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AuthorbyKLRFebruary 16, 20210

Writing Postcards to Nature Daily for a Year

group of postcards to nature

Dear Nature, In 2020 my art world and my travel world came to a screeching halt due to the pandemic. All of my workshops, exhibitions and art fairs got canceled. …

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Posted in Bird Art, Botanical Art, Drawing, Inspiration, Works-in-progressTagged color studies, nature, postcards

AuthorbyKLRJanuary 7, 20193

Inspiration… My word for 2019

Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin,

Inspiration: the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions. An artist seeks inspiration for their work both consciously and unconsciously.  We must nurture our creativity with our own …

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Posted in Works-in-progress

AuthorbyKLRDecember 21, 20181

Practice Makes Perfect

A daily drawing practice – something an artist should be able to do just like that (sound effect – snap of the fingers), right? Well, only partially right. Artists face …

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Posted in Bird Art, Botanical Art, Inspiration, My Travels, Wildlife Art, Works-in-progress

AuthorbyKLRJuly 9, 20180

An Epic Road Trip – My American Anthology

national parks, 1966, vintage, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Petrified Forest, Grand Canyon

ROAD TRIP! Fifty two years ago, I was five years old. It was 1966 and my  parents took us on an epic road trip. We drove roundtrip around the country …

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Posted in Works-in-progress

AuthorbyKLRSeptember 28, 20160

Impressions of Oswegatchie Hills

A place can be many things – somewhere you go in your own mind to remember, revisit or relax, or a physical place you experience in person. I go to …

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Posted in Inspiration, My Travels, Painting, Photography, Wildlife Art, Works-in-progress

AuthorbyKLRSeptember 13, 20160

My Sometimes Meandering Creative Process

Sometimes a painting is completed in my mind before I ever commit it to paper or panel. Like driving a fast car on the Autobahn! And sometimes a painting follows …

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Posted in Works-in-progress

AuthorbyKLRSeptember 1, 20160

Hummingbirds, Raccoons, and Great Blue Herons

The month of August was full of hummingbirds, raccoons, great blue herons and generally, birds! Despite a very hot & humid month, I still managed to get outside with my …

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Posted in Bird Art, Botanical Art, Inspiration, Photography, Works on Vellum, Works-in-progress

AuthorbyKLRJuly 13, 20162

Change is a Good Thing

Life throws us change every day. I have mapped out a plan of blog posts. The second post of each month is scheduled to be about my work-in-progress. And then this …

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Posted in My Travels, Photography, Works-in-progress

AuthorbyKLRMarch 2, 20163

Silverpoint Adventures – the Evolution of a Technique

silverpoint giraffe

  Silverpoint is a medium that has long intrigued me. One of those ‘someday I will try that’ techniques. So in this time of exploring where I want to go …

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Posted in Works-in-progress

AuthorbyKLRJanuary 4, 20163

On Inspiration and Winter Coming…

Winter is coming; okay, okay, winter is finally here! We have enjoyed a very mild run of weather in Connecticut which has allowed me to do much more walking/photographing/reference-gathering than …

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Posted in Inspiration, Works-in-progressTagged bird art, birds, Connecticut, inspiration, nature, winter, winter birding

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