Author: heart2heartwithkristy
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out&about2024: Backroads & Byways Junkin’ Tour, Spring 2024
mini blogs about places I have had my art outside my atelier … Once again, I set up shop in my husband’s real estate office for two days during the Spring Backroads and Byways Junkin’ Tour in Warren County. What an adventure this tour provides … crisscrossing the countryside visiting unique shopping venues hidden here…
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out&about2024: Reiman Gardens, Ames, IA
mini blogs about places I have had my art outside my atelier … Follow the Trail of Curiosity : observe, wonder, research, journal & express the discovery … through watercolor & ink paintings Taking a stroll through Reiman Gardens in Ames, IA is always full of things to observe, wonder about, and enjoy. On the…
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My Story …
• My name is Kristy; my mom often called me KrisAnne; my family and schoolmates from about 6th grade until I went off to college called me Kris. At some point, one of my brothers nicknamed me Moose – no one but his friends ever called me that … but, I have claimed it by…
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out&about2024: Johnston Public Library
mini blogs about places I have had my art outside my atelier … Follow the Trail of Curiosity : observe, wonder, research, journal & express the discovery … through watercolor & ink paintings, 6”x6”. On Display at the Johnston (IA) Public Library, June–July, 2024 I chose these pieces to put on display because they represent…
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About My Process
A graphic artist for over 40 years, I have moved away from the computer and picked up a brush and pen and begun to paint from the heart. Every day is filled with stories. Sometimes there is one that longs to be told. I like to express many of these life episodes in ink doodles…
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out&about2024: Ted Lare’s Spring Art in the Garden
mini blogs about places I have had my art outside my atelier … When Friends Meet Up heartspeak happens. No special words are required, not when there is kinship. This painting, Garden Center Heart to Heart, started brewing just about a year ago when I snapped a photo at the 2023 Art in the Garden…
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Geese, God, & Me
If you see something that sparks joy, check your heart, God may be revealing a part of His heart for you. I live by this, experiencing object lessons big and intimately small. My artwork is an extension of these joy sparks. For example, this painting of two geese flying over the rooftop resulted from such…
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Haiku : Creative Expression & Journaled Thoughts
Be sure to view >>>My Haiku Gallery–>•••my personal art challenge Once in a while a moment will strike a harmonious chord within me and I am overwhelmed with a desire to express that. Words begin to pop. I then set a challenge for myself to be as concise and poetic with those words as I…
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Heart to Heart to Heart Connections
July 2022 I am a 7-month old grandma of twin boys, with a third bundle on his/her way – due to arrive as a sweet valentine in 2023! As a grandma watching her grandsons grow leaps and bounds, I am noticing that as they become increasingly aware of the world around them they also crave…
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