tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75007538121127515532024-03-18T22:08:56.438-07:00 Passions of an Odd Chick There's a stirring deep within me...Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.comBlogger372125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-32981158050460596972017-04-07T21:16:00.001-07:002017-04-07T21:17:43.339-07:00Seeing All the Color in Grey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know. It's like I've been hiding. I have missed my blog. But I am still crazy about art.<br />
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I'm into monotones and limited palettes.<br />
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Gray, gold, black, white- they are my playground these days.<br />
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I wonder about this gray thing when I've always been into lots of color. I love color but I think that I am enjoying paring down and simplifying all areas of my life. I'm getting old enough that I'm sorting out all the trivial stuff and it is showing up in my art, of course.<br />
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The world also has so many gray areas for me. I have never been more interested in politics but there are so many areas that just can't be sorted into black or white.<br />
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I recently was blessed with a trip to Italy for my birthday. I saw so many amazing things. I wore black and gray so I wouldn't stand out like a flashy American.<br />
I fell in love with statues and and old gray buildings and granite.<br />
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Solid things.<br />
Old things.<br />
Simple things.<br />
Classy things.<br />
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It's enough and it makes me happy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She sees </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but loves in color </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">JmStorm</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes, it all begins with a sketch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then a timid touch of color and suddenly they become real to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was scared to add the red hat until I tried in paint app first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">awwww... but you can't just play with one app</span></div>
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Must add grunge and scratches<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love taking one image and creating many different versions of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's like it keeps on giving as I discover it in different forms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love showing other artist that come into the gallery how to take their art further than just postcards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Still exploring, excavating for more.</span></div>
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It's hard to believe that I started this blog so long ago just wanting to find one or two other souls that we're passionate about art and others who were learning to draw and paint . Now, almost 10 years later, I rarely have time to post because now I have my own gallery, teach 6 different children how to draw, and teach 4-5 paint and wine classes to those who just want to paint for fun. I'm also still painting my own originals, making prints, making cards and all the paperwork!<br />
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I also contribute to community projects, my church, my friend's birthdays, etc.- all those things that fit into my over all goals and things I value.<br />
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And trying hard not to neglect my loved ones and myself.<br />
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Admittedly, it's a lot to keep up with and sometimes I juggle better than others. Sometimes, I even miss the quiet times at home just painting, blogging and working on the farm, cooking for my Sweet Farmer.<br />
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But, I feel like I'm right where I'm suppose to be.<br />
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I'm going to keep learning, keep painting, and keep loving. It seems to be working for me.Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-22392982242808849132015-12-06T19:58:00.000-08:002015-12-06T19:58:49.639-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have opened a gallery. I am teaching and sharing art. I am selling art. But I haven't been able to get a decent web-site up or keep up with my blog. It is hard to juggle all the wonderful things that make up a working artist's life.<br />
I'm excited that in January I will be taking some graphic design classes out at our local university. Learning new things is one of my favorite things, next to travel.<br />
