tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41666478836999404692024-03-18T22:46:50.939-04:00Randi Kuhne ArtMixed media art, photography, and my artwork for sale.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4166647883699940469.post-49369861842537542092024-02-22T00:11:00.005-05:002024-02-22T00:13:39.982-05:00Digital and Analog<p>From my lack of blog posts over the last months you'd think I'd been doing no art whatsoever. Nope, just haven't been posting much lately. Here are a few things I've done lately.</p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNEqbG1D9VwTqhQXxJKjJbJ_bg7Oar4EM5g5jV4ryFmphRPkaoYzxJueYzJmKCgWjxj3erq2zyHxN2FyV10Lv6lSzO2wxvZpSU_ItzS3duqnKX-N6YFOWttDtfyYIvvBrsMiMVYWFOz5IP-CpONrB6NoWThiRZ4ZvDl76mmU_lPPHpXLhYJsEUrmOgmY/s3150/look%20to%20the%20stars.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 10px;"><img alt="mixed media intuitive portrait analog and digital" border="0" data-original-height="3150" data-original-width="2168" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNEqbG1D9VwTqhQXxJKjJbJ_bg7Oar4EM5g5jV4ryFmphRPkaoYzxJueYzJmKCgWjxj3erq2zyHxN2FyV10Lv6lSzO2wxvZpSU_ItzS3duqnKX-N6YFOWttDtfyYIvvBrsMiMVYWFOz5IP-CpONrB6NoWThiRZ4ZvDl76mmU_lPPHpXLhYJsEUrmOgmY/w220-h320/look%20to%20the%20stars.jpg" title="Look to the Stars" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look to the Stars<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This started as a pencil sketch on a vintage dictionary page and ended in Procreate on my iPad where I modified the image, added background, text, and a necklace. I love both analog and digital art processes, and mixing them is a joy.<br clear="all" />
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<i></i></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sY9fG3IeTlCyBu3221byMgejHbLx3M0DRSwOcg5-7JI9FXxTZci4RASBiIVhVAku_d9Arnh2JV16DoaKQrNpACNuB3JmHKopoiC-jQpm_GZZzXgCfUyUovn_vhfPjgRaX8UHUB_zqzimFTIa-C57h7DEj2b4gXMSb2hNDaksjVvkSAzLA2YvKZNm_OU/s2400/Reflection.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sY9fG3IeTlCyBu3221byMgejHbLx3M0DRSwOcg5-7JI9FXxTZci4RASBiIVhVAku_d9Arnh2JV16DoaKQrNpACNuB3JmHKopoiC-jQpm_GZZzXgCfUyUovn_vhfPjgRaX8UHUB_zqzimFTIa-C57h7DEj2b4gXMSb2hNDaksjVvkSAzLA2YvKZNm_OU/s320/Reflection.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reflection</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p>I did this one entirely in Procreate.
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<p>I also did this in Procreate.
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<i>Note: All original photos, images, and text on this page are my own, copyrighted by me. If you want to add them to a social website such as Pinterest, please only do so if you credit the photographer (Randi Kuhne) and if you link to this page, I appreciate it! If you want to use my photos in your blog, please ask permission first.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOTTC1-iPnrrjKbPj456dysq1yLJcp8Ag7B4vy_Okq1xdRJhjMS1uw9LPPFbCYmTKcOJ94Z2SDFt5kTaxk2qAqwZ7x2yl8NlHlwT6On-hJGO7ZwZBxAnWaZ-mX3RzjN9PjipG-HB57xsdCuZjQM3kErGBjekzBZr07IFKcrfMHLicH6ZFl7KJPCos/s1440/6D3F2981-F6FE-4B14-8DB0-F3374ECE9AC2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOTTC1-iPnrrjKbPj456dysq1yLJcp8Ag7B4vy_Okq1xdRJhjMS1uw9LPPFbCYmTKcOJ94Z2SDFt5kTaxk2qAqwZ7x2yl8NlHlwT6On-hJGO7ZwZBxAnWaZ-mX3RzjN9PjipG-HB57xsdCuZjQM3kErGBjekzBZr07IFKcrfMHLicH6ZFl7KJPCos/s320/6D3F2981-F6FE-4B14-8DB0-F3374ECE9AC2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two-sided wall pocket with sari silk tassels and beaded wire hanger.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8D1oc8tuVQSZ8unJBYXw-OvocDvpXQdzHFwNEbMoy5GB1G0U0vft78qEF_ieea5pA6VvaScWB3kqVepa0fV0YaQPsJZ-P6UA8GLle1bPrFZIUAmrT3hskxRHXoiJ4J2-57vcpP3Z_qWiUhqtmHbCAPXjebOu62vfTkk7pfDLSA70MTcP20XsJmt2/s2400/AD9D6CF5-95CA-454C-9E99-110F016EA24C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8D1oc8tuVQSZ8unJBYXw-OvocDvpXQdzHFwNEbMoy5GB1G0U0vft78qEF_ieea5pA6VvaScWB3kqVepa0fV0YaQPsJZ-P6UA8GLle1bPrFZIUAmrT3hskxRHXoiJ4J2-57vcpP3Z_qWiUhqtmHbCAPXjebOu62vfTkk7pfDLSA70MTcP20XsJmt2/s320/AD9D6CF5-95CA-454C-9E99-110F016EA24C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paper wall pocket: Tribute to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, with postage stamp from 1918 - 1923 and segment from his poem "The Dream" in Ukrainian. Hand stitched embroidery on pieces of vintage cloth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuM54tQ8FWyVY64V5GPBJxDueEW7IoGLdxIJaxeVeySo_hFmnzpgpM29YGTti7CYpVOdubtC7G-TAUE9Ma-srOVvZTdAyMrLb0yUL61M-jPfVVIjnzCIpLkBHcVJ4HYPSIY67bMkJ_0M2ykNoCd_eWyDvf7fHpZA932klgZ2j3Mu3zL7LUlcU_iR5I/s2603/2C84C78D-DED7-467D-8F43-56FD8988E223.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2603" data-original-width="2603" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuM54tQ8FWyVY64V5GPBJxDueEW7IoGLdxIJaxeVeySo_hFmnzpgpM29YGTti7CYpVOdubtC7G-TAUE9Ma-srOVvZTdAyMrLb0yUL61M-jPfVVIjnzCIpLkBHcVJ4HYPSIY67bMkJ_0M2ykNoCd_eWyDvf7fHpZA932klgZ2j3Mu3zL7LUlcU_iR5I/s320/2C84C78D-DED7-467D-8F43-56FD8988E223.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This paper wall pocket started with a piece of Tim Holtz idea-ology paper I distressed, plus some Japanese text I printed on tracing paper and distressed, sari silk, wire, vintage beads and dried flowers from my yard. The hanger is a replica Chinese coin.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mn08Y1j8b0ySCmOu2RcCqlVatxVA93hKPA-HFoEdl5w0lXkuXhL7QVit1O0nv4VOGxGmZsYGWEFDdvh0yibV5qU2whWZRpoAhCt2BXCU4bIgAREGiVYARupmabOxH0_Kt8xFpD7BEDKLyu_dPtQXv9JM6Ha1Y04kFy-jz9oT7dtyuJa4tNhMepoD/s3024/E2E74BB7-A45A-4228-AF6B-CB4166A00AA7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mn08Y1j8b0ySCmOu2RcCqlVatxVA93hKPA-HFoEdl5w0lXkuXhL7QVit1O0nv4VOGxGmZsYGWEFDdvh0yibV5qU2whWZRpoAhCt2BXCU4bIgAREGiVYARupmabOxH0_Kt8xFpD7BEDKLyu_dPtQXv9JM6Ha1Y04kFy-jz9oT7dtyuJa4tNhMepoD/s320/E2E74BB7-A45A-4228-AF6B-CB4166A00AA7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paper wall pocket using some very cool textured packing paper and statice from flowers a friend gave me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCASZRZunszTUbuFBQVRD-ha4jnfdoBPn3Jv5DJEM4B7dizCu5HdK6qUWjt5_CiNIUQIcMJJVoMQFFCrmKHz8UjKLOoQ6Wi-pwO7mCYIvm3RTZgt9C0mhy64PYs-7YQs0tkZj5EhgucQBsRcx85PxiVaKWgSRQEl7z8k0aggsfU52wT6-yhyb0Z8df/s2400/B4780504-BB37-4C57-9B82-2D4E5C59FB83.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCASZRZunszTUbuFBQVRD-ha4jnfdoBPn3Jv5DJEM4B7dizCu5HdK6qUWjt5_CiNIUQIcMJJVoMQFFCrmKHz8UjKLOoQ6Wi-pwO7mCYIvm3RTZgt9C0mhy64PYs-7YQs0tkZj5EhgucQBsRcx85PxiVaKWgSRQEl7z8k0aggsfU52wT6-yhyb0Z8df/s320/B4780504-BB37-4C57-9B82-2D4E5C59FB83.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paper wall pocket with painted collaged papers and sari silk, holding mark-making brushes I made. Dried flowers from my yard. Hidden hanger on back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDGZ9CyZHKUME2M9etFYzV8sGJp8NEumirv0S0f9qEbJrMf885NjFQWOZBKw7JY2W6fxdQCeUp2ktBbC47rV2tTsstiAk07mh0EiQbCTNImOGxSmVdhkbxfeuhMu5RivwzB4zcRJGcQZ4vEo0Ul8-JwuMYIYkHGapRbIhBxbcq-zE6KOoR7fWATWD/s3875/9347E489-2A09-48F4-9154-0B2663C35210.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3875" data-original-width="3875" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDGZ9CyZHKUME2M9etFYzV8sGJp8NEumirv0S0f9qEbJrMf885NjFQWOZBKw7JY2W6fxdQCeUp2ktBbC47rV2tTsstiAk07mh0EiQbCTNImOGxSmVdhkbxfeuhMu5RivwzB4zcRJGcQZ4vEo0Ul8-JwuMYIYkHGapRbIhBxbcq-zE6KOoR7fWATWD/s320/9347E489-2A09-48F4-9154-0B2663C35210.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paper wall pocket decorated with paper from a little shopping bag, vintage lace, chiffon sari silk ribbon, and hidden hanger on back. Dried flowers from my yard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBKwu7mQf5sHlGRdaKJmC05KqgXxdN8_7Ba_veCiyvuHQSBSVzIplCoTj_9XQOrxQdWjssqik_LxZmsXmJYSTtcoD3QsZMlbtIMWiZogq_QHCyCW6OzBDwUDGwt6RthYdccmCv5MjDDx872f6J5O_zfCCuRksa58X-GQvFkl_islARhXesDg34rsh/s2400/535E6FE6-F837-446C-9F60-06D52A6EC39D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBKwu7mQf5sHlGRdaKJmC05KqgXxdN8_7Ba_veCiyvuHQSBSVzIplCoTj_9XQOrxQdWjssqik_LxZmsXmJYSTtcoD3QsZMlbtIMWiZogq_QHCyCW6OzBDwUDGwt6RthYdccmCv5MjDDx872f6J5O_zfCCuRksa58X-GQvFkl_islARhXesDg34rsh/s320/535E6FE6-F837-446C-9F60-06D52A6EC39D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reversible paper wall pocket with paint, collage, vintage black trim, and beaded wire hanger.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCOXIq1YRGmt4A7tDjEsC7iP1xj4rgkhx_NNRJnAN8Z49HgUSr6ZojPjR83uerH7_2VkgLP7gEF-p9UvQa3dTgjtSbfxTBolNulCgw5N0pUwPuDNRIWA113K88hxXdZoD3t3Fe0xlWnnqFA63w8CitCQLXObaA5kaYf5UlojhATOaAgEHcB8zNCMG/s3864/87F5B32E-BE42-4B6F-8146-243D15386BD2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="3864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCOXIq1YRGmt4A7tDjEsC7iP1xj4rgkhx_NNRJnAN8Z49HgUSr6ZojPjR83uerH7_2VkgLP7gEF-p9UvQa3dTgjtSbfxTBolNulCgw5N0pUwPuDNRIWA113K88hxXdZoD3t3Fe0xlWnnqFA63w8CitCQLXObaA5kaYf5UlojhATOaAgEHcB8zNCMG/s320/87F5B32E-BE42-4B6F-8146-243D15386BD2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This paper wall pocket number started with plants smashed by running them through my Sizzix die-cutting machine between 2 sheets of mixed media paper several months ago. Gave that an acrylic glaze. Punched tiny holes with a hole punch and enlarged with ice pick. Added muted green sari silk ribbon to sides and muted gold sari silk hanger to top. Dried plants from my yard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUxu8VDAxp6Wj2H-CPGPjD2nRq8wODL5E8GjqV64wQRP9VT65pm-dFeRKO_LC5uIxa_jB3tUKTAGWojBEsR0w1-5_TcdzLDn0m5wb3KJenCuSbDhVlURTUOgigwaF2akpGrgs_IBZCpywJXT_n8S58TZQvRU0Y3rIQ5qv9PnIFQlxQRVBRb3DydXE/s4008/8D115C80-20A6-440D-91AA-8B9AA055F3BA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4008" data-original-width="3022" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUxu8VDAxp6Wj2H-CPGPjD2nRq8wODL5E8GjqV64wQRP9VT65pm-dFeRKO_LC5uIxa_jB3tUKTAGWojBEsR0w1-5_TcdzLDn0m5wb3KJenCuSbDhVlURTUOgigwaF2akpGrgs_IBZCpywJXT_n8S58TZQvRU0Y3rIQ5qv9PnIFQlxQRVBRb3DydXE/s320/8D115C80-20A6-440D-91AA-8B9AA055F3BA.jpeg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paper wall pocket featuring a piece of Tim Holtz idea-ology paper I distressed, decorated with painted lace and a polymer clay star. Dried flowers are from an arrangement of fresh flowers a friend gave me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8h5MoSnuiGB-g_obCJC5FHEpRU83JU2CaCLy7zayNyWSCLwaTzabY6_PJ9okpXPeK1pyPPrVHpZJSV9Bje8CzDTmoEgqvvSpxmeaEayBsHmhL-kGd7O0TPqy8yik6eE2hwoNPXiPLG0jX5wV_FUt8V8wdc3_ca7UcClOpysZDV0aSuhB1pgN2Js2/s2986/8A036737-C8BE-4016-80A8-C8B607E58F72.