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Grateful HeART
Painting with a grateful heart for a few amazing fathers today & wishing all the men that give of their lives, hearts, & hands for the children they love a very Happy Father’s Day! ❤ For my dad: Thank you, Dad, for all the … Continue reading
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Painting Prayers
How often do we say, “my prayers/hopes/wishes are with you” or “sending love/prayers”? I frequently find myself painting prayers and then, literally ‘sending the prayers’ (blessings, wishes, hopes, dreams, intentions, affirmations… however you prefer to think about it) via the art … Continue reading
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Garden in my heART (& critters, too!)
These 4 paintings were made while enjoying pure play with art supplies. The backgrounds were made first and without any thought or plan for what they would become (aside from 4 canvases being grouped together like 1 big project). The … Continue reading
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Sweetest Dreams
May all the sweetest dreams come true. ❤ Introducing the ‘sweetest dreams’ painted prayers/blessings series by Julia Osterc. 🙂 These were all inspired by native American dream catchers. Sweetest Dreams Shine True Sweetest Dreams Shine True – scanned to print … Continue reading
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Confession
While reading an art journaling magazine last night (full of beautiful pages by other people), I found myself thinking about my scrapbooking experience. I confess that I fell in love with the “idea” of scrapbooking. I had even made photo … Continue reading
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Art 101 Week 3, DLP, & Folk School!
Wow, what a wild week! I have been volunteering in the tie dye, batik, hammer prints and more “little” class at the John Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC (the link is to pictures on their facebook page from the week). My … Continue reading
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