Hopefully, I will get back in the groove. If you're still here listening, thank you for your very long patience.Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-22067352052962340492014-09-24T19:30:00.001-07:002014-09-24T19:30:44.585-07:00Embracing AbundanceWonderful things are still happening for me. I am embracing the abundance and not apologizing to the universe any more, but taking it in and giving it out knowing that there is more to come. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qmi8vXl_8bs/VCN-PzI92zI/AAAAAAAADw0/b3RRsuG8apE/s288/iphone_photo.jpg'><img src='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qmi8vXl_8bs/VCN-PzI92zI/AAAAAAAADw0/b3RRsuG8apE/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='280' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />That's a new sunflower painting in my gallery window. I made three of them and hung them in the window at the first of the month, along with pillows and bags that I had decorated with sunflowers and everything has sold except one painting!! Every month since June has been amazing except August.Thank goodness for my wine and paint classes- they've helped keep me on goal even during a notorious dead month (August) for merchants in Roswell.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RKAz8fde-Ec/VCN-Q0t9GZI/AAAAAAAADw8/waBwRD83RJo/s288/iphone_photo.jpg'><img src='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RKAz8fde-Ec/VCN-Q0t9GZI/AAAAAAAADw8/waBwRD83RJo/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Thank you Roswellites and my sweet friend, Pam, who travels for two hours to take a class. I love seeing people create something that they originally thought they couldn't. I love seeing creatives that had put their brushes away, get them out again, because a simple painting has jump-started their art again.<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-W5eivNEEcag/VCN-Seel6lI/AAAAAAAADxE/A-Zk9VZ5ddI/s288/iphone_photo.jpg'><img src='https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-W5eivNEEcag/VCN-Seel6lI/AAAAAAAADxE/A-Zk9VZ5ddI/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='280' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />My drawing is still coming along and I'm practicing with more fervor than ever since I someday want to teach fine art classes, not just fun art.<br /><br />"The best painting comes out of compulsions and obsessions, out of deep love or hate, out of intellectual or emotional involvement with something that lies outside the painting itself. - Edward Betts<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EqrPYhsIKAE/VCN-TW9mUnI/AAAAAAAADxM/1yAfhVSrK38/s288/iphone_photo.jpg'><img src='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EqrPYhsIKAE/VCN-TW9mUnI/AAAAAAAADxM/1yAfhVSrK38/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='720' height='720' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />I'm still thousands paintings away from 10,000 paintings, still 4 years away from 10 years of everyday, consistent work but I am still on track. And if you knew me, you would know that not wavering is a huge personal sacred success for me.<br /><br />I think the most fulfilling thing, even beyond being able to pay the bills and keep my own gallery profitable, is seeing and hearing and being with other artists and hopeful creatives, and inspiring and spurring one another on to be our best selves.<br /><br />Come by and see me at Main Street Arts, right downtown on Roswell's Main Street. <br /> Yes, I know, it's unbelievable. Even a bad day, is a good day in a open studio in an art gallery!<br /><br /><center><a href='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-35RD10zmQ70/VCN-UQWz62I/AAAAAAAADxU/QbxFBSXWnQY/s288/iphone_photo.jpg'><img src='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-35RD10zmQ70/VCN-UQWz62I/AAAAAAAADxU/QbxFBSXWnQY/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='170' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-81943354523725094822014-07-27T21:20:00.001-07:002014-07-27T21:30:54.902-07:00Main Street ArtsI am having so much fun at Main Street Arts. I wish you could see our window installations. They are really cool. If you haven't heard our great news , well, my Sweet Farmer and I purchased a building in downtown Roswell, N.M. Yes! It's across the street from the Alien Museum and Yes! It is on Main Street right in the middle of everything! And yes! I'm so proud of it! Our grand opening was June 15. <br />
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"The Gallery" which is a co-op gallery of artists is renting 2/3 of the building. We share common spaces like bathrooms and a workshop area. They open and close the store 6 days a week. But I love being down there. I enjoy being with the other artists and meeting all the wonderful tourists and shoppers that stop in. It's very energizing.<br />
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I've met the neatest people like Max. He draws incredible cartoons.<br />
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And this is my first "Paint Party" in June. Everyone had a great painting and encouraged me to do many more.<br />
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My sales have doubled. I recently sold my original Cheetah, a cowgirl, and lots of prints and even some older work.<br />
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That Cheetah was so wild, that it took just the right customer to love him and take him home. <br />
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I can't wait to share more stories of the life of a gallery owner. Just pinch me. <br />
It still feels like a dream.<br />
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But dreams are good. I don't want to ever stop dreaming.<br />
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Posted using BlogPress from my iPadOdd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-18754478303080853042014-06-26T08:34:00.000-07:002014-06-26T08:34:17.643-07:00HOPE- AND MY GREEN HILL.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A long time ago on a far away hill a passionate girl filled with hope started her journey exploring art. She didn't know the right way to go or the wrong way to go. She just went..... forward. She read and she painted and she played and she practiced and she studied and she geeked out on art supplies. And she plays to this day. Happily, merrily now she plays in her own art gallery called "Krantz Art". She and her sweet Farmer bought a building and named it "Main Street Arts" and now it shelters her and a co-op gallery of 30 beautiful artisans. And they all live happily together.<br />