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2986" data-original-width="2496" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8h5MoSnuiGB-g_obCJC5FHEpRU83JU2CaCLy7zayNyWSCLwaTzabY6_PJ9okpXPeK1pyPPrVHpZJSV9Bje8CzDTmoEgqvvSpxmeaEayBsHmhL-kGd7O0TPqy8yik6eE2hwoNPXiPLG0jX5wV_FUt8V8wdc3_ca7UcClOpysZDV0aSuhB1pgN2Js2/s320/8A036737-C8BE-4016-80A8-C8B607E58F72.jpeg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paper wall pocket with distressed scrapbooking paper, cloth, painted trim, wire, beads, and dried geranium.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>
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It is available in softcover, eBook, and PDF formats through <a href="https://www.blurb.com/b/10715030-even-in-the-time-of-covid">Blurb</a>.</p><p>2020 was a stressful year for most of us, with joys amid the limitations and sorrows. The fourteen poems in this book reflect my pandemic experiences as I hunkered down at home, and shifted to virtual visitation with my mother who was in a nursing home.<br /></p><p>As my mother's POA, I purchased for her (with her own money) a lovely Celtic harp and learned to play some simple tunes for her during our Facetime visits. It was a wonderful way for us to have quality time together, and she enjoyed my playing and a number of singalongs. Even with her dementia she remembered the lyrics to many of her old favorites and popular tunes. So there was much to be thankful for, including the technology that made it possible for us to spend time together.</p><p>Here is the poem from which the book takes its title:</p><div data-contents="true"><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="ch2jn-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ch2jn-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="ch2jn-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qSXZykNP6lFROl2iYsFYLLdgxH3DPoVOM8j7F7uzUby4Juve-IYckFeGHTzmD2pZCuwJCG4NDmkpimKXgheJgVcfe7zuvWHoLs4kXkUPb0gOQOsgHtTvMRBf0FRGSJwykuQSW71J3fM/s2048/RIP.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Photo of my mom, via video, shortly before she passed away from COVID-19." border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qSXZykNP6lFROl2iYsFYLLdgxH3DPoVOM8j7F7uzUby4Juve-IYckFeGHTzmD2pZCuwJCG4NDmkpimKXgheJgVcfe7zuvWHoLs4kXkUPb0gOQOsgHtTvMRBf0FRGSJwykuQSW71J3fM/w320-h320/RIP.jpg" title="Even in the Time of COVID" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></b><span data-offset-key="ch2jn-0-0"><span data-text="true">Photo of my mom, via video, shortly <i>before</i> she passed away from COVID-19.</span></span><b><span data-offset-key="ch2jn-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br clear="all" />Even in the Time of COVID</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="87mfv-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="87mfv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="87mfv-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="b6v86-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b6v86-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b6v86-0-0"><span data-text="true">You went peacefully</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="ep8ih-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ep8ih-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ep8ih-0-0"><span data-text="true">Even though it was </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="fgg9p-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fgg9p-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fgg9p-0-0"><span data-text="true">The time of COVID</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="7v31f-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7v31f-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7v31f-0-0"><span data-text="true">When so many with it</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="fmn1p-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fmn1p-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fmn1p-0-0"><span data-text="true">Did not.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="7b82b-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7b82b-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7b82b-0-0"><span data-text="true">And we were able</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="c56gg-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="c56gg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c56gg-0-0"><span data-text="true">To be with you</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="a8m45-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a8m45-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a8m45-0-0"><span data-text="true">In your final days</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="bdgj-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bdgj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bdgj-0-0"><span data-text="true">Final hours</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="a8evn-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a8evn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a8evn-0-0"><span data-text="true">As you took those</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="bv7j6-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bv7j6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bv7j6-0-0"><span data-text="true">Last</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="3ofd7-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3ofd7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3ofd7-0-0"><span data-text="true">Faint</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="bqp49-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bqp49-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bqp49-0-0"><span data-text="true">Final</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="905i-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="905i-0-0"><span data-offset-key="905i-0-0"><span data-text="true">Imperceptible breaths.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="5rvv0-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5rvv0-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5rvv0-0-0"><span data-text="true">We watched</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="agf2u-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="agf2u-0-0"><span data-offset-key="agf2u-0-0"><span data-text="true">From our homes</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="20p3o-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="20p3o-0-0"><span data-offset-key="20p3o-0-0"><span data-text="true">As others cared for you</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="8nt5-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8nt5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8nt5-0-0"><span data-text="true">So kindly</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="2natv-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2natv-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2natv-0-0"><span data-text="true">So thoughtfully</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="5s044-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5s044-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5s044-0-0"><span data-text="true">So tenderly</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="265u9-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="265u9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="265u9-0-0"><span data-text="true">And we had peace</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="7qgrt-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7qgrt-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7qgrt-0-0"><span data-text="true">Even in our sadness.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="6e3fh-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6e3fh-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6e3fh-0-0"><span data-text="true">Family gathered together</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="861nj-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="861nj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="861nj-0-0"><span data-text="true">Around the globe</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="4jrbt-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4jrbt-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4jrbt-0-0"><span data-text="true">To be with you</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="9hgfo-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9hgfo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9hgfo-0-0"><span data-text="true">As you calmly</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="7kbnc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7kbnc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7kbnc-0-0"><span data-text="true">Gently</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c57fl" data-offset-key="9lsa4-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9lsa4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9lsa4-0-0"><span 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It has a short bit of me playing harp. And there is a new <a href="https://www.randikuhne.com/p/even-in-time-of-covid.html">page</a> with the same title as this post, so I can keep it at the top of the menu.<br /></span></span></div></div></div><p></p><p><br />
