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  1. Oh man, this post made me laugh out loud several times. Mainly the cleaning the brushes part and Matt’s hair. I might have thought you were describing the Jan. 14th painting as the one of Matt (before I scrolled down) which made the hair comment wildly hilarious.

  2. that’s matt’s hair, alright!!!

    the van gogh website will be changing their art rating scale to “mary stephensons” after laying eyes on that foret hilton one!! lovely!

  3. Wow Mary……..I’m impressed. Have you taken any lessons? And BTW, when do you find time to paint. You are one busy woman, wife and mom. Must be therapeutic

    • Alison, I’ve had a few scattered lessons over the years, but I am hoping to take some formal lessons this year.

  8. Hi Mary,

    Thank you so much for such an empowering response to the article! I’m all-caps THRILLED that you enjoyed it. I was happy to write it and am glad that you shared it.

    Anyhow, just wanted to let you know that I saw your post and am glad to see that my little idea resonated with you. Will be keeping an eye on Art Ordinaire in the future.

    Cheers,
    Kinsey

  10. Love the colors in the RIC inspired art!! However, disappointed that you were inspired by the PPT and NOT …….
    Like the Chefchaouen one too. But wouldn’t have guessed. It looks more like Oudayas.

  12. The hand was hand delivered because you said that drawing hands was hard and you could not draw hands well so applying Rule Eleven of the basketball practice handbook, which generally says, practice what you do poorly, I wanted to give you a hand up, or maybe a hand out since I paid twice the price charged for a similar perhaps less well made hand in Gastonia. (the local hand would have been missing a knuckle or two off the ring finger ). I decided that after I am dead and gone, when you glance at the hand in the box on the floor of your art studio, there is some value in remembering that the hand came from a quaint, albeit somewhat overpriced Parisian art shop just off Rue St Michel carefully gift wrapped by the eighty year old shop owner and not from the half price bin at Aker Center Hobby Lobby. I love the work. Re the finger nails, work on the mere suggestion rather than actually drawing them. I especially like the four hands in different poses. You are right its all about the composition. Love Dad

  14. I like all of them but my favorite is the clementines (probably because I ate 25 while at your house) Re the bananas, my only suggestion is to make the “top banana” more banana like, ie curved. It may not look like that in real life but whose the boss you or the banana. Talk to you soon . dad

  15. Good idea, they do look flat. Another complaint I have is that there is supposed to be a shadow cast over the back half of the fruit bowl, but I wasn’t able to accomplish that.

  17. Like the Hilton forest one! Yes the banana needs something – maybe a bit of dots & lines!! Not artistic enough to give constructive comments – only know to appreciate when I like something!

  23. I keep coming back to this, subconsciously my brain must really like it. Morocco at midnight. Nicely done.

  24. The shoe deserves ten and a half for the smile it placed on your mother’s face. Love the other stuff as well particularly the cadmium red birds. I was thinking about some public art and thought we could do a project together either in Gastonia or in Alex since you have some connections there and it could be something like asking runners we know to draw/paint a picture on a standard piece of paper of their all time favorite running shoe and put them in a giant outdoor collage maybe in conjunction with next year’s run for the money event in Gastonia or at some other art space in Alex. or even in Morocco. I also thought another potentially cool idea was to have a pair one painted and the other an original. This would require giving up the shoe but they would probably be worn out anyway. Would welcome your thoughts when you have had time to contemplate. Dad

  25. Hysterical. Especially the Disney princess eyes. And yes, I think we’ll take this collection to put on our bedroom walls. Very relaxing and romantic.

  27. I enjoyed this posting. Dont worry if you miss a day I missed two in a row days running this week..Has not happened in about two and a half years. Hello to the kids and I hope you are feeling well. Dad

  29. I think you got your money’s worth out of your trip to London. I like everything. The scary person is:
    a) your mother b) your daughter c) you d) leftover image of the floating head of death. e) grant-barkley

  30. Thank you for the drawings they brightened up my day. You will have a field day at out house with new subject matter if you can find someone to act as a baby sitter. Dad

  33. Pencil drawings of the kids are of course my favorite. you can guess why. followed by the upside picture.

  34. Mary, I’m always so impressed with your work. I love the oil painting of the nap. You really captured the warmth and coziness of the moment! Obviously I’m little behind on catching up with your posts, but this is lovely and I’m so glad you share your talent with us. It inspires me. I’m thinking about going to pick up some watercolor supplies and give them a try 🙂

  35. I bought a pigment while in morocco that was red when dry and turned blue with water. I’m hoping to get more but I’m not sure what it’s called. Would you happen to know? Thanks!

    • Charlotte, I’ve been on a blog break so I’m just now seeing this. I’m sorry, but I do not know what it is called. Sounds fascinating though. I’d love to see the results.

  40. Our trip gives me a better appreciation for your work, color , light, style. Wonder what a watercolor of downtown Bekkestua( ?) would look like? Keep it up.

  42. A lot of nice work here. Glad you have found the time to draw and paint Norway. It is a place made for watercolors.