Yarden, 9.20
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Yarden, 9.20

This multi-part series documents our backyard “Yarden” project(s) for our own interest and hopefully yours as well!

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Blursday Continued, 5.20
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Blursday Continued, 5.20

…weeks into work from home due to the ‘rona and days are definitely running together. Sad to have missed prime desert camping season, but we’re doing ok other than being a bit stir-crazy. Work has changed quite a bit, its busy and we have adapted much of our workflow and…

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Catching Up, 3.20
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Catching Up, 3.20

Writing this from a sunny Saturday in Southern California where the freeways are wide open and everything is basically shut down due…

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Photo Wall, 05.19
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Photo Wall, 05.19

We make it a point to take ‘ussies’ when we’re out and about and have a stack of prints that is always growing. Rather than just keep them in a box we wanted a fun photo/memory wall. Pinterest provided a range of ideas and I took inspiration from here and there then set about…

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Overland Art, 12.18
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Overland Art, 12.18

I started working with a tablet app called Procreate after seeing a buddy at the office (@wafflegripper) do some drawing on his iPad. Its been a…

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Thundersuit Assault MOC, 02.18
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Thundersuit Assault MOC, 02.18

...Back in January we went to check out Bricks LA, a Southern California Lego fan's utopia. I totally got bit by the MOC bug. In LegoLanguage a MOC is "My Own Creation" and something built from imagination and exploration. The Bricks LA event was fun for all ages and as an...

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Beaded Hatband, 08.16
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Beaded Hatband, 08.16

I always find inspiration when I get out of town and have the time to see things and explore, and the Southwest is one of my favorite places to find this inspiration. On my recent vacation, I loved looking at the Native American vendor’s beadwork but my brain would always say “Lets do that.”, so rather than buying a piece I ended up buying the stuff to make it...

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Casein and Gouache, 06.16
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Casein and Gouache, 06.16

Had the opportunity to do a bit of painting while on vacation visiting my folks so experimented with Caesin (a new medium to me) as well as some Gouache. Caesin is a water based milk protein based paint, is quick drying as well as maintains a bit of a body when its dry. Gouache is also...

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Anza Geo, 05.16
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Anza Geo, 05.16

I’ve been feeling the need to create some original artwork as something of a creative outlet lately so decided to take on a full-sheet (30″ x 22″) watercolor project. Its been years since I’ve worked this scale in watercolor. I had experimented with some smaller geometric watercolors and knew that I wanted to take this bigger. So, here we go…

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Stained Glass Sunbeams, 03.16
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Stained Glass Sunbeams, 03.16

Its been several months since I did any stained glass work, fortunately I remedied that this weekend. I had a rough idea and also wanted to make this be my biggest piece yet. So I began with some sketches in an application called Concept. Sketching on the iPad will take some getting used to, but its something...

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Winter Watercolors, 2014
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Winter Watercolors, 2014

I was rummaging through the art closet this week and ran across a number of watercolors that I did in late fall and early winter 2014 and realized...

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Goldwell Residency, 10.09
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Goldwell Residency, 10.09

I applied in mid 2009 and was granted a two week stay (they prefer a four week residency but that wasn’t possible for me). I loaded up my ride (then a Subaru Outback XT) and headed out through Death Valley to Rhyolite. As part of the residency...

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