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That lucky, very blessed-to-the-max girl is your's truly, ODD CHICK.It is still amazing to me where your most passionate passions will lead you if you will just listen, if you will explore, if you will follow your heart.<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;">AND HOPE continues to perch on my shoulder whispering that there are more luscious hills ahead.</span></div>
<br />Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-18245909257510692382014-05-06T18:43:00.000-07:002014-05-06T18:43:14.860-07:00I have never seen anyone do that before....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We heard it at least 30 times. "Welllllll......I've never seen anyone try to paint carpet", with a pinch of salty scoffing. Only a pinch. But just enough, every time, to make a girl wonder why originality is such a scary thing to some, and when it quit being a road block or hazard to creativity for others. Art has certainly made me braver in that area.<br />
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This idea wasn't mine alone, of course. It came after a brain-storming session with an art friend about how to get rid of boring carpet. "It's a canvas", she said. And off I go like Alice down the rabbit hole. AND There are chrome sheets on my ceilings and paint on my carpet and wood pallets painted with gold glitter. It's been done before somewhere I bet, but it feels original to me.<br />
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If you haven't heard, I've been incredibly blessed lately as Sweet Farmer and I have purchased a building on main street in Roswell, New Mexico and I have leased 3/4 of it out to a co-op gallery and have retained 1000 square feet for my own gallery space and studio. I KNOW!!! I can't believe I just wrote that!!It's true.<br />
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It's a canvas. The whole space is just like a new canvas and I am enjoying painting it layer by layer. Of course, I have had lots of help. Like Isaac, this new friend, young and spunky, cool as beans grafitti artist who has helped me paint pinwheels. I wish I had permission to share his story because he has a great story and I'm so glad I met him. <br />
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He doesn't think I'm odd. When he heard what I wanted to do with the floor, he says things like, "that's going down hard" and that translates, "wow, I like that". He gets that you have to be brave and do your thing even when people think you're a little too original. But I think artists learn to embrace the fear of doing it different. We've learned to accept failure, uncertainty, and surprise outcomes on some level. <span style="font-size: large;">We know you can always begin again.</span> But we have to explore the boundaries of creativity. And step over them now and then. </div>
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Speaking of beginning again. This is what was under 60 or 70 years of layers of stucco on the top of the store. Once it was named "Everybody's". And now, many years later it will be a place for everybody to create, share their art, and share their passion.</div>
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Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-10619586122948605132014-03-20T10:26:00.001-07:002014-03-20T10:26:34.184-07:00YAH! IT's SPRING!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have BIG news. I'm tackling something that is mind-boggling for me right now. BUT it is bringing me lots of happiness and joy. I can't wait to share it with you. Give me a couple of weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, I still love SWEET FARMER. He makes me really happy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't let anything stop you from having a great SPRING! </span><br />
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<br />Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-12774483601392942052014-03-09T18:43:00.001-07:002014-03-10T17:53:29.945-07:00My Colorful Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will always </span><span style="font-size: large;">remember</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">painting this cheetah</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">painting because I finished it the day before my 55th birthday.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He represents my wild and colorful life.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If I'm having a mid-life crisis- then this is the best crisis I have ever had and I never want it to end. BRING IT ON!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I recently told my hair-dresser to cut my hair but leave it a little grungy. GRUNGY???- but it's short and messy and I love it. It fits my life on the go.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It shakes out when I take my dirt bike helmet off and it doesn't look too bad.