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Category: Posts about Art
The Beds We Make
During the lockdown of the pandemic, like many people, I spent more than my usual amount of time at home. To entertain myself, I stopped making my bed daily for about a week. I made sketches of the bedding arrangements as the week progressed. Then I made the painting.
The Role of Artists, Here and Now
It’s going to take time for society to recover from the pandemic. Not only its residual effects on the economy and its toll on personal lives, but already we’re seeing the results of profound change.
No Leaders Please
“invent yourself and then reinvent
yourself.
don’t swim in the same slough.”
What is Home?
Returning to my studio is a luxury of retirement. Retirement has also presented me with the opportunity to join other … More
After The Smoke Clears: Re-Acquainting with an Old Friend
Yesterday was the first of of nine that our air quality in Portland, Oregon fell from “hazardous” to “good,” and … More
The Resilience of Tiny Things: Raising Young Children in The Pandemic
Our hazardous air quality in Oregon keeps me from nature journaling outdoors. Instead, I make ink and watercolor paintings in … More
Learning: The Best Thing for Sadness, Part II
Previously, I wrote about learning as a tool for managing the sadness accompanying home isolation and the losses … More
Overlaid: New Members Show at Gallery 114, About My Resin Paintings
Why I made these paintings: Last year I became enchanted with the mist and low clouds shrouding the forests … More
Julianna Paradisi Paintings in New Member Show at Gallery 114 During September
I’m excited to participate in Overlaid: New Members Show during the month of September at Gallery 114, in Portland, Oregon. Here’s … More
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