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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: art

My Art or My Novel. Which Would You Choose?

March 16, 2017

Someone asked me recently what I loved more, my painting or my writing? Or, she added, is that like trying …

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Still Playing – Still Life and Florals

March 10, 2017

I’m still “studying the masters” and playing with style. Most recently with two contemporary artists. The first is a floral …

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Studying the Masters, Playing with Style

February 26, 2017

Not long after I finished those first three watercolors paintings I shared last week, I was inspired to try to …

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Dare I Share? Paintings in Progress

February 21, 2017

Family and friends have been asking me to show them some of the watercolors I’ve been working on, so I …

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A Poet & an Artist on Making the Unknown Known

January 30, 2017

I came across two quotations about the creative process recently and found such striking similarities I had to explore them …

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Painting, a New Passion

December 5, 2016

Writing has always been the primary passion in my life, the thing I love most to do and identify with. …

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The Mysterious & Poetic Paintings of Odilon Redon

November 6, 2016

I’ve become fascinated by the paintings of Redon (1840-1916), a French artist and Symbolist working mostly in charcoal, pastel, and …

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Soul-Searching in a Sea of Images

October 26, 2016

I stayed up late last night, way past my bed time, searching Pinterest for images to save to my boards.It …

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Music is More Feeling than Sound

May 7, 2016

From “Peter Quince at the Clavier” by Wallace Stevens. Just as my fingers on these keys Make music, so the …

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Mothers & Other Lovers, Compelling Art

June 14, 2015

What makes compelling art? Why do I find this image of mother and child, and the ones below, so powerful and …

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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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