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Four Corners: June 2010
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Four Corners explores the work of artists around the globe. Saturday, June 5, 2010. The Artist Patricia Allingham Carlson. From the time she was a preschooler, Pat Carlson knew she wanted to paint. When she was 12 years old, she sold her first painting. Following is an interview with Carlson and pictures of some of her work. CFR: What inspires your work? What is the passion behind the painting? Maybe I look so much because I had an inborn desire to draw- but I think the other way around. As an educator I...
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Ramblin' Susan: Fable of the Blue Horse
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Monday, October 19, 2015. Fable of the Blue Horse. Imagination, Mixed Media Collage on canvas board, 22" x 28", by Susan K. Leslie. I must take this to father, she thought. He loves horses, too. She grabbed up the painting and ran to find her father. She found him sitting in his favorite chair and she proudly displayed her painting to him. Will he like it she asked herself. Oh, I hope he likes it! He must for it is beautiful, achingly so. What do you think, Dad? The moral of this story:. 1,000,000 Artists.
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Ramblin' Susan: Focus on Your Artwork. It is Your Right TO DO So. | Sharing my Painted Journey
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Thursday, July 21, 2016. Focus on Your Artwork. It is Your Right TO DO So. Sharing my Painted Journey. Focus on Your Artwork. It is Your Right TO DO So. Sharing my Painted Journey. Sandy Askey-Adams shared the blog post above. I can't remember the number of times I have had people make statements similar to what she describes in her post. Nor can I describe the damage it has done over the years in terms of following my passion. This is a great post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 1,000,000 Artists.
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Ramblin' Susan: May 2014
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Sunday, May 4, 2014. Sidewalk Chalk Art courtesy of the neighbor kids. Art can be found everywhere! My neighbor kids were out playing with their sidewalk chalk yesterday and really scrubbed it into the cement. I love colors! It rained overnight and made the designs stand out even better when I went outside this morning. I had to share the joy! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Subscribe To Ramblin Susan. 1,000,000 Artists. Sound of Silence Remake. Posted by Mark Watson.
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Ramblin' Susan: April 2014
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Monday, April 28, 2014. Daring To Be Vulnerable. Vulnerabilty, Mixed media collage, 11"x14". To be alive is to be vulnerable.". No matter what gets done and how much. Is left undone, I am enough…Yes,. I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but. That doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave. And worthy of love and belonging.". To embrace our vulnerability is the ultimate "daring greatly.". Friday, April 11, 2014. Bridges, Bridges, and More Bridges. Train Bridge, Lewiston, ID. It became t...
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Ramblin' Susan: July 2014
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Monday, July 28, 2014. Living in a Paper Doll World. 155" x 12.375" Mixed Media Collage. I remember when I was younger, how "McCall's" magazine always had a page of paper dolls for kids that I would carefully cut out. I looked forward to each issue eagerly. Those paper dolls spoke of better things to me, happier times, a kinder world. Those paper dolls had an innocence underlined by a subtle direction of thought that guided my young mind. On Maria Popova's Brain Pickings. In it Popova writes:. The journe...
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Ramblin' Susan: Reality on Sale Now
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Reality on Sale Now. Reality On Sale Now, Mixed Media Collage, 12"x18", Susan K Leslie. Do I really need to know who I am? Is it important to know who I am? Why is it important? How do I define myself? Am I what I eat? Am I what I say or do? Am I my habits? How do I define myself? Am I merely a physical body? Am I what I think? Am I what I feel? How do I define my reality? Am I what others say I am? Do they know who I am? Do I have to be what others say I am? My job or career?
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Ramblin' Susan: Living the Creative Life
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Tuesday, February 9, 2016. Living the Creative Life. In this article I want to give an example of the scope that living the creative life can bring to anyone willing to pursue this path. The avenue that creativity takes in my life happens to be art, but creativity is part and parcel of life in general. The particular method of expression I use most is collage. Below is a picture I did 28 years ago. I titled it ". The Cycle of Life. Through the creative process I have learned that the purpose of life is a...
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