Janis Zroback
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Anishinaabe Legend...Illustrated...
He was buried in pure white buckskin on a hill just beyond his village.
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The Last of the Garden..Thoughts to Ponder...Illustrated..
Hunt through old catalogues for new seed,
oil work boots and shears… -
Renaissance Revisited...Illustrated.
For creative people, a minor renaissance happens every day as we reassess yesterday’s work….
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Colour Me Purple...Illustrated...
A mysterious color, purple is associated with both nobility and spirituality. The opposites of hot red and cool blue combine to create this intriguing color….
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Meet the Beet
At Jose Andres’ six-seat Minibar in Washington, D.C., diners can order a red beet mojito, a refreshing minty concoction sweetened with the natural sugars of the beet…
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After Apple Picking
But I am done with apple-picking now.
Essence of winter sleep is on the night…. -
Kalopsia
Kalopsia also applies to regular people and self-deluding
artists who just can’t see how bad certain art really is. -
Larks and Owls
"Folks tend to be more larkish as children, becoming owlish through adolescence, and are their most owlish in their early twenties".
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Art and Happiness
Life’s not about getting free of pain, but rather finding happiness through service to some process with links to a higher ideal.
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Love your Name
"People with high self-esteem tend to like their names more,". It’s called the "mere-ownership effect."
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Unconscious Confidence
"If you think you’re outclassed, you are,
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself,
Before you can win the prize." -
Avocadoes at the George St Market...Short Fiction Thrille...
The coroner called it death by misadventure …. the time of death was set between 7.30 and 8.a.m
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Tales from an Artist's Journal Part Eight.....Who We Real...
It’s at times like these that we have to look deep inside ourselves for the courage to wait patiently, for that fresh inspiration, that new dimension to the work to appear.
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Miss Sylvia Morris...Stories from the Last Century
I was frozen with fear at the sight of this two toned monster, her eyes bulging with anger…
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The Careful Use of Compliments
There are also many hidden benefits to giving compliments. It’s amazing that such a small, simple skill like giving away compliments can change the way you view yourself and the world around you.
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Tales from an Artist's Journal Part Six...What to Paint
I would dream up techniques and made a lot of notes…..I made notes of subjects to paint, on textures, mediums, and colours as well…
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Tales from an Artist's Journal Part Four..Learning and Pr...
I was doing approximately 100 paintings each winter, of every kind of subject matter, from Still life to Landscape, summer to winter..
