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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: oil pastel

Secluded Pool, Secret Garden, & Summer Plans Gone Astray

July 7, 2019

I haven’t been painting as much this year, but I thought I’d share these two. Both were meant to be …

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New Paintings, the Folding Hills of California

November 11, 2018

I’ve long loved the way the rolling hills along the coast of California fold together and overlap, the sensuality of …

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New Paintings, Trees and More Trees

October 21, 2018

Three new paintings, part of my forest series, I suppose, but really just playing with styles and possibilities. All three …

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Painting Again, Forest Series

September 30, 2018

I’ve started painting again, keeping toward the abstract, still experimenting with water-color and oil pastel, letting them show me how …

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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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