There was once an Orange King, who had a tiny kingdom near a big sea. He was not content with his tiny kingdom. “I want more,” the Orange King roared. When he roared, his people jumped back in fear because, even though he did not look frightening, he had guards who were big and mighty. […]
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Today, I painted this image. It is meant to be painting number two in a series of nine that I want to hang up together as one painting. They will be separate paintings, yet a single image. A few months ago, I was doodling in church on my bulletin. And I came up with a
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On Thursday, after I left Delaware Park, I walked by the AKG, the art gallery formerly known as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. It was closed for four years for reconstuction before being reopened as the AKG in 2023. I have not yet had an opportunity to visit, but I’m hoping that one of my future
And, as in uffish thought he stood,the jabberwock, with eye of flame,came bursting through the tulgey woodand burbled as it came. This morning, I went to the Japanese gardens behind the Buffalo History Museum to see the cherry blossoms. I had read that they had opened, and I wanted to avoid a repetition of last
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It’s Wordless Wednesday, and this blog post is going to be as close to wordless as possible. I made tea and it went into this cup. Then I painted its portrait. So portrait of Tea.
The ducks’ journey It was an overcast day when my friend Debbie and I decided to visit the Japanese Gardens behind the Buffalo History Museum. And that visit was the subject of yesterday’s reflection. Today, it’s more about observation than reflection. Observation of two ducks out for a swim. One thing that I noticed about
The Japanese Gardens behind the Buffalo History Museum are beautiful. They are a peaceful place to reflect on anything that is in your heart or to sit down and make a painting or to take photographs. The gardens are a gift from Buffalo’s sister city, Kanazawa, Japan. Kanazawa is well-known for its beautiful and radiant
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It’s Day fifty-six of the 100-day art challenge, and it’s week sixteen of Inktober 52. This week’s prompt is vista, and there was a stipulation to draw in black and white. No color, just ink. After leaving the place of long brick walls and silent ram people who walked in circles around the brick walls,
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April is National Poetry Month, which I didn’t know until I started reading Vidya Tiru’s postings for the two blogging challenges that we are both participating in. Vidya writes about a different type of poetry every day, and she also includes a complete lesson plan for teachers who want to offer lessons in poetry. Her