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carolyn land
Feb 16, 20202 min read
Life Happens
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.” Thomas Merton Sounds of nature Someone asked...
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carolyn land
Jan 19, 20202 min read
The Viewer Artist Connection
“A work of Art is completed by the Viewer.” Marcel Duchamp The...
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carolyn land
Jan 4, 20203 min read
Be Yourself
“We must paint only what is important to us, we must not respond to outside demands.” Robert Henri It is the New Year and a lot of...
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carolyn land
Dec 21, 20192 min read
Spirit of the Season
“The artist is the man who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably in the best sense,...
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carolyn land
Dec 13, 20193 min read
Studio Practices
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Maya Angelou The Beauty Within Textured...
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carolyn land
Nov 27, 20192 min read
Gratitude for Creativity
“The act of creation is a kind of ritual. The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in the mystery of creation. Human...
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carolyn land
Nov 9, 20193 min read
Composition Part 3 of the”Simple Plan”
“Good composition is like a suspension Bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away…Making lines run into each other is not...
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carolyn land
Oct 27, 20192 min read
Material: Part 2 of the “Simple Plan”
“One gets into the state of creativity by conscience work.” He...
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carolyn land
Oct 12, 20193 min read
Intent: Part 1 of “The Plan”
“One must act in painting as in life, directly…” Pablo Picasso “Peaceful Morn” Pastel Over Watercolor I have...
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carolyn land
Sep 27, 20192 min read
Knowing Who You Are
“What the artist must aim at above all else is this: to produce, by any process whatever, a work which by the life and humanity emanating...
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carolyn land
Sep 14, 20192 min read
Be Open to Who You Are
“It’s when you have found out how to do a certain thing, that its time to stop doing them, because what’s missing is that you are not ...
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carolyn land
Aug 31, 20192 min read
Are You over Thinking?
“It is not enough for a painter to be a clever craftsman; he must love to ‘caress’ his canvas too”. Pierre...
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carolyn land
Aug 17, 20193 min read
Taking Pride in What You Do
“The race for quality has no finish line…” Peter Drucker As artists we spend a lot of time on our work. Sometimes hours, sometimes...
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carolyn land
Aug 2, 20192 min read
Just Passionately Curious
“Through art, mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men “. Robert Henri All creativity...
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carolyn land
Jul 19, 20192 min read
That Aha Moment
“The act of creation is a kind of ritual. The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in the mystery of creation. Human...
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carolyn land
Jul 5, 20193 min read
Rebooting your Creative Spirit
“Creativity is the art of combining a little idea with another idea, with another little idea, and so on…at the end maybe a great idea...
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carolyn land
Jun 21, 20193 min read
The Why of it All
I recently had an experience, that at first left me with a sad and isolated feeling. I then went on to have many internal conversations...
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carolyn land
Jun 8, 20193 min read
Intuitive Painting?
“Painting is special, separate, a matter of meditation and contemplation”. Ad Reinhardt People love to use terms to suit their...
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carolyn land
May 25, 20191 min read
The Artists Thought Process
“Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line, adds strength and takes none away…Making lines run into each other is not...
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carolyn land
May 12, 20193 min read
Starting a Painting Part 2
“The word composition moved me spiritually, and I later made it my aim in life to paint a ‘composition’ . It affected me like a prayer...
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