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New painting – Mountains, meadow, sheep

My first mountains painting This is one of those paintings that ended up different than what I had "planned". I'm learning that I need to plan more - sketch out the layout, for example. If I don't plan my composition, I end up with a space that I don't...

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Rebirth of an artist

"What's new with you?" Always a loaded question to me. How do I answer? How honest should I be?" "Got another parking ticket!" "My new cat is a tiny bully!" And then there was that period in 2009 when the answer was "I just found out that I have a sister!"...

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I made a YouTube video

Hello YouTube! I thought I would try something different with my photographs. I created a video slideshow and found a bouncy upbeat song as the background. I've been extensively exploring YouTube lately. Searching for covers of my favourite songs, touring Japanese...

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Contemplation

This photo was taken on June 3, 2014. Deep in contemplation. I was technically on vacation. I was actually using up vacation time before my employment was terminated in a mass layoff. I had hopes and ideas for future jobs - none of which came true. It would take...

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Blast from the past – marketing with bookmarks

This post is about a couple of bookmarks, from my past. Way back in 1988, I did something that a lot of people told me not to. I mean, a lot. I quit university to go to a community college. Why? Well for one thing, I had lost interest in my Bachelor of...

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