Sometimes I get discouraged with my artwork. I have several false starts in watercolor painting. Or I’m off to a good start and then things don’t work out the way I expected them too. My painting begins to look muddy and overworked. So I have to discard it.
At times, I lose courage and think about […]

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Abbie responded to her mother’s cancer battle by creating an exhibit for ArtPrize 2011 which was exhibited at the Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavillion. This Saturday she will also be speaking for the American Cancer Society at Bras Across the Grand.
Abbie and her mother are involved in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Relay for Life, Susan G. […]

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My artwork, an acquaintance recently said, inspired her 67-year-old husband, Ray, to start painting again. Intrigued by her story, I asked her if I could share it. She agreed.
A few days later, she emailed a photo of Ray’s interpretation of my painting, Stillness, and recapped his story as follows:

Ray was painting in oils when I […]

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After 17 difficult days in the cardiac unit of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, our first son finally came home. We also battled for our second son’s life for 23 days in Denver where he was treated at Swedish Hospital and Children’s Hospital. And our third son spent two days in the Helen DeVos Children’s […]

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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward Beecher, 1887

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As I reviewed my Monday morning chore list, my elderly friend came to mind. She lived a lonely existence in a nursing home and needed someone to visit her—someone like me.
I tried to ignore the idea. After all, I had already planned out my morning. And driving across town to encourage an […]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Watercolor by Pamela.
Silent Night
Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love’s pure light;
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Die der Welt Heil gebracht,
Aus des Himmels goldenen Höhn,
Uns der Gnaden Fülle läßt sehn,
Jesum in […]

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In an email on my birthday, my new cyber friend, Patty Ann, wrote: “Happy Birthday Pamela. You will find your gift on my blog.” After clicking over to her blog, I read the following poem:
Strokes of Love
By guest writer Patricia A. Moore
When strokes of love are put upon a page,
It speaks the heart of the […]

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My tongue lit a forest fire. When I opened my mouth, fire and smoke spewed out like a fire breathing dragon. One of my friends began discussing her most embarrassing moments. And without thinking, I joined in.
But my comments brought the conversation to a new low as I mentioned a scandalous situation […]

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Art is my passion. While watching children playing on the beach, I see images that beg to emerge on canvas. The vivid colors in my garden and the light dancing with shadows entice me into my studio.
Once I start painting, I can hardly pull myself away; I’m driven to […]

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