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm wrinkling and getting chubby, and having flashes of something besides brilliance, memory's fading, and all those things but I'm good with all that. I mean, I want to take care of myself and be healthy and I know I've been hot and now I am COOL beans and ba-ba-ba-ba bad to the bone. And wiser. And calmer. And kinder. A better lover of people. So heck to all those other small things like fitting in skinny jeans, compared to the good gifts I've been given through age and time, I will take about 50 more years in my yoga pants! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm in love with my husband, my kids, my grandkids and my art. Oh, my GOODNESS. My art/mind/life has truly been the greatest gift of this season of my life. I will forever be grateful that I prayed that simple prayer and asked God to teach me to draw in 2007.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">God has also given me a peace in my heart, and a spacious place in my head to grow in Him. I just hope He gives me more time and health to do a thousand things on my <strike>bucket</strike> tank load list of places to go and new passions to chase down. I know it's a lot to ask. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I intend to recreate myself at least 10 more times. New hairdos, new hobbies, less stuff, classy fashions, new sports- I intend to be NEW, and classy, and traveling and learning until the day I die (I'm heading to Ireland in September!) or until I lose my ability to decide what to do with my day or my mind. But there's no time to waste. My heart is nearly bursting now. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for sharing the years with me!! I hope we have many more.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Above all things, I feel grateful, for this moment, this time, and my very precious mid-life season.</span>Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-56383403539625781882014-02-23T20:30:00.001-08:002014-02-23T20:30:48.977-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my latest painting called "Our Prayers Are Our Gifts" inspired by not one, but two glorious on-line classes.<br />You must check out <a href="http://mistymawn.typepad.com/full_circle_workshop/">Misty Mawn's</a> Full Circle Workshop. It is packed full of 12 weeks of pure, undiluted, mind-blowing inspiration. I have loved it so much.<br />And<br />Jeanne Oliver's "Studying Under The Masters". This is a group of artists that hold nothing back and has been very educational and I have been reading like a mad woman and devouring new and magical information about the old art masters, and who inspired them, and who inspired them... and you can imagine it cost me another penny and many a library visit to hunt down the info- but it has FIRED ME UP, I tell you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And when I can't stand the joy of painting and drawing, and my chores are done, I take a little spin on my new (used) dirt-bike Sweet Farmer got me for Valentines. I love to see the farm land around here as I ride, and search for drawing inspirations on the back roads. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Life is really good for me right now. It's hard not to feel guilty sometimes. Our lives are not perfect and sad things have happened that created a huge tidal wave of grief in our life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We lost my sister-in-law, Sweet Farmer's only sibling -his big sister. It was a heart attack at 51. She was a beautiful, loving mother and wife and she loved her little brother with a deep and consistent devotion. They were super close. I have been so sad for my Sweet Farmer as he bravely goes on to accept the loss of her presence from this side of things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In spite of sad things, our lives are rich and full and hold so many opportunities. Even losing someone, makes you realize how very special our moments are with loved ones and to be truly present in the day you have.</span></div>
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Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-4432291299945807442013-12-09T11:37:00.000-08:002013-12-09T11:37:34.408-08:00Checkin In...If you are still following me- you are the loyal, among loyal blog friends. I <em><u>have been here</u></em> in a big way. But not Here. I can't even begin to tell you all the here and theres I've been.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And workshops, and art books.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Did I mention I took a trip to London and Paris in September!</span><br />
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My sister-in-law, my mom,( me) and a dearest friend and my daughter (not pictured here) all went along. What a hoot!</div>
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Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-43739283423612168502013-08-23T09:58:00.001-07:002013-11-10T18:31:01.398-08:00The Lion Knows<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm so excited to share some great news with you! So many of you have followed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">me since the beginning when I was just learning to draw and then as I experimented with different mediums and styles, through various workshops.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I can't even begin to tell you how much your encouragement has helped me move my art along. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I now call myself an ART-cheologist because I know that I am digging and excavating layer by layer my potential in this art journey. It's not just a passing fancy, but a deep and enduring longing in my heart to find out what I'm made of, whatever talent I've been given, how far I can take it, and how much I can share it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;"><strong>Well, my news is that my Lion above was juried into the Roswell Art Show and received an Honorable Mention and a green ribbon! UPdate: The Lion KNows won People's Choice Award at the Roswell International ARt Show. also. The original has sold! Prints available on canvas or archival paper.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">That may not be great news to you but I was absolutely humbled that I was in the top awards for a show that included fantastic art from all over the world- among 269 entries. I entered for the last 3 years and never received such an award.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This painting represents another mile-stone for me, another marker as I think it represents my current level of skill and I can see progress in this painting.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I want to play with the "Big Boys". I want my art to be exceptional and I am still determined to dig further and this award has spurred me on.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Your encouragement has been invaluable. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I hope you are still enjoying my art, your own journey and may we all be blessed with an extra measure of magic.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">And simply believe in it when it arrives.</span><br />
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She was such a pleasure to paint. I can't even tell you. I've always loved to sketch faces but when I went to paint the sketch, I always struggled with blending the acrylics and them drying too fast but this time it wasn't a struggle. The paint and I danced together and she came forward as easily as could be. Don't you love it when that happens? <br />
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In case you don't recognize her this is a study of the top portrait of the Delphic Sybil by Michaelangelo that he placed very prominently on the ceiling of Sistine chapel. I love her strength and beauty. She was a powerful woman in her time telling men their fortunes and predicting outcomes. She was a priestess. It is said that when she died she became a wandering voice that still speaks to the ears of men in dark riddles about the future. I'm just weird enough to love that too. I've been to Delphi, in Greece, where she worked and lived. I've been to the Sistine Chapel and seen her painted image. Maybe that's why her image followed me around. I often wonder why we must paint or write certain things and get them out of our heads. What is the mystery of that? Why does a subject or object or landscape call to us and how do we decide that we must paint or write certain things above all the others?<br />
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I painted her in a fresco style and she has fine little cracks all through her which gives her the aged look I was going for. It is improbable that anyone will ever buy this painting because she's not in style or would fit in anyone's décor I know. But I don't care- she feeds my painterly soul. And I expressed her with my own visual interpretation. She will always remain with me and maybe I will hear her someday speak in dark riddles about my future. <br />
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<br />Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-43119241936347444242013-05-28T16:34:00.000-07:002013-05-28T16:34:34.180-07:00Zebra From Anotha Motha<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This zebra smacks of edgy attitude. He had to be navy and flourescent orange- he could settle for nothing less. The old adage is not true. A leopard can change his spots and a zebra can change his stripes. Every day we have opportunity to create a new, fresh, vibrant sparkle to the world. We can change and we can create the life we want.<br />
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He will be one of my entries in the Roswell Art Show if he gets juried in and accepted. <br />
Keep your fingers crossed. We'll know something in June. I'll keep you updated with posts of my other new paintings that I've submitted. <br />
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Farming is going full speed around here and I'm soon heading to Texas to pick up my grandsons for a visit. WooHOO!<br />
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I hope your summer is brave and new and daring. I intend to make mine one to remember!<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">"The Zebra Question" by Shel Silverstein</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">I asked the zebra,</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Are you black with white stripes?</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Or white with black stripes?</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">And the zebra asked me,</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Are you good with bad habits?</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Or are you bad with good habits?</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Are you noisy with quiet times?</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Or quite with noisy times?</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Are you happy with some sad days?</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Or are you sad with some happy days?</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Are you neat with some sloppy ways?</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">And on and on and on and on</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">An on and on he went.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">I'll never ask a zebra</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Not so silly, huh?</span></div>