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This is a poem I wrote shortly after her passing, along with a photo of my Mom in her younger years.
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Here's a wee bit of me playing Cold Frosty Morn (sound with still image):<br /><br />
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I will cherish those memories, along with all the happy times in childhood - the wonderful birthday parties she planned for my sisters and me, her love of family and family history, her sense of humor. And the "I know a song about that" family tradition she started to quell a squabble between young siblings many years ago. It is now enjoyed by three generations of her descendants!<br /><br />
I got my artistic abilities from my Dad's side (lol, plus lots of study and practice), but my Mom did take one of my favorite photos of me, totally unposed, when I was about a year old:<br />
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I will post again soon with some of the art I have been creating, and updates on my perennial plans to publish a book of my art and poetry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(UPDATE - May 2021: I published this poem along with some other COVID poems in a book. <a href="https://www.randikuhne.com/2021/04/eveninthetimeofcovid.html">Read the blog post</a> | <a href="https://www.blurb.com/b/10715030-even-in-the-time-of-covid">Buy the book at Blurb</a><br /></div>
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/2958/the-bather-la-baigneuse" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/2958/the-bather-la-baigneuse</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/4121/the-singer-la-chanteuse" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/4121/the-singer-la-chanteuse</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/735/the-babys-hour" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/735/the-babys-hour</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/330/venice-celebration-the-marriage-of-the-adriatic-and-gulf-of" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/330/venice-celebration-the-marriage-of-the-adriatic-and-gulf-of</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/680/portrait-of-mrs-reid" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/680/portrait-of-mrs-reid</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/636/hollyhocks" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/636/hollyhocks</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/223/market-day" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/223/market-day</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/17778/la-charrue-the-plow" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/17778/la-charrue-the-plow</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/21814/la-boucle-de-la-seine-pres-dherblay-the-loop-of-the-seine" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/21814/la-boucle-de-la-seine-pres-dherblay-the-loop-of-the-seine</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/24468/summer-landscape-with-haystacks" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/24468/summer-landscape-with-haystacks</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1010/sunshine-and-shadow" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1010/sunshine-and-shadow</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1020/snowy-waters" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1020/snowy-waters</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1419/the-canal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1419/the-canal</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1423/a-study-in-white" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1423/a-study-in-white</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/21879/les-berges-de-la-seine-a-bercy-effet-de-soir-the-banks-of" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/21879/les-berges-de-la-seine-a-bercy-effet-de-soir-the-banks-of</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/464/le-quai-saintecatherine-martigues-france" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/464/le-quai-saintecatherine-martigues-france</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1298/marine--green-and-gold" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1298/marine--green-and-gold</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/293/the-harbor-edgartown" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/293/the-harbor-edgartown</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/333/gloucester-at-twilight" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/333/gloucester-at-twilight</a><br />
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The Approaching Storm<br />
<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Jean Charles Cazin</span><br />
<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1271/the-approaching-storm" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1271/the-approaching-storm</a><br />
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<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Jean Charles Cazin</span><br />
<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/582/twilight" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/582/twilight</a><br />
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<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1019/the-rivermarch" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/1019/the-rivermarch</a><br />
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</span> <span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Reading in Dry Winter</span><br />
<span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Joseph Trevitts</span><br />
<a href="http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/24468/summer-landscape-with-haystacks" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">http://collection.readingpublicmuseum.org/objects/235/reading-in-dry-winter</a><br />
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I've been taking lots of online art classes, <i>and</i> am currently taking three yearlong courses, two of which I was fortunate to win free tuition to! The courses I won are <a href="https://karabullockart.com/product/lfi19/">Let's Face It 2019</a> and more recently <a href="http://www.artismagic.online/#mce-section">Make Create Express 2019</a>. The other is <a href="https://olgafurmanart.com/paint-your-heart-and-soul-2019/">Paint Your Heart and Soul 2019</a>. Fortunately they do not expire at the end of the year, because I am way, way, behind, partly due to health issues and partly because...<br />
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I am currently focusing on what I learned in separate classes by Jerney Marisha: <a href="https://jerneymarisha.com/courses/tiny-portraits-tiny-palette/">Tiny Portraits, Tiny Palette</a>, and <a href="https://jerneymarisha.com/courses/daily-doodling/">Daily Doodling</a>, both of which I have completed. I'm looking forward to her class <a href="https://jerneymarisha.com/courses/no-press-no-problem/">No Press? No Problem!</a> I really love Jerney's teaching style as well as what she teaches - she is so much fun. Her painting method in Tiny Portraits, Tiny Palette really clicked with me, and you can see some of the artwork I did for her classes below and in <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/randikuhneart/portfolio?ref=carousel_portfolio">my NEW Redbubble shop</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUp68c0XeXCbm6VDRB8_OCB6jw7fVhgumlgTCJ1OvO_pxCv-tp5OqQioE1CHce8PTNZPby1GRlla09EWViJNhbeH-LYWHm2nLFB_0y-lvL6j2645ergA-mDDNUsckaNVcR7486z0cGCr8/s1600/waitingwatchingwondering.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Waiting, Watching, Wondering - acrylic on khadi paper" border="0" data-original-height="135" data-original-width="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUp68c0XeXCbm6VDRB8_OCB6jw7fVhgumlgTCJ1OvO_pxCv-tp5OqQioE1CHce8PTNZPby1GRlla09EWViJNhbeH-LYWHm2nLFB_0y-lvL6j2645ergA-mDDNUsckaNVcR7486z0cGCr8/s1600/waitingwatchingwondering.jpg" title="Waiting, Watching, Wondering" /></a>Waiting, Watching, Wondering is the first piece I did for Tiny Portraits, Tiny Palette.<br />
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Dreaming of Faraway Lands is a charcoal sketch I did for a <span title="Edited">Jerney Marisha‘s lesson in the Art is Magic free weekend.</span><br />
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Before I traipse off to my art room to see what I can make today, let me say thanks for visiting! Come back again soon and see what's new!<br />
