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Yay for Productivity!

TraciBkgrnd4

Nothing like the sun streaming through the studio window on a sunday afternoon. Endless possibilities. This is such a beautiful sight to me. Every weekend i swear i will catch up on overdue work and get some fresh new artwork done. Every weekend flashes by in the blink of an eye and i come up [...]

story behind the art – can you guess?

Tables are turned. Sometimes when you’re trying to paint one thing…another emerges. A Happy Accident. i’d like to give a free 8×10 print of any piece of art in my etsy shop to the first reader who can correctly tell the story behind this art. How do you think it was it made? What materials [...]

Commissions – What’s in a name?

Harper ARt Color Palette

An old friend and colleague of mine sent the sweetest holiday card this past christmas. It was a photo of her and her husband standing in front of their fireplace, looking all christmas-y. They were smiling for a reason. The card was actually an announcement. After much waiting and fretting, they proclaimed on this 5×7 [...]

story behind the art – woodgrain profile series

MelonWoodgirlSq

Several months back i got the notion for this artwork. i love drawing tendrils and curves and curliques and wanted to do a stylized portrait series focusing on hair. For a long time, the idea was a bit fuzzy in my mind and i didn’t know exactly what i was shooting for. i started looking [...]

story behind the art – white lines

Why did i create this piece? This one started as a study of form, and i’d spent about 8 hours on it when i decided i’d have to scrap it. It was out of balance somehow. i told myself it was no biggie, it was just an exercise, and it had been extremely calming and [...]