GARDEN PARTY CELEBRATION
I met a wonderful couple who were visiting from North Dakota. My work touched them very much and it was a joy to see them walk from piece to piece saying lovely things. They thought about buying one of my paintings that I had on display but when I mentioned that, should it not be the right size, a commission was another option. They immediately latched onto that idea, grabbed my business card, and asked me to make a reproduction of it, but on a grand scale. That is how Garden Party Celebration was born.
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WEATHERING HURRICANE IAN AND BREATHING AFTER THE STORM
Mid-September 2022 is when I learned that Hurricane Ian would potentially hit my area in Lee County. A month after I was finally able to take a breath and reflect on the experience and events. It was a major event in our life and the lives around here. Even for me without a lot of damage; the change in perspective and paradigm is marked.
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HEAVENLY HIKES IN THE MOUNTAIN AIR
I work hard, I mean really hard. I’m talking from sunrise until I drop at night. When I’m on the road though, I try to make it a point to stop and smell the roses, or in this case the red rocks.
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PSYCHEDELIC SURFER COVERS SPOTLIGHT MAGAZINE
“Psychedelic Surfer,” which appears on this month’s cover, is a turtle that brings smiles to those who see it at shows. Moore selected the colors first before she knew what she was going to paint.
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WARM TEXAS PEOPLE AT COTTONWOOD ART FESTIVAL
Cottonwood Art Festival in Richardson, Texas was the second in a series of four out-of-state shows. I had to work like mad to prepare an inventory while still making progress on my commissions.
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LOVEBIRDS BY JULIAN
“Lovebirds” is pencil, watercolor, and ink. It will be hung in my dining room and a place of honor. What it means to me is a beautiful reward of love from this wonderful young man to whom I have devoted so much.
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PSYCHEDELIC TURTLES AND PEACEFUL PODS
In February I worked on a couple of different sea life paintings. Everyone loves turtles so I started with “Psychedelic Surfing” by creating an abstract background. The bright colors were inspired by the front cover a Spring print issue of Florida Design Naples edition magazine.
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COLLINS DUPONT PROJECTS ARE CRAZY BEAUTIFUL
I credit Collins DuPont Design Group with many of the techniques and skills that I use in my work today. In these past 23 years they have challenged me with the most incredible projects in some of the country’s most beautiful homes.
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VERY PERI - PANTONE CREATES A NEW COLOR OF THE YEAR
“Pantone’s 2022 Color of the Year is making history with its best reveal yet: an entirely new hue created, for the first time ever, to serve as Color of the Year. They call it Very Peri (17-3938). The brand-new blue — a vivifying violet with electric red undertones — boasts both constancy and energy, consistency and excitement.
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