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Themed Art Thursday: outstanding octopuses

giant octopus cake

I love octopuses. Very few things are so much fun to paint, they can be  any color, any size, any shape. Not to mention just adding a few tentacles to anything adds movement and interest to a picture. So without further ado

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January 28, 2021January 27, 2021 Starr
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The Painting Gods have smiled . . .

pencil sketch of cute dragon

Several days ago I had a strong urge to paint. It has been years since I’ve done much with paint and canvas. So, like anyone who is staying home for months without income, I ordered alot of supplies. Everyone one does that, right?

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January 25, 2021 Starr
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Themed Art Thursday: surreal strawberries

Real strawberry shaped like an elephant

  This strawberry is the inspiration for this post. It showed up in my strawberry patch a few years ago. Nothing I’ve grown since has topped it. Who doesn’t love elephant shaped strawberries?   1: Fanny Strawberry This is subtly wonderful the

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January 14, 2021January 16, 2021 Starr
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The Rabbit Hole of Website Revamping

(or How I dragged myself from under my basic HTML rock)

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 Starr
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Cora, victorian praying mantis

This is Cora and her pet rhino beetle, haven’t named him yet…. Got any suggestions?

October 17, 2014January 9, 2021 Starr
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Ophelia, victorian praying mantis

Ophelia, victorian praying mantis

This is Ophelia (I seem to want to name everything even remotely aquatic Ophelia). I suppose if praying mantises were aquatic in 1874 this might be what they’d look like.

October 13, 2014October 13, 2014 Starr
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Tattoo specimen alphabet book

Some time back I started a tattoo alphabet book project. Over the course of a year, and with the help of some lovely people offering up their skin, I tattooed an image for each letter…. That was the easy part. I had

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October 11, 2014 Starr
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WIP shots of Geraldine, victorian praying mantis painting

All done! #victorianmantis #painting #prettybugs

May 12, 2014May 14, 2014 Starr
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Pretty maids all in a row

Pretty maids all in a row

April 26, 2014April 27, 2014 Starr
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What am I doing?

I’ve been silent… but busy. Lurking in the shadows covered in paint splatters, brushes akimbo, making messes all over the house. I’ve been amusing myself greatly steadily churning out one painting after another and keeping them all to myself (mostly). I’ve been

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April 23, 2014April 23, 2014 Starr
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