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This is my favorite plein air piece currently on d

This is my favorite plein air piece currently on display at @blacksheepcoffeecafe . A little fall wetland scene from Tamarack Nature Center.
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I'm so grateful to have made some time to paint th

I'm so grateful to have made some time to paint this mother's day weekend. We were out at my in-laws' farm, where I normally love painting sweeping views, but I had to nestle in the trees because of the wind. I was visited a few times by my boys, who were mostly occupied with their own weird creative ideas - "blacksmithing" and drawing with the charcoal out of grandpa's fire pit.
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Solo Exhibit & Art Donations in May - my first new

Solo Exhibit & Art Donations in May - my first newsletter is going out this weekend!

This afternoon I was able to add a few different p

This afternoon I was able to add a few different pieces to the cafe walls, take a some better photos, and buy a delicious latte. Thanks again to @blacksheepcoffeecafe and my friend Cassie for encouraging me to apply.
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I had a lot of fun playing with tessellations on t

I had a lot of fun playing with tessellations on the back of my @artbuddies pen pal letter this week.

It's here! A little art show that you can actually

It's here! A little art show that you can actually go see in person, through the month of May. My 5-year-old was such a good sport tagging along with me this morning. I had no real idea what I was doing finagling this hodgepodge of frames and pile of 3M command strips into something decent to look at. Very grateful to @blacksheepcoffeecafe for the opportunity!
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It's almost time for my favorite art fundraiser of

It's almost time for my favorite art fundraiser of the year- @art4shelter ! Here are the master studies in sending in, in addition to a few original paintings. Go visit their page for details - they're accepting donations until the end of the week and the sale will go online May 12th.
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On trying to be a decent human in the art world: .

On trying to be a decent human in the art world:
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I've been on the fence about sharing this, because I don't want attention, and I don't want to detract from the gravity of the injustices faced by George Floyd, Daunte Wright, Ma'khia Bryant and countless others. At the same time, I find the silence of predominantly white organizations of any kind deeply disturbing. I also personally believe that not speaking up about smaller injustices is what contributes to a world where the larger ones are far too common.
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I am literally a nobody in the art world, so I don't have any pretense that I'll effect humongous change. But as a human being it feels important to speak up to the fact that people should be treated with kindness and dignity regardless of their race, class and even artistic style/ability/experience.
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I have been thinking a lot about the article "Plein Air Has a Diversity Problem" by Phillip Carlton (google the title to easily find the article): His entire post is very much worth reading, but this quote in particular has been haunting me as I watch what has been said and unsaid in the plein air group I joined a year ago.
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"The plein air community is uncomfortable discussing issues relating to race and social justice, as well as issues surrounding income inequality and the realities of living in poverty. Among plein air painters it's generally understood that one should never talk politics. There's something of an omertà about it; we have an understanding that art comes first and everything else is governed by a code of silence masquerading as professionalism. We understand that inevitably, by discussing systematic inequality or injustice, either in the world at large or specific to the art world, we will alienate ourselves from collectors and other artists. "Art brings us together, politics tears us apart", one might say.
I think it's time to fight that code of silence."
(Continued in comments)

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