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Are YOU an artist?
How you answer may be related to how old you are! According to an Inc. post, a NASA study found that of 1,600 4- and 5-year-olds, 98...

Lucy
Jul 23, 20232 min read
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Curiosity Energized the Cat
This photo was generated by AI on 123rf.com You've heard that "curiosity killed the cat" but more often than not I find that curiosity...

Lucy
Jul 16, 20233 min read
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Art on the Road
For the past five weeks we've been on the road in our RV exploring Southern Colorado. I packed my travel easel/pastel case and planned to...

Lucy
Jul 7, 20232 min read
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RV R&R
Meet our RV which I dubbed "Casita Arctica"(it's an "Arctic Fox" brand). The photo above was taken on our shake down trip to Las Cruses...

Lucy
May 30, 20231 min read
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Plein Air Pastel Painting - Round 1
This summer I intend to experiment with plein air pastel painting and yesterday was my "shake down" trip. I packed up all my pastel gear...

Lucy
May 21, 20233 min read
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TREND ALERT: 17 Still Life Paintings
Yesterday I finished my 17th still life painting! My first was finished in Dec, 2020 and my latest was finished this month--May 2023....

Lucy
May 15, 20233 min read
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Go See Art Live! (It's always worth it!)
Yesterday I attended a New Mexico Women in the Arts private, members-only artist exhibition and reception at the Turner Carroll...

Lucy
May 7, 20232 min read
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Girls Can!
This past week I was invited to participate in a very special event called "Girls Can!" for local 5th grade girls. It was hosted by Luna...

Lucy
Apr 29, 20232 min read
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On Being An Art Panelist
This past week I had the privilege of participating in an artist panel discussion for GED students at Luna Community College in Las...

Lucy
Apr 23, 20232 min read
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Artistic Choices
Yesterday I finished my latest Rattlesnake portrait--Diane. You can see a short slide show of its progression on my Instagram account....

Lucy
Apr 18, 20231 min read
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Artists Out and About!
Last week 14 artists and art lovers from Las Vegas took a field trip to Santa Fe where we toured the New Mexico Governor's mansion art...

Lucy
Apr 10, 20231 min read
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The Power of the Story
Yesterday members of the New Mexico Women in the Arts came to Las Vegas, NM for an artist studio tour. About 11 people drove up from...

Lucy
Apr 2, 20232 min read
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Something Completely Different
Recently a friend asked me to paint her black clothes hamper with bright flowers similar to the pattern on some other decorative items in...

Lucy
Mar 27, 20231 min read
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Snow Day(s)!
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...

Lucy
Mar 19, 20231 min read
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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...

Lucy
Mar 13, 20231 min read
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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...

Lucy
Mar 7, 20232 min read
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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...

Lucy
Feb 27, 20232 min read
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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...

Lucy
Feb 21, 20232 min read
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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...

Lucy
Feb 6, 20232 min read
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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...

Lucy
Jan 30, 20232 min read
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