Thursday, August 27, 2015

Upcoming Events!

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I’m in the  Faculty Show at Minnetonka Center for the Arts , Aug. 20th — Sept. 24th; Reception is on Thursday, Sept. 17th, 6 - 8 p.m. ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

A Tiny Queen on the Balcony

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Queen Amelia of the Garden, 7 x 10" mixed media on tan cotton paper. So this is a BIG reason why I live where I do. Because thi...
Monday, May 18, 2015

Designing a Clucking Calendar

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I began last night, gathering up images of the chickens I have already painted so that I can make the much-asked-for chicken calendar for 20...
Monday, May 11, 2015

Springy Stuff! And I'm Sick.

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A day or two after Saint Paul Art Crawl, I got sick. The cough still hasn't gone away, and I've been working steadily at my frame...
Monday, May 4, 2015

Poetry is for the Birds

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What you see here is my design process as I prepare to frame this raven of mine. While I don't consider myself a poet, some of my a...
Monday, April 6, 2015

This Painting is Galloping Away

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This is Black Mare in Summer , one of my personal favorite canvases. Based on a snapshot I took of my horse, it's made of layers of oil ...
Monday, March 30, 2015

Flying on Half-Finished Wings

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Night Hawk , salvaged objects and materials with polymer clay, oil paint and wax. Tracie Thompson, 12.5" h x 8" w x 5.25" d...
Monday, March 23, 2015

A Charm for Hope and Comfort

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About seven years ago, when my Grandma Thompson was still alive and I was still in Florida, I found several of these little bluebirds h...
Monday, March 16, 2015

Still in Art School

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If you make art, and you want to do it really well, you're a student. You're always and forever a student, even when you're the ...
Monday, March 9, 2015

Remember the Owl?

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I finished it last night, quite late, like the owl I've always been. Any time there are owls in my art, it's got something ...