There’s No Better Time to Become a Book Nerd — Tammie Painter

Bars are closed. Theaters are closed. Sports are cancelled. Now is THE time to become a Book Nerd! To become a true book nerd, your primary source of reading material should be your local library. Most have ramped up their digital lending programs, allowing you extra checkouts and/or longer loan periods. But, if you are […]

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The Sky Painter Returns — Cornwall in Colours

For the last few nights since the dry and cold weather arrived we have been seeing a lovely orange-peach glow on the horizon when the sun has set. Last night though with a hint of cloud, the sky lit up and between the hours of 1700 – 1800 we were enchanted by the show as […]

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Watercolour painter walks into a bar… —

If this sounds like the beginning of a particularly poor joke, I fear it may be one at my own expense… …impoverished watercolour painter walks into a swanky restaurant. Sits at the bar. Orders a coffee. Finishes coffee. Orders the bill. Whhaatttt!! Surely somebody somewhere must be joking! £4.44 for a coffee!? The longer story […]

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A giant painter of expressionism: LESSER URY — paintdigi

A MASTERPIECE, IN THE HISTORY OF PAINTING In the midst of this global health crisis, I present these few images to improve your morale: A giant painter of expressionism: LESSER URY Photo source: commons.wikimedia Unter den Linden im Regen (1920) Leo Lesser Ury was a German painter and graphic designer from the Berlin Impressionist Secession. […]

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Expressive Arts Therapy — Couple And Family Counseling

By Kaity Dallas Why Do We Need to Be Aware? Mental health professionals work with a myriad of populations. As long as they are trained and supervised to extend their scope of practice to cover a particular population, one can counsel nearly anyone in the world. One of the populations that is typically under-served are […]

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The Decisive Moment — Beginning Photo Spring 2020

“Life is once; forever.” -Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908-August 03, 2004) An early pioneer in the nascent field of photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson never personally appreciated the label of photojournalist, and viewed himself as a surrealist. He is widely considered to be a pioneer both in photojournalism, and art photography. In 1947, he co-founded Magnum Photos, […]

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Music and Painting — Marina Kanavaki

As a musician and painter I’ve always listened to music while painting… never the other way round though. However, this one is about music moving my hand on canvas and although this was not the music I was listening to when I painted this ‘Character’, it may well had been. In this version too, with […]

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