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My thanks to Anne Hevener and all the staff at Watercolor Artist Magazine for giving me the opportunity to share part of my process when creating watercolors.  You can find the article under the Creativity Workshop header in the Spring 2026 issue.  Also, many thanks to those that kept these POC’s so I would have the visuals for the article! (I barely finished the bird POC before it was tagged by someone and that owner was happy to see it published.) The fact I usually set a match to these left me in a bit of a bind as to choice, but I was pleased to be able to share these lesser known paintings and stories. (The story for Ekman’s Enchantment can be found in a previous post.) But there's more! Having one of my favorite paintings Hashtag Harmony in the Society Showcase “The Best Paintings of 2025” was quite a treat for me as a full page image.  Asked to write a paragraph about how I painted it, instead of the narrative about harmony, was a twist for me because I am all about the story.  Even simplified to an almost graphic representation, it still took me almost four months to paint.  I’m serious when I tell y’all I am the slowest painter. You can pick up a copy at your local Barnes and Noble Bookstore or ArtistsNetwork.com.  Back to my brushes.  

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"If a story is in you, it has to come out."  - William Faulkner