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A snow storm moved in late last week and gave us three days of cloudy skies, colder temperatures, and snow! About 6" fell and much of...
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Lucy
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Studio Tour Prep
This weekend 28 members of the New Mexico Women in the Arts have signed up for their first Las Vegas studio tour and I'm included! It's...
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Lucy
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Patience is (More Than) a Virtue
I've always enjoyed the 1999 movie "The Mummy" staring Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser. One of my favorite parts is when Rachel's...
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Lucy
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Painting Portraits is Wild
It is an honor it is paint a portrait. It takes time and vulnerability so I take the responsibility seriously. And it's completely...
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Lucy
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Is It Finished Yet?
One question artists get asked a lot is, "How do you know when a piece is finished?" The short answer is when the artist says it is. The...
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Lucy
- Feb 6
- 2 min
Birthdays and Quantum Physics
There is nothing like a looming birthday to get you thinking about time and choices made over a lifetime. All my ruminating on life took...
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Lucy
- Jan 30
- 2 min
Good News! Art Show Successes
A big part of creating art is figuring out how to get your art into public spaces to be seen. Over time I've become more selective about...
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Lucy
- Jan 23
- 1 min
Mona Lisa in Space
Welcome to the age of AI art! The image above was created on the website "nightcafe", by typing "Mona Lisa in Space". Within minutes this...
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Lucy
- Jan 15
- 3 min
Working 9 to 5 -- NOT!
Do you remember the 1980 film "9 to 5" starring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin? Or maybe you remember the song by the same...
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Lucy
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Q: Why? A: Because vs Intention
Reportedly when English explorer George Mallory was asked "Why do you want to climb Mt Everest?" he answered,"Because it is there." For...
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Lucy
- Dec 29, 2022
- 3 min
2022: Reflections
Photo courtesy of the Union Station Mirror Maze, St Louis, MO As 2022 draws to a close I've take some time to pause and reflect on what...
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Lucy
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
Light is Life in Art
To borrow a phrase from the hit show Ted Lasso, "Light is Life!" Light informs everything I do in my art from color to value and those...
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Lucy
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
Canyon Road Debut!
Friday Dec 9th was the Artist Reception for Aurelia Gallery's Holiday Show "Tedocchio: Art for Children and Adults Alike". Two of my...
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Lucy
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
Live Long and Prosper
This weekend I was overjoyed to meet a Vulcan! Or at least someone who is as close to being a Vulcan as I can imagine. 🖖 Meet Max...
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Lucy
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
What Happens After a Painting is Finished?
Recently I finished my latest still life, "Hail the Egg", now what? Does the painting stay on my easel or get stowed or framed? Great...
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Lucy
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Sketching Safari!
When we lived on the boat I often would take a "Sketching Safari"--meaning I would go wandering with my travel sketch book and do quick...
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Lucy
- Nov 15, 2022
- 3 min
Recreation in order to Create
When I was a young girl I took school VERY seriously. One day something happened that left me crying my heart out (I probably got a "B")...
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Lucy
- Nov 6, 2022
- 2 min
What is Memory Drawing?
Durning the recent studio tour by the Contemporary Art Society of New Mexico I got asked about my studio set up. It looks cumbersome: I...
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Lucy
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
"Life is a Thousand Deaths"
Recently I went to the immersive Frida Kahlo exhibit in Albuquerque, NM. It was the first immersive art experience I've been to and I...
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Lucy
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
In Person Studio Tours are Back!
This past weekend the Contemporary Art Society of New Mexico visited several artists in/around Las Vegas. Their mission is, "to increase...
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