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<i>Note: All original photos, images, and text on this page are my own, copyrighted by me. If you want to add them to a social website such as Pinterest, you only have permission to do soon if you credit the photographer (Randi Kuhne) and link to this page. If you want to use my photos in your blog, you must ask permission first.</i><br />
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I enjoy doing art in Procreate on my iPad as well as taking photos on my iPhone. Here are some recent examples of each, with an <i>unenjoyable</i> focus on the <a href="https://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/129737_en.html" target="_blank">recently updated dire predictions on climate change</a>. (Also, read the Sierra Club's article <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/climate-change-even-worse-we-thought-ipcc-report" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br />
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<b>Earth Madonna</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>(I brought Earth Madonna to life in Procreate. Her image made me think deeply about the latest environmental assessments and predictions, and those who are not yet working toward solutions, however small.)</i></span><br />
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What would it take<br />
For the people to see<br />
That the gift of life<br />
Is not just you and me<br />
But the whole of the Earth<br />
All the land, sea and sky<br />
Mother nature is hurting<br />
Do not make her cry<br />
For the tears that she weeps<br />
Will fill up the oceans<br />
And when the floods rise<br />
Too late your devotions<br />
Take heed here and now<br />
And do all that you may<br />
To balance the scales<br />
Else you will rue the day<br />
When you chose to ignore<br />
Stuck your head in the sand<br />
For the outcome will not be<br />
What you thought you had planned.<br />
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I took the original for this altered photo while evacuated from the Gulf Coast of Florida for Hurricane Michael. Thankfully Homosassa and Gainesville did not flood during this storm. My home was at risk and under mandatory evacuation; Gainesville was not at risk of flooding, therefore safe haven. Nevertheless, flooding was on my mind when I created this altered image.<br />
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After returning to my home (no damage from tropical storm winds) I learned that my house, that I thought was at very low risk of flooding, is actually at risk for a Category 3 hurricane right up to my back steps, and in a stronger storm is likely to flood. Had the front that was hanging north of Michael moved south any sooner we could easily have had a direct hit of a category 4-5 hurricane. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhWkCYViBw0" target="_blank">Homosassa had flooding in Hermine</a>. Homosassa also had <a href="https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/with-help-from-high-tides-hurricane-michael-s-winds-bring/article_e9982ff6-ccd7-11e8-87ea-ef1dd6720f9d.html" target="_blank">some minor flooding</a> in Michael, though not my home specifically, and it was not a direct hit. Thankfully. This time.<br />
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My history with hurricanes: I was born and raised in New Orleans. The first hurricane I remember is Audrey in 1957. I had just turned 4. Actually, I don't remember the storm, but its aftermath - my older sister and I had planted cantaloupes, and our little crop was ruined. I was 12 years old when hurricane Betsy roared through town, and we caught the edge (!) of Camille four years later. And in 2004, the year before Katrina, my Florida home was under mandatory evacuation 3 times within a 6 week period, thanks to el Ni<span data-dobid="hdw">ño. </span>I was already living in Florida when Katrina hit, though two family members there lost their homes of 50+ years with flooding up to the eaves, and many other family members and friends' lives were disrupted.<br />
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Hurricanes happen. They have for as long as we know. What is changing, though, is the intensity and frequency of the patterns, and the degree of flooding. Both are stoked by warming/rising oceans that, even without major storms, are causing flooding, including coastal flooding at high tide in places that never flooded previously.<br />
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Well, I know this was supposed to be about art, and the fun I have with it. And art can come from the destruction of storms. Take Walter Anderson, for example, whose <a href="https://www.npr.org/2005/09/18/4853507/a-family-of-artists-picks-up-the-pieces" target="_blank">many works were lost in Katrina</a>. Prior to his death in 1965 he <a href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4853510" target="_blank">enjoyed the wildness of the storms and made art</a> from what lay in their wake.<br />
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Personally, I do not like hurricanes - their inconvenience, their cost, their destruction. But I do love how art and nature can compliment each other. And hopefully we can learn from words and images about nature gone out of control before it is too late for us to curb our contributions to the ravaging forces of storms, fires, floods, droughts, etc. Life on earth is too precious to waste. It is not good stewardship to put financial gain over preservation. Not good stewardship of the treasure we have been given. Not good stewardship of the inheritance we will leave for our children, grandchildren, and generations to come.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;">The images on this page are not for sale</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"> in my imagekind shop</span></span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #666666;"> - at least not yet. If you see one you want, add a comment and I'll set one up for you.</span></span></i><br />
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I made this Procreate sketch using my custom Swirly Curly Hair Brush for the hair. The Swirly Curly brush for Procreate is available at <a href="https://gumroad.com/brushesbyrandi">Gumroad</a>.<br />
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My latest artistic exploration is making boiled books. They're fairly easy to do, require only basic (but <i>dedicated!</i>) equipment such as a large pot for the boiling process. It's a bit time consuming, gathering the plant materials, cutting or tearing the paper to size, assembling, wrapping, boiling, unwrapping, rinsing each page, cleanup, drying, flattening, applying matte medium, punching holes, sewing, cleaning up again.<br />
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So far I'm making 3x3 and 4x4 inch books because that's what will fit in my handy dandy thrift store aluminum pot. This week I got a $5 thrift store electric griddle and some large roasting pans from the dollar store so I can make larger pages... but I haven't done that yet.<br />
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If you want to read about my process, scroll down below the images. They're scans of some of the pages I've made, and one of a completed book I made for a friend for Christmas, complete with a simple string binding and a couple dangles.<br />
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<b><i>Note: my hands get a bit stained during the handling of the boiled tannins and eco dyes. I don’t wear gloves so I can feel the paper as I rinse it. If you want to keep your hands clean, use gloves!</i></b><br />
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These first images are from my initial attempt at a boiled book. Not thinking it through, I tore the papers to 3x3" single sheet size. I may use them as cards...such as art prompt cards with some text on them. Perhaps for myself, perhaps for sale. My thinking cap is ON!<br />
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<img alt="eco dyed paper" border="0" data-original-height="1571" data-original-width="1600" height="314" imageanchor="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36mUK-xb6h85aKa-a7K0NaYimMIzAGYiMHRzalz70IoNM-1jCiOk800H_1Ohhg0ex8MInl2nPHW_crVNCVz1MnCuSPAVrQdwPVXkb2fDVFOrR88sJh2QfX5XQEl8eGG7X37jCoYBRSoc/s320/square3.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Grape leaf in boiled book eco dyed paper" width="320" />Leaves rich in tannins, such as grape leaves, if in close contact with the page, give a dark impression.</div>
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<img alt="boiled book page" border="0" data-original-height="1571" data-original-width="1600" height="314" imageanchor="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6DkhqKIbIVH-GDEPQWv6D723TJMzhYaHImnhqPzCfM5fwz8k7amhckukfnubBGE_uAO956LSdd9lFIbwPZrAuA9_7Osu6eypU8485VVfi_1jjikwjgW6LR0DvRuIOasx9xhX9QhK0yMo/s320/square4.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="" width="320" />A variety of plant materials yields a range of colors and textures. Some impressions are clear, others are dreamier.</div>
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<img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1595" height="320" imageanchor="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSSbCEj1VKMiIHRcSJvPdpzgvpsjO5dOsJON2aLW_-iuNImYfIYSpB0drB64-PXUx-OwZW8VjMEVyJy0DTtjXlYwY8352RyHEO36zFtXH4J5UMOEcd6cgfVPioLHMu5o-S4851APV9zk/s320/square6.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" width="319" />A turkey oak leaf close to the page gives its tannins, while one while one placed on top of it is lighter, fainter, as well as the other plant materials farther from the paper.</div>