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This is odd chick getting ready to fly!!! <br />
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I went and signed up to tandem jump out of an airplane before I even talked to Sweet Farmer about it. I was afraid he would talk me out of it!</div>
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I handed him my camera, a kiss like it might be my last, and happily jumped in a plane that took me up 11,000 feet.</div>
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The only scary part for me was that little roll out of the plane- I didn't want to get caught on anything like the step or geeeeez- the propeller! Then there was a 45 second free-fall and what a RUSH! I tried to stay totally present so I could recall the memory with great clarity- but even then, ITs HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. I have nothing to compare it to. The cold, the speed and the rush of the wind on my cheeks and the ground whirling below me like a giant pinwheel. I have to admit I was glad when the chute came out and slowed things down a bit so that I could soar. I even spread my arms out like a bird to see if only for a minute I could feel in small measure the freedom of the spaciousness of the sky. </div>
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It was a glorious flight on a sunny day at Port Aransas, Texas. And it was a dream checked off on a list titled, "Wild & Precious Living". </div>
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It looks like I didn't stick my landing but I swear I did- or at least I felt like an Olympic champion when I landed on my feet - but then all my weight and the earth touch like a magnet to the ground.</div>
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This was an actual sign on the door of an art gallery on a street I was browsing in a tourist's town. I had to laugh because I wanted to meet the owner(s) whom don't seem to take themselves too seriously. But it was closed. lol.<br />
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Sometimes my life, my art feels like this too. I'm in, I'm out and sometimes there all the time unless I'm someplace else? Are you like that? Or are you one of those scheduled, driven, stay-on-task, stay-in-the-moment kind of people? <br />
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Sometimes I take myself too seriously. I add too much weight to my creativity. Pretty soon, it's like putting on shoes filled with concrete. It becomes a burden. Joyless.<br />
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I have to remind myself to enjoy my blog without the crippling worry that I don't always write with grammatical accuracy. Or that I have nothing super-interesting to show or tell. just post. <br />
I have to remind myself that my drawing should get better but that every piece I produce is not going to be better than the last one. just draw.<br />
I have to remind myself that when no one buys my art that is still a valid and important endeavor and that has value simply because it brings me joy. just paint.<br />
So I write and draw and paint what I love and add important exercises in between and then back off and start back again serious, not so serious.... again... and again.<br />
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My attempt at charcoal on gesso with pastel, trying to improve my hair strokes, thinking about light and shadows more.<br />
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My attempt at mark making with pen and no eraser- loosening up, trusting my instincts.</div>
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My attempt to visually express deep disappointment.</div>
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This is my grandson, Cash, helping me celebrate St. Patrick day. We go to Target and borrow their hats to take our pictures. It seemed like a leprechaunish thing to do.<br />
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Also, <a href="http://www.seedbedstudio.net/">Pauline Agnew</a>, an energetic Irish artist, over at Seedbed Studio is still encouraging me even after taking her class and is a constant source of good suggestions for great art books - (check out: "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Painting-People-Fresh-Approach/dp/1847970885">Drawing and Painting People)</a>. Her second class produced amazing art and we were invited to that event on-line. Check her out. She goes above and beyond as a teacher and gives honest and helpful critique of your work to help you move forward.</div>
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Speaking of inspired- I took another art day through our museum and they were featuring New Mexican style design and art. Check out these lovelies.</div>
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Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-71382250708353786382013-03-18T10:34:00.000-07:002013-03-18T10:34:05.406-07:00IN LOVE ...just in time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It waned for a while, quite a long scary while. It's hard to write when my soul is dry (sorry). The creative mind seems to take its own vacations. I still try to draw and paint through the hiatus, because it's much like the pounds I gain when I quit working out. </div>
