2015
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Weekly Quick Collage: Kwan Yin. Collage, 6 x 5 inches. The goddess Kwan Yin, also known as Guanyin, Kwannon, and many other similar names, is ubiquitous among Asian religions. According to Wikipedia:. Is an East Asian deity of mercy, and a Bodhisattva (an elightened being who vows to reincarnate until all beings are enlightened) associated with compassion as venerated by Mahayana Buddhists. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin. Commonly known in English as the Mercy Goddess.
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True Adventures of an Art Addict: January 2015
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Saturday, January 31, 2015. Spiegel-Beeld Drawing Challenge: The Unexpected. This little collage was unexpected, even to me. It was put together pretty randomly, and when I saw the words that peeked out from the little ad there, I had to laugh. I thought it would be perfect for this drawing challenge, hosted by Spiegel-Beeld: The Unexpected. Hop on over there to check out the other artists' links! Links to this post. Saturday, January 24, 2015. Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire. Links to this post. The eye ...
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True Adventures of an Art Addict: Weekly Quick Collage: Dream
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Monday, July 6, 2015. Weekly Quick Collage: Dream. Collage on board, 7 x 6 inches. 8220;And I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.”. Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook. July 6, 2015 at 6:04 PM. July 7, 2015 at 1:08 PM. July 6, 2015 at 6:34 PM. Dreams are a g...
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True Adventures of an Art Addict: News/Exhibits
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Artspan Collection: Found, Fractured, and Fastened. 82 Review, issue 3.2. Http:/ star82review.com/3.2/contents.html. April 18 - May 29. Flight: curated by Saad Ghosn. Artist reception April 18, 6 - 9 pm. Artists of the exhibition include:. Saad Ghosn is an artist, activist, Professor at the University of Cincinnati and the Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He writes Art For a Better World. 2 West Pike Street. So They Say: Wisdom and Foolishness".
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True Adventures of an Art Addict: December 2014
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. 7 x 55 inches. I made this little collage for Eric Adama's drawing challenge; the theme was "time. So much fun to play along - I'm really enjoying this! Please visit Eric's wonderful blog. To see how other artists interpreted the theme. The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future. Links to this post. Friday, December 26, 2014. Weekly Quick Collage: Touch. Made from b...
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True Adventures of an Art Addict: August 2015
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Weekly Quick Collage: Planes. Collage, 4.75 x 4 inches. I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way…things I had no words for. Georgia O'Keefe. The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning. I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. Links to this post. Sunday, August 23, 2015. A tiny and delicate dragonfly. All red, black, and shimmeringly transparent. Beaut...
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True Adventures of an Art Addict: Weekly Quick Collage: Definite Integral
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Friday, July 17, 2015. Weekly Quick Collage: Definite Integral. Collage, 5 x 4 inches. 8220;She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.”. 8220;Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.”. William C. Durant. The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. Willaim C. Durant. July 17, 2015 at 6:29 PM.
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True Adventures of an Art Addict: New Piece, But Not Really
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Sunday, August 2, 2015. New Piece, But Not Really. The Separation of Heron and Crow II. Monotype with mixed media, 9.5 x 8.75 inches. I finished this piece a while back, then totally forgot to post it. This only occurred to me recently (like today). Although I don't like it as well as version I. There are many things I do like about it, and it was lots of fun to do. As it's now called, and liked the idea so much I decided to try another one just for fun. Let me know what you think! Thanks for the kind wo...