Abstracting an image of the Georgia O'Keefee House

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On March 11, 2020 I moved home and set up a studio in my den, never imagining that a year later I would still be painting small paintings in that little studio. 

I cannot say that it was a year lost. I have painted more in the past year and experimented than ever before.

As most of you know I have painted mostly realistic impressionist work. So this little story may come as a surprise to some of you.

In 2017 I had the good fortune of going to New Mexico for a conference and while there I spent a day at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe and going to Georgia O’Keeffe‘s home in Abiquiu. 

While at her home I must’ve taken a couple dozen photos. About a week ago my girlfriend who went with me to that conference, Julie Dameron, sent me a video from her photos of our time touring New Mexico. This made me look back through my photos and I decided to see if I could abstract Georgia’s home. 

Here’s my photo and painting. What do you think? Would Georgia approve? I know I’m having fun and learning a lot. I do love knife painting!!

Ciao, 

Phyllis



"Poetry in Color" Art Show Being Hung at Center for Creative Leadership for January Opening

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"Poetry in Color" Art Show Being Hung at Center for Creative Leadership for January Opening

I have just returned from the Center for Creative Leadership for a walk-through of the show I’ve been painting for these past few months. Each participant worked from the verse of North Carolina poets whose poems inspired them. My own chosen poet is Betty Adcock.

Here is the postcard CCL will be mailing to friends requesting notice for upcoming show. Consider this your

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Beautiful Shana Tucker, Jazz Singer, Song Writer and Cellist: The Creation of a Painting

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Beautiful Shana Tucker, Jazz Singer, Song Writer and Cellist: The Creation of a Painting

It all started three years ago at a music event. My friends, Melody Watson and Kris Ferris were producing musical events in the area at the time. They would bring guest artists to various venues around the city for a fabulous evening of music. 

I was asked to run the green room for a show featuring an up-and-coming artist they were hosting. Of course I'd never done something like that before, and had always wondered what really goes on in a ‘green room’ like I see on CBS news.....

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Are we all diverse and inspired artists?

When asked "what do you paint" I always say I'm a landscape painter. Yet, when I take a look back at my iPhoto file of 'My Paintings' I see lots of things, not just landscapes. So who am I as a painter? Well, it's obvious I'm more than a landscape painter. 

When I started out painting I thought I'd be a flower painter. I had enjoyed...

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