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Justin Coro Kaufman

Dug a little deeper into the high key overexposed painting thing again this week. I’ve been wanting to do a portrait of  Kevin, our other mastiff for a little while now. He’s such a sweet old boy. Had it in my head to do like a “night lighting” portrait of him. He’s blind, and his eyes have that cloudy look to them that i think could look cool in that lighting scenario. But then a…

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How Do You Feel?


Vanessa Lemen

July 18, 2024 - In some different conversations recently, I’ve been talking with friends about what we’re working on and what to create when we’re feeling all kinds of different feelings and not really knowing how to express those feelings. The first thing I personally tend to gravitate towards is to get out of my head about those things and allow myself to feel them in the art-making itself. I like to use a creative session to purge and let whatever come out that wants to surface and pour out of me, to not over-think it, to just let it happen and keep going. That helps in many ways, and I often can use time later to observe the art I create in those sessions to be attentive to what I see and feel from those pieces I’ve made.…

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