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<img border="0" data-original-height="1571" data-original-width="1600" height="314" imageanchor="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj61x-fJqb6tg5XHaBmfembnPsLmJYZfrb-dIrnVW2RbfCKyN6GLH5FAYwbXjLtAiuHgMBTnZZWYTifX-qNIL3aysAA-V_cAIAczGtPyNRicQGmd-PGNdLZx7cDQP6UBvAaugcUiZUE3ZQ/s320/square5.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" width="320" />A light impression of a turkey oak leaf. Though rich in tannins, and close to the paper, this one printed very lightly. It may be the difference between a fresh leaf and a dried one. I'm not sure yet which would be which, but will pay closer attention in the future so I can have more predictable results when I want them. (Half the fun is the surprise of what you get!)</div>
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<img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="1600" height="311" imageanchor="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaeNb_4wGq5QufDHscNjGNjZ8PWH_Jnm19574Lnh0NjeqqcV5CNaWv7K2HwG0QHYN1A-zDeA6jYS-M_f-FpgxR_UIqUsViuh2mfqpUp5ZDWErP-BIhNCH0BP9mvH-xVcNd34nJfaqPJLg/s320/square1.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" width="320" />Ooh, the rich golden yellow! I suspect this was a yellow leaf, freshly dropped from a tree (or picked off before falling.)</div>
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<img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="1600" height="318" imageanchor="1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW6si5Z1FyqpuIp09StcnKfiaffRqppqBqNPaYR0QFN3Si7w2H1iM5f0fik9pkOLzrnCbznC5R02hzGjUaL0-e6sqVxGnCyDWU-T47TUwqtY5s-znx9J-yeUve1L4BRo_u0zIWkM9IRE/s320/square2.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" width="320" />A small bunch of grasses is fanciful, with almost a feathery appearance. On the right I think I see a person waving a feather duster. Perhaps the brownies have come to clean my house!</div>
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Now on to the folios I made at twice the width to allow folding and arranging into signatures (groups of pages) to be sewn into a bound book.<br />
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In the first set (image above) I forgot to add the vinegar, a natural mordant (fixative) to the boiling water. This batch came out a softer, redder brown. Since I was using an aluminum pot, it acted as a mordant, but not as strongly as the vinegar and aluminum combined. I love how the left page has room for adding text... a little fairy poem perhaps. (My original intent in exploring art the past couple of years is to illustrate my fairy poems and self-publish books of them.)<br />
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In the following batches I remembered the vinegar. (Images below.)<br />
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Pages with lighter colors had plant materials with less tannin or that did not touch the page closely. </div>
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I used this page as a centerfold in the boiled book I made as a gift for my friend. The center features strips of dried Saw Palmetto leaves.</div>
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Spanish moss makes lovely patterns! </div>
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I believe the warm golden color on the left is from a yellow or dried grape leaf. Muscadine grapevines grow wild in my west central Florida yard. All I have now are dried leaves... until spring!!<br />
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Little branches of <strike>Walter's Viburnum</strike> Simpson's Stopper (left side) were a beautiful surprise when boiled onto paper! On the right is a begonia leaf on top with a highly textured Blue Porterweed leaf behind it to the right.<br />
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Delightful magic is going on here! I love to look at the images and entertain fanciful thoughts about what I see!<br />
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The reddish color on the left is a maple leaf in all its red fall glory. (We don't get much fall color here, so we enjoy what there is, and appreciate the mostly green winters!) A stem and leaves of another plant partly cover its right side but still let some of the color through. The circle right side was created by strings that peel off the edges of Saw Palmetto leaflets and hang there. I wound them into a circle and placed them into what came to look like a cocoon!<br />
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The round leaves of beefsteak begonia adorn the left and right pages. These are from the great-great-great grandchildren of the plant a beloved and dearly departed aunt gave me about 30 years ago. (Hooray for leaf propagation!)<br />
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The leaves of Red Cedar - delicate but prickly in spots - grace the left and right pages. I love how the other leaves show through, as well as what looks like sunlight but is really just the white of the page where there was no direct plant matter contact, and therefore little or no dying. Overall there is a dreamy effect of an early morning walk in the woods. <br />
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<b>My Process</b><br />
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1) First, I take Canson 90# mixed media paper and cut or tear it using a ruler for a straight deckle edge to the desired size and fold the papers in half for assembling into books.<br />
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2) Then I gather fresh plant materials from my yard, dropping them into a box to be sorted through and cut into book-size pieces. Note: some oversize pieces and stems sticking out help let eco dye from the water get in. More on the eco dye later.<br />
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3) I lay down a ceramic tile, slightly larger than the desired book size, smooth side up and place some plant materials directly on it, topped by a folded paper.<br />
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4) Doing my best to hold that down, and actually pressing it a bit to flatten for more surface contact, with the other hand I open the folio and add plant matter. Then I close that folio and add more on top.<br />
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5) Successive layers of plants and paper follow until the last folio is topped with plants and another tile, this time smooth side down.<br />
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6) Holding that thick stack down with one hand, with the other I place the heavy wire I will wind around the stack to hold it, then another in the other direction to keep things in place.<br />
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7) In a large aluminum pot - dedicated to non-food use! - I add 12 cups of water and one cup of white vinegar. It isn't a magic formula, just add a cup of vinegar to whatever size pot. (If it's ginormous maybe you'd need two cups? I don't know. Yet.)<br />
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8) I bring it to a boil and carefully, using tongs, place the wrapped stack into the water which covers it by an inch or so. I add some old rusted hand tools that fit, and some rusty old bottle caps found smashed in parking lots. If I had some rusted chain I would add that instead - much easier to remove/rinse/dry/store one item afterwards than a bunch of smaller ones, methinks. (The rusty bits and extra leaves are the eco dyes I alluded to earlier.)<br />
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9) <b>Important steps</b>: Turn heat down to <b>simmer</b>, cover pot, and set timer for <b>one hour</b>. I also turn on the stove's <b>exhaust fan</b> to carry away some of the fumes. The plants I use are not toxic as far as I know, but best to be safe! I also <b>open a window</b> if it isn't raining, or too darn freezing (<i>that</i> doesn't happen much here!)<br />
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10) Ding! The fun begins! I remove the pot from the stove and set it in one side of stainless (hahaha) steel kitchen sink. I remove the cover and let cold water run into the pot for a few minutes.<br />
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11) Using tongs I remove the bundle from the pot and place it on the counter beside the sink - but NOT on the counter itself, or a paper towel (oops!) those tannins will stain in a heartbeat! I now use a cookie sheet with sides, and I let it hang over the sink a little so nothing drips onto the counter top. I carefully unwrap the wires - contents may still be too hot to handle even though the pot of water was cold! Let it sit for a minute while meanwhile back in the sink...<br />
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12) I remove the large rusty objects from the cooled pot, pour most of the water down the sink (it has a strainer to catch stray bits) and then remove any leaves and smaller rusty bits. I rinse and dry the pot using paper towels or a dedicated cloth towel and set it aside.<br />
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13) Time for the oohs and ahs as the plant material is removed one layer at a time and set aside on another cookie sheet with sides. I rinse both sides of each page under cool running water, rubbing gently to remove any loose eco dye and plant parts from the page. Dried grape leaves, when I use them, can leave a grainy residue on the paper, so I rub these spots gently but persistently under the running water until smoothish. (Sorry, no image of this step. I was busy!!!)<br />