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It shouldn't make a difference, but it is SO VALIDATING when your art sells and my daughter sold SIX, YES SIX canvas giclee prints of the sheep painting (see last post) and sold the one above! (see me happy dance!) I did manage to sell an 8X10 print of this one (on my own, mind ya)</div>
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She tells me to just hush and paint and she will keep them from being under my bed or replacing another painting on my wall. I LOVE IT!! I am taking the kid to Paris in September - if she keeps this up, she'll be paying her way in art sales!<br />
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I've fallen in love with charcoal and golden gesso. I've fallen in love with messy, and grungie, and scratches and hatches, and shapes and lines, and shadow and light. <br />
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Oh, it feels so good to be in love with my art again. It really feels fresh, raw and exciting like the first time- but a deeper, richer passion like what happens with Sweet Farmer and I over and over again. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">well maybe not just like it.. but you know what i mean.. </span><br />
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REally, it's also like a new plane to stand on after a tough climb. REFRESHING. </div>
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I hope you are in love with someone, something - that makes your heart beat faster today. If not keep climbing, keep working, keep seeking- it's just up ahead... right around the corner.<br />
Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-17494775954773361532013-03-07T09:41:00.000-08:002013-03-07T09:41:26.839-08:00<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind. The rational mind doesn’t nourish you. You assume that it gives you the truth, because the rational mind is the golden calf that this culture worships, but this is not true. Rationality squeezes out much that is rich and juicy and fascinating.” -Anne Lamott<br />
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Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-27275280117873900242012-12-05T15:26:00.001-08:002012-12-05T15:39:32.943-08:00A Sweet Christmas<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ahhh... the sweetness of Christmas. This one, for me, is only slightly bitter-sweet. This time last year my Dad was strong and healthy, playing golf three times a week, carving Santas for his kids. In February, he had a massive stroke, which he survived, but it has left him almost completely left-side paralyzed. Short of a miracle, there will be no more carved Santas by my sweet Dad. But I'm lucky that I have a nice collection.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">And they remind me of how special he is and how important our time is together.</span><br />
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This is sweet, I think. I decorated my chairs with a little white tulle and burlap rope.</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoTh0Md5CcuW_okl2k2YfcDLgvw6cKuJZ4XdqAhfGn276G_URomrGVeFwWklSOWk45PyJopxZq6wH7BI7mpxwUvKpZfCs2Y04dvNVV_IxKx9tskLIEEKh37uLvYEr90hLXtKTbkSAZbM/s1600/IMG_5821-Gurdy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoTh0Md5CcuW_okl2k2YfcDLgvw6cKuJZ4XdqAhfGn276G_URomrGVeFwWklSOWk45PyJopxZq6wH7BI7mpxwUvKpZfCs2Y04dvNVV_IxKx9tskLIEEKh37uLvYEr90hLXtKTbkSAZbM/s320/IMG_5821-Gurdy.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Speaking of sweet- look at my lovely, little Labradoodle- Gurdy. Hasn't she grown? She's a gem of a pet and is learning tricks almost daily. LOVE HER!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">She has made Christmas decorating a little challenging this year, however.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">My Christmas tree forest will have to be on the sofa table this year. Gurdy might not recognize that my decorations are NOT her toys- and man, does she love her toys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is a cross-stich hand-crafted by my Mom. Tiny little stitches. We moved her to an assisted living place in October of this year. Our family home was dismantled as my Dad is in a full-care facility. They can't be together because there is no facility in their area that has both full-care and assisted care. Precious items were spread among myself, my brothers and all our children. Maybe that's why my decorating reflects a softer side of myself- a little vintage sweetness of family heirlooms, and pretty things to remind me of what is dear. </span></div>
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This is what happens when you get Crazy Consuela and Odd Chick together! It's a passionate, crazy world with a Bliss Fairy blowing bliss bubbles all over a colorful flower-garden world.<br />
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My daughter came down and we painted together and it is such a blast. It's a strange, synergy that happens between like-minded souls when we paint. Like a dance, we go in and out of each other's way adding to and taking from and spray painting and detailing, until we both say it's done. And then we just sit back, drink some crazy juice and enjoy it. Our hope is that this little Bliss fairy finds a happy home and blesses the owner with wild, passionate dreams that come true...every day. I know Joli is one of my greatest blessings. She blisses my world!<br />
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Check out my Etsy store when you have time. I thought I would open it up for Christmas. THanks, chick-an-oddees!</div>
