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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Be Brave, Be Human

Vanessa Lemen

I shared recently a little bit about how I was struggling while making this piece, and how I was stunned and honored to find that it had been awarded grand prize in this year’s Infected By Art annual. I shared about the process, how I wrecked and found and wrecked and found many times over during the progress of this painting, and sharing that made me realize by reading some of the replies that it…

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EVERYDAY ORIGINAL

A Knight Snack

YESTERDAY’S POST

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Before The Paint

Sarah Finnigan

February 25, 2025 -   The Character In Context Show first opened in 2024 at the A. R. Mitchell Museum in Trinidad, Colorado, and becomes an annual show with it's return this coming May. The show is curated by fellow illustrator Elliot Lang, and has a unique focus on the process that goes into artists creating human-made, hand-crafted artwork. Each artwork is accompanied by an artifact of the preliminary process, hanging alongside the final. Starting this new painting during the relatively quiet winter months provided the opportunity to take the painting at its own pace. I wanted to slow down and embrace the spirit of the show by fully exploring each aspect of the painting and step of the planning process. Because each step is a fork in the road, I do much of my preliminary work digitally so that…

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