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14) As each page is rinsed, I lay it flat on a cookie sheet and blot with paper towels. No overlapping pages, but when one layer is done I add a layer of paper towels and keep going with the next layer of pages, blotting each along the way. (Your eyes are working fine, I just didn't have a pic of this step, so here are my pans. Bottom steel cookie sheet from Walmart for about a dollar, same for top aluminum sheet, from a dollar store. Either works, but the steel will last longer.)<br />
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15) When all the pages are rinsed and blotted I lay them out single layer on cookie sheets or freezer paper. The paper is only damp now, so just needs protection from the counter. If I had space for large boards on a drying rack I would do that, but I don't, so I don't. So there. I do reuse the paper towels, though, next time I boil a book.<br />
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16) Allow to dry overnight. They will lighten a little as they dry, but this makes them look even better - it often adds a bit of extra contrast. <br />
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17) Once thoroughly dry (I cannot emphasize that enough!) I stack them and place them under a heavy stack of books to flatten them a bit. Some curl will remain, but that is part of the natural beauty and handmade appeal.<br />
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Oh, and the edges, especially if torn rather than cut, can have a beautiful darkness! (Some of what you see in the photos is shadow from the scanner where the pages weren't touching the glass. If you look at the first photo you can see the bottom edge looks like the photo was cut off. It wasn't. That was the cut edge of the paper as it came. The torn edges show more darkening - the left edge has no shadow, top has some here and there, the right edge is the cast shadow but there isn't much on that photo.)<br />
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18) Dyed, dried, pressed flat. Now what? On to the art table for a layer of Liquitex matte medium brushed on one side, set aside to dry, then on the other. This gives a little water resistance and soiling protection. It also gives a little added strength to the paper where the binding is sewn. As a bonus, it adds a little depth to the photo by way of a smidgen of additional contrast. The surface will be ever so slightly rough from the matte medium. (As part of the protection it makes it easier to remove paint if I decided to paint over them in spots and wanted to be able to "erase" with a damp rag or damp soft brush if I change my mind! A second coating of matte medium would make this even better. But I haven't painted on any, or given a second coat to any. Yet. Who knows??) <br />
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19) All dry? Great! Now it's time to make the boiled book into a book!! I usually choose which image I want to become the front cover, and which will be the centerfold. Then I start arranging the other pages together with these into a single signature, taking care to have facing pages that go well together. This can be a bit tricky, and yet fun!!<br />
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20) Once the order is settled, for the smaller books I have done so far (3 or 4" square when folded) I poke two small holes about a half inch from top and bottom along the center fold. I use one page as a template for poking the next page. That way I am sure they will all line up. (If you do this, make sure not to turn any pages upside down - the holes may become misaligned.) They pages all stack one inside the other in these single signature books, with the centerfold being, well, in the center. So I usually start the hole poking with the centerfold and move outward from there.<br />
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21) To sew the simple binding I use a needle only large enough to carry the heavy waxed thread I am using. It's also what I use to poke the holes, wiggling a tiny bit to enlarge so the threaded eye can go through without tearing. I wax my own thread by dragging it across a chunk of well-grooved beeswax.<br />
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<li>Thread length is about 4x the length of the spine. This allows extra for not pulling the needle off the thread, for tying in a square knot when finished (inside or outside, up to you - but the side you start sewing from is the side you will finish on, and the side where the knot will be. Personally, I like the knot on the outside so I can leave the thread ends long and add beads and whatnot to them for an extra decorative touch.</li>
<li>For mine, I start sewing from the outside, leaving a long tail, and in the center I go out the other hole, through all the pages, back to the outside.</li>
<li>Before tying the knot, though, I make sure the thread is pulled fairly - but not overly - tight by gently pulling the ends of the thread <i>away</i> from each other, as if extending the line of the spine beyond the book in both directions. Pulling them toward each other to tighten is more likely to tear the holes. Then I tie the knot, usually either by the hole near the top of the book or in the center between the holes.</li>
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<img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GU7SzfiA6zlmFoo97m3IPbApPUHKuAw0ijDrR8aTeDd-vpnBnqOhmKdqZk8jlE6Tc5H2uGVQLQhUyPwG8RBkbg3rOUhAOHwBJD4Q_n_9ZGWMZCNYkWBAGbUmljipQtzv7oKnDtXX8ks/s400/IMG-1066.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" width="400" />Here are a couple of pics of the little book I made for my friend. It has dangles, including the largest one that one I made by red rubber stamping flame-liquidized lead-free solder!<br />
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Front cover at left<br />
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Centerfold below<br />
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<b>Plant Materials</b><br />
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I gather fresh plant materials from my yard, plus dried fallen leaves that interest me for including in the book. I gather a few dried oak leaves to add to the water, too.<br />
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Native plants growing in my yard and used in my boiled books include, in no particular order (Items marked with an asterisk are rich in tannins):<br />
Sand Live Oak (leaves)*<br />
Turkey Oak (leaves)*<br />
Muscadine Grape* (leaves... mine never bear grapes)<br />
Beauty Berry (leaves... will include some berries soon!)<br />
Blue Porterweed (leaves and long flower stems without the flowers - they fall off too easily)<br />
Simpson's Stopper<br />
Walter's Viburnum* (leaves only so far, flowers coming soon - they bloom early!)<br />
Fern (I think mine is <i>Thelypteris kunthii,</i> aka Southern Wood Fern)<br />
Saw Palmetto<br />
Red Cedar (<i>Juniperus virginiana</i> var. <i>silicicola)</i><br />
Passion Flower (leaves only... they died where I wanted them and keep popping up where I didn't, so I keep yanking them up...)<br />
Florida Anise - oh my, the leaves smell so good boiling! Tiny flowers may be added soon.<br />
Spanish Moss<br />
Lichen<br />
Miscellaneous "weeds"<br />
I also use a couple house plants: Tradescantia pallida - a spiderwort commonly called Wandering Jew; Begonia ‘Erythrophylla’ (Beefsteak Begonia) - an old heirloom variety<br />
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<b>Other Materials I Used</b><br />
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Canson 90# mixed media paper (I will be trying Khadi and watercolor papers, too.)<br />
ceramic tiles - 2 per stack of pages<br />
Heavy wires - 2: one for each direction<br />
aluminum pot with cover (I hope to find a good, rusty dutch oven, too!)<br />
measuring cup<br />
tongs<br />
rusty things<br />
stove<br />
running water<br />
baking pans and/or freezer paper <br />
paper towels<br />
Liquitex matte medium<br />
paintbrush<br />
jar of water for rinsing paintbrush<br />
rags for drying paint brush before using again<br />
brown craft paper (from package stuffing) for laying out pages with matte medium to dry<br />
needle, thread, beeswax<br />
beads and whatnot for dangles (optional)<br />
lights, camera, action! (regular kitchen lights, iPad pro, lots of action!) <br />
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I live in Florida now, where the architectural style I find most interesting is the Cracker style homes. Here's a photo of one I took on a county road in the Wacahoota, Florida area. (If you want prints of greeting cards with this photo just click it, or the link below it.)<br />
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For some <i>really</i> old-style architecture, this house in Levroux, France has medieval charm. the photo is called <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-house-with-the-red-doors-randi-kuhne.html">The House with the Red Doors</a>, and it is also available for purchase.<br />
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Finally, here's an architectural detail that's a fine example of craftsmanship.<br />