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I'm pretty sure my daughter and my Sweet Farmer thinks I'm going through a mid-life crisis. I just bought myself a 1963 Shasta trailer. She is mint condition and ready for the road. There was something about her that called to me, deep in my gypsy soul and so I brought her home to Krantz Farms. I have big plans for her during the winter - maybe some words painted on her, like "Passions of an Odd chick" or "Adventures of an Odd Chick" in a cute funky font with a flying chick here and there, or maybe I'll leave her plain and buff her up like a shiny tin can. Either way, I'll prepare her for an adventure soon. <br />
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It's not fancy but it's good enough for me.</div>
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I like little compact, efficient spaces.</div>
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My new little puppy, Gurdy, will be ready to travel with me by Spring.</div>
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And some good stories to share on my blog. If you have any good ideas for my little Shasta, please share!</div>
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<br />Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-81013927853225596932012-10-01T09:35:00.000-07:002012-10-08T13:30:58.894-07:00Brave and Bold with a Sista on your Side.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a new animal painting. Yes, I said animal, as in COWs gone wild. You know me, I get stuck on something and I can't let it go. (I call them <span style="color: #e69138;">PASSIONS)</span> I have to paint it this way and that way and I had these great photographs that I had taken of dairy cows and I wondered.... can I convey the energy and tension and curiosity of these animals that I felt when I was kneeling in that cow pen and they were coming forward intense and curious about the camera. It's not an easy thing to convey emotion, I found. Somewhere I read that you can use "fighting colors" to convey tension or energy. And of course, eyes and stance can convey feelings and erratic line and form can be emotive, but without instruction a new artist just simply has to experiment and so I was exploring this process through this cow painting.<br />
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I'm in this amazing closed facebook art community through Flora Bowley's class and this group of women just continually inspire me with their best art and push me with gentle nudges for more. Sometimes when I get stuck on a painting I can post it there first, and for some reason, I feel encouraged to bring it home for them- like a waiting audience that is cheering you on toward a finish line. My setting is fairly isolated like I'm sure a lot of people feel in rural environments. I hope you can find a community some way that has some expectation of you and encourages you to succeed. (thank you girlfriends- you know who you are!) These cows remind me of how we push forward, curious and bold and brave, and a little scared, but determined to learn something new.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">AND </span>The other animal that I'm passionate about in my life (and slightly sleep-deprived):<br />
MEET <span style="font-size: x-large;">GURDY</span> - the 6 week labradoodle that has made a home at Krantz farms and in our hearts! More stories to come.</div>
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<br />Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500753812112751553.post-71961397718443221682012-09-11T14:36:00.000-07:002012-09-11T14:36:57.703-07:00Autumn Scene<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Autumn Scene</span></div>
Upon the hills the giant trees with color were ablaze,<br />
Like smoke from smouldering embers rose the late September haze.<br />
All silent and magnificent I fancied I could see<br />
The Master Artist touching up some solitary tree,<br />
But the glory of the landscape was a flash of crimson flame<br />
At the bottom of the picture where the painter signs his name.<br />
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Now I cannot speak the language of the men who paint and draw.<br />
And with technical precision can't describe the scene I saw.<br />
All I know is that a picture was unrolled for me to see,<br />
And the high lights and the shadows just what they ought to be,<br />
But that gorgeous burst of color <br />
in the foreground caught my eye<br />
And I knew it made the landscape,<br />
though I couldn't say just why.<br />
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It struck me as peculiar, where an earthly painter signs;<br />
The Master Artist signed His name in tangled shrubs and vines.<br />
<span style="color: #990000;">And as I stepped up closer</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">I discovered and was glad</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">He had given that touch of splendor to the poorest stuff He had.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">To the common things in summer</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">Which man scarecely sees at all</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;">He had given the place of honor and the glory of the fall.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"> - <em><span style="font-size: x-small;">edgar a. guest</span></em></span>Odd Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491857123680885221noreply@blogger.com6