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Johnson Creek Studio Cheryl D. McClure

English - Abstract Painting, Rural Texas, Art Demos

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Johnson Creek Studio · 4d ago

Beginning the second week.

We’ve had a few days of rain so it was yesterday.. Monday, May 21 when we ventured out in the afternoon and evening. This time returning to Citta della Pieve, a charming town not too far away. Then on then on to Chiusi, over in Tuscany. It is home to the Etruscan Museum with the [...]

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Johnson Creek Studio · 5d ago

First week…..

Time is flying by. Tomorrow ..a week…wow. We have been to Orvieto, then to Perugia and then Cortona another day………then yesterday, Todi and Sienna. Our little Fiat Punto is making the miles… I’m beginning to think Todi might always have a lot of stormy skies or rain rolling in… Last time huge storms

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Johnson Creek Studio · 1W ago

Day 1 & 2 Umbria Italy

Hummm.. what to say, what to say! We were SO tired the day we arrived that all we did that day (was it only yesterday??)..was check into the agritourisimo, go to the market for a few things to start, and then took a one hour nap during the time the market was closed in the [...]

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Johnson Creek Studio · 2W ago

Taking an afternoon break with Journeys To Abstraction

What a great time to receive my copy of the new book, Journeys to Abstraction, by Sue St. John…….. I have two paintings included in this book…..one acrylic on canvas, and one encaustic/mixed media on wood panels. I have have been worrying around with packing, un-packing, re-arranging for my month lo

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Johnson Creek Studio · 2M ago

Workshop with Deborah Kapoor

I HAVE returned. I had been looking forward to meeting Deborah Kapoor ever since I signed up for her workshop at the Encaustic Center in Richardson, TX. It concerned making art work 2-d to 3d, which is something I don’t do but now and then have a urge to do but just do not know [...]

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Johnson Creek Studio · 3M ago

WiseEarth : Art & Land in Texas

WiseEarth : Art & Land in Texas February 10-March 3, 2012 Earthwise Gallery 728 N. Elm Street Denton, TX 76201 I am fortunate to have been chosen to show five of my encaustic on wood panel paintings at this 1st annual exhibit in Denton, TX. The works chosen by curator, Katy Crocker are my [...]

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Johnson Creek Studio · 4M ago

Eight small paintings

I’ve kept chugging along with working on the eight 16 x 16″ paintings. Just as I get two I like, I go on to others and before you know it I have multiples of ‘two”… LOL. I now have eight but they still look a little like multiples of two. Maybe if they are re-arranged [...]

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Johnson Creek Studio · 4M ago

Missing In Action

If anyone really cares, it probably seems like I have been ‘missing in action’ over the past two months. NO, just thinking about my work, wanting to paint, but getting bogged down with trivialities and distractions. No ……well, some are not trivialities, they are family and family takes time. Then wh

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Johnson Creek Studio · 5M ago

Taking control

This morning I was going through my email while the coffee was dripping. One of the emails was from Lisa Call. Lisa is SUCH a wonderful writer with so many great ideas for taking control of your future… in art or anything else. I am always inspired after reading her blog. She has two [...]

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Johnson Creek Studio · 6M ago

New Creative Collage Techniques by Nita Leland

I got this new book by Nita Leland in the mail over the week-end. I finally had a chance to look through it this week. A quote from the book………. ” As a collage artist, seek to be: artistically aware, environmentally aware, spiritually aware…open-minded, playful, fun-loving, child-like, hard-working,

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