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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Musee