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Autism and Art

I “stumbled” onto this really neat collection of art online.  This Picture was my favorite.  It’s over 400 different birds!  The artist is a 10 year old boy with autism who was clearly obsessed with birds when he created this amazing piece.

Stargazer Lily Painting Commission

Newest painting update, but first a picture of my fishes!  Gobi is the black one.  The orange one didn’t have a name for a long time so I decided just to rhyme it and call him Kobi.  Kobi’s face in this photo is the best.  Now here are the first three steps of the stargazer [...]

Today is my Birthday!

I had the last four days off work and I managed to get a bunch of stuff done.  I worked on a commission for a friend and I tried my hand at stretching a canvas for the first time!  I also hung out with a good friend who has one-year-old twins.  We went to Ikea [...]

Poem: Grandmother’s Watch

Grandmother’s Watch Kristen Hiemstra   I can see that you wear that old watch too slack. It’s too big by far and hangs out from under the black sleeve of your blouse. Your daughters bought it years ago and gave it as a gift. The time since then passed full of love, but too swift. [...]

Deb ‘n’ Aidan’s Portrait: Finished

I decided to make the hair red!  It was the plan from the beginning so I threw caution to the wind and went with my gut.  I’m glad I did.  The result makes for a much more striking image. In these photos you can see my lovely carpet.  It’s brown?  I was sure it was [...]