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This, as well as some of <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/randikuhne.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=458254">my other architectural photography</a> for sale at FineArtAmerica.<br />
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I love drawing with my Apple Pencil in Procreate on my iPad Pro. I've taken numerous online classes, and experimented with various media, including digital art. One day I made one of the sketches in Procreate and posted it to a class group on Facebook. One of my fellow students really liked it and encouraged me to do more. I did, as you can see below!<br />
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I really enjoy making these, and love how each evolves from something basic and crude to a piece I adore. I've included some videos, generated in Procreate, to show you some sped-up versions of how they are made.<br />
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<li>Click a video to see the piece being created. </li>
<li>Enjoy!</li>
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<i>Note: All photos on this page are my own, copyrighted by me. If you want to add them to a social website such as Pinterest, please only do so if you can credit the artist (Randi Kuhne) and if you can link to this page, I appreciate it! If you want to use my photos in your blog, you must ask permission first.</i><br />
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In the beginning, my sketches were very basic, not much better than I could do in high school back in the 70s.<br />
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"Nevertheless, she persisted!" Yes, I kept at it, sketching both on paper and digitally, and I slowly saw improvement. The more I sketched, the better I got. Which leads me to encourage anyone at any skill level, in any endeavor, to keep at it!<br />
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Inch by inch, practice after practice, I started to get the hang of it.<br />
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Personality started coming through more strongly. Here's the first video I'm sharing with you. Sometimes it looks like nothing is happening, but I'm just working on fine details that are harder to notice. When it's done, the "play" arrow will reappear.<br />
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It was at this point my classmate commented on the style of the second portrait, below. Encouraged, I tuned into the style that was emerging from me.<br />
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And on I went, with pretty much daily practice. I was becoming addicted to my creations - the final result of each was so rewarding, and the process itself was enjoyable and challenging (still is!)<br />
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I never know who will show up when I start sketching. I'm tickled when I do something quite different from what I have done previously.<br />
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Here's one I did in color.<br />
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This one is quite mysterious....<br />
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This is a recent favorite, and I'm so happy about where my style is now and how much I have improved.<br />
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Wide Eyes Surprise is my proudest achievement so far. You can <a href="https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wide-eyes-surprise-randi-kuhne.html" target="_blank">purchase this image</a> a wide variety of products at Fine Art America, including a shower curtain! If you have a quirky sense of humor, go for it! You can also get it on greeting cards and even supply your own text inside the card.<br />
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<b>Thanks for visiting!</b> Come back again to see more of my creations and how my abilities improve!<br />
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(Linked items are available for sale in my FineArtAmerica shop.)<br />
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Starting with grunge that is naturally there, here's a photo I took of an abandoned house in Gainesville, Florida. Old, worn, and broken-down, it still presents photogenic beauty in the eyes of an appreciative photographer.<br />
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Then there's artistic grunge added <i>after</i> the fact. Here are before and after versions of two Florida Sunsets. The originals were adequate snapshots, but had artistically distracting details and lacked pizazz. I did post-processing in Photoshop, adding texture filters and various adjustments to make the photos sing, with a grungy, raspy voice. </div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5Qg6u5EO296v7pZqfRkUyrE9hTmzhKrjJXzkLQxm2CSah9S1SsNa0bFuhuPE0YZUeVjl5dhHx9gT203-ZqdhpW2ruypKB0JcXeIyKdIfeJJYqc5x0m8gSzVZnQV2ZpqahmT40jT7SG8/s1600/fire+at+sunset--original+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS5Qg6u5EO296v7pZqfRkUyrE9hTmzhKrjJXzkLQxm2CSah9S1SsNa0bFuhuPE0YZUeVjl5dhHx9gT203-ZqdhpW2ruypKB0JcXeIyKdIfeJJYqc5x0m8gSzVZnQV2ZpqahmT40jT7SG8/s1600/fire+at+sunset--original+for+blog.jpg" height="400" width="265" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fiery Sunset - before</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiery-sunset-randi-kuhne.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkb6tmsw2GhXY6dw-bupniVX4Z4dwe4juPcNNgcAhsmhsv462GjuCaVGL56WIqoqRHOHn4PdlZEm4RnWxbmFtaUHcZN_RlOVr6UMFzLnVZ1m2rx6gFbmRVUknMnnO7oR4l34I7CukQphg/s320/fire+at+sunset.jpg" height="400" width="265" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fiery-sunset-randi-kuhne.html">Fiery Sunset - after</a></td></tr>
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And finally, there's what I did to this crop of an industrial lighting photo.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/industrial-lights-randi-kuhne.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Industrial lights at Utica NY train station" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGMP7ZIVAiqzjsZX5XNhHDDPqQFDOZITO1H8R275HQ-M43jXbkDY3vIUn3Ss314cOO4N3C2xgRqnU3kInbko18qSETn1XA0wqfxNZ-1Uynyugil5JdeN7dUuraoJqMP0hE9_6G1FuEy4/s1600/industrial+platform+lights.jpg" height="400" title="Industrial Lights" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/industrial-lights-randi-kuhne.html">Industrial Lights (original)</a></td></tr>
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<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/love-those-industrial-lights-randi-kuhne.html"><img alt="Industrial lights grunge version" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeNjDslKU9SCLkxBAmN7VqRpwz2O93pg9Y6DnuZWWHXjdWVGrTqSP2ynVKVnMSlr5MhairrSdk4iIIq8MnTwzOZRx4OAXo5PHcT0fZJssZdeD8ZYULNzq9fX5UFj147p9cRNOdHoW3lA/s320/3+lamps+5x5+v2.jpg" title="Love Those Industrial Lights" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/love-those-industrial-lights-randi-kuhne.html">Love Those Industrial Lights</a></td></tr>
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Grunge can be fun, artistic, expressive, and add unexpected elements not seen in the original. For example, the final photo, Love Those Industrial Lights, has what appears to be an upside-down black cat peering from behind the beam in the lower left corner!<br />
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Grunge is a popular artistic style today. I hope you have enjoyed seeing my versions it.<br />
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This was taken at Chateau de Chenonceau in France. It is not for sale, but it is pretty.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSmyDR1HEVZ3BBojQJXB8AYQ55G8IAG2wpTL292Nm0EvMHC16AZSzNINtQs2YlOwKCMMjxeXmp4_obLtBWPyd56rzUb7BCb5oItbFi0HTEHWYphPwANEm0h6aphj8MBJUHIupNiysdcw/s1600/treetops.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="golden leaves on trees" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSmyDR1HEVZ3BBojQJXB8AYQ55G8IAG2wpTL292Nm0EvMHC16AZSzNINtQs2YlOwKCMMjxeXmp4_obLtBWPyd56rzUb7BCb5oItbFi0HTEHWYphPwANEm0h6aphj8MBJUHIupNiysdcw/s1600/treetops.jpg" title="Avenue of Plane Trees" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Avenue of Plane Trees</td></tr>
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Here's one that <i>is</i> for sale, a photo of vines on the wall at Chateau de Chenonceau. I love the soft hues in the leaves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/chateau-chenonceau-vines-on-wall-image-two-randi-kuhne.html">Vines on Wall</a>, by Randi Kuhne</td></tr>
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This bumper sticker with a photo I took above the clouds is one of my best sellers. It's available at Zazzle. Great for pilots!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/id_rather_be_flying_bumper_stickers-128432225566962425">I'd Rather be Flying!</a> by Randi Kuhne</td></tr>
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I also posted about a <a href="http://www.randikuhne.com/2013/08/amazing-storm-photos.html">great storm</a> that blew through Florida. This image is for sale at FineArtAmerica as prints or greeting cards.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/comes-the-storm-randi-kuhne.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sR9RO1kiKdoeVdJfrHU4_Ee5oLw97x0zPI-f0d4PxPuQrTMHwxnnim9scC7ZHRyDZM_aPXmrwsEAHNGh8lfEzf0NnsM0gPp-NJru67x-T1-aWi8Sf1iGBZmHEVpXb-Sbh0hYut2dDFQ/s400/Comes+the+Storm.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/comes-the-storm-randi-kuhne.html">Comes the Storm</a>, by Randi Kuhne</td></tr>
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And here's a lovely double image with clouds reflected in a Florida lake.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lake-reflection-randi-kuhne.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimr6SnlVhJjWFF7sYd02h7_g6-VYJvAhk_O2wR7mv1YOauknYIAaO8aArEFn-WKbS7i0glTxuv0wBFPdCuh0HKdPChhGrdJT_Q09pWGW0wN2WBKzl13DOfmyJTSla4HlzagzvvCy1pXEI/s400/Lake+Reflection.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lake-reflection-randi-kuhne.html">Lake Reflection</a>, by Randi Kuhne</td></tr>
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See artwork by other artists at FineArtAmerica, including:<br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/clouds/all">clouds art</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/photographs/clouds/all">clouds photos</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/clouds/canvas+prints">clouds canvas prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/clouds/framed+prints">clouds framed prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/clouds/acrylic+prints">clouds acrylic prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/clouds/metal+prints">clouds metal prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/clouds/prints">clouds prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/clouds/posters">clouds posters</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/clouds/greeting+cards">clouds greeting cards</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/sky/all">sky art</a><br />
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<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/sky/canvas+prints">sky canvas prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/sky/framed+prints">sky framed prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/sky/acrylic+prints">sky acrylic prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/sky/metal+prints">sky metal prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/sky/prints">sky prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/sky/posters">sky posters</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/comes-the-storm-randi-kuhne.html">Comes the Storm</a>, by Randi Kuhne</td></tr>
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When it's sunny, there's lots of water (from all the storms, you know!) Here's a local lake on a calm day. (It's for sale, too.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lake-reflection-randi-kuhne.html">Lake Reflection</a>, by Randi Kuhne</td></tr>
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See artwork by other artists at FineArtAmerica, including:<br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/water/all">water art</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/photographs/water/all">water photos</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/water/canvas+prints">water canvas prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/water/framed+prints">water framed prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/water/acrylic+prints">water acrylic prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/water/metal+prints">water metal prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/water/prints">water prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/water/posters">water posters</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/water/greeting+cards">water greeting cards</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/lake/all">lake art</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/photographs/lake/all">lake photos</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/lake/canvas+prints">lake canvas prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/lake/framed+prints">lake framed prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/lake/acrylic+prints">lake acrylic prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/lake/metal+prints">lake metal prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/lake/prints">lake prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/lake/posters">lake posters</a><br />
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I love the rich red hues of the leaves on the vines. They are so lovely against the old walls of the building. If you like this image, you can purchase it as prints or greeting cards. Just click the image or the link below it for more info and to order at FineArtAmerica.<br />
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One of the oldest churches I have been inside is the Collegiate Church Of Saint Sylvain in Levroux, France. Just look at the ceiling! It's so old, and yet so lovely.<br />
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<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/church/canvas+prints">church canvas prints</a><br />
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<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/church/acrylic+prints">church acrylic prints</a><br />
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<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/humor/all">humor art</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/humor/canvas+prints">humor canvas prints</a><br />
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To fill large spaces you can't go wrong with posters and other large art. No, I don't mean thumb tack or tape posters from the local discount store all over your walls - I mean real art. You can get quality artwork printed on a variety of materials online at FineArtAmerica.com. Here's one of the images I have for sale there.<br />
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Take a look and you're sure to find your favorite subjects and styles! Here are some links to get you started. The subjects here are walls and windows. (Yes, you can put images of walls on your walls!)<br />
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<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/windows/acrylic+prints">windows acrylic prints</a><br />
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<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/windows/posters">windows posters</a><br />
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You can see the image above and more of my photos at <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/randikuhne.html">FineArtAmerica</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/field/framed+prints">field framed prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/field/acrylic+prints">field acrylic prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/field/metal+prints">field metal prints</a><br />
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<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/field/posters">field posters</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/field/greeting+cards">field greeting cards</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/countryside/all">countryside art</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/photographs/countryside/all">countryside photos</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/countryside/canvas+prints">countryside canvas prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/countryside/framed+prints">countryside framed prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/countryside/acrylic+prints">countryside acrylic prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/countryside/metal+prints">countryside metal prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/countryside/prints">countryside prints</a><br />
<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/countryside/posters">countryside posters</a><br />
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You can get my images as prints, posters, metal or acrylic prints, on canvas or as canvas wrap in a wide range of sizes, unmounted, mounted, matted, or framed.<br />
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<i>They're also available as 5x7" greeting cards, but you'll need to <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/randi+kuhne/greeting+cards">click this link</a>.</i><br />
Note that with postcards you can move the image around, make it larger or smaller, and can choose a black background for the front (if there's a border) and back of the card. (The inside remains white.) You can add text to the inside.<br />
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Here are some of my latest images. You can purchase them right here on my blog. The "Click Here to Purchase" button brings up a shopping cart window, complete with a menu so you can browse all my photos. (If you <i>click an image</i> you are taken to a popup with ordering info for <i>that</i> image.)<br />
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And you can see a wide variety of art by other artists at FineArtAmerica, inclucing:<br />
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<i>Note: All photos on this page are my own, copyrighted by me. If you want to add them to a social website such as Pinterest, you may do so <b>only</b> if you credit the photographer (Randi Kuhne) <b>and</b> link to this page. If you want to use my photos in your blog, please ask permission first.</i><br />
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I walked out onto my back porch as the storm approached. I <i>so</i> wished I had a very wide angle lens to shoot the entire dome seen in the first two photos. It was <i>magnificent</i>, and the exposures are essentially untouched.<br />
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