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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Category Archives: Art

Favorite Pairings – Peace and Power in Art & Music

August 17, 2017

Joep Franssens’ Harmony of the Spheres and the art of Sohan Qadri Both express the sense of peace and power …

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Playing with Abstracts, Loving the Process

August 13, 2017

I was surprised by how much I love painting abstracts. Just playing with color, design, textures is so freeing and …

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Friday Pairings – Butterflies & Vivaldi

August 11, 2017

Sharing some favorite pairings with you on this lovely Friday morning: Artwork – “Evocation of Butterflies” by Odilon Redon Music …

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California Dreaming

July 30, 2017

Two of my paintings are being shown at a local gallery this month. They are part of an exhibition titled …

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Flesh and Stone – New Paintings

July 17, 2017

Recently I discovered the sculptures of Francisco Zuniga and have been drawn to recapture what I love about them in …

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Playing With Mixed Media, Watercolor & Collage

June 26, 2017

As I’ve been experimenting with styles, I’ve been mixing watercolor with collage and ink, and having a lot of fun …

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Sailing with Sargent and Homer

June 22, 2017

Recently I discovered the watercolors of John Singer Sargent and Winslow Homer, two great American artists that I had known …

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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

June 12, 2017

I fell in love with the title of Milan Kundera’s novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” long before I ever …

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Dreaming in Blue and Gold

June 1, 2017

I’ve long had a thing about the colors blue and gold, especially in combination. Something about them soothes and excites …

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Trying to Capture the Light

May 13, 2017

Capturing light in painting is one of the artist’s greatest challenges and deepest joys. I fell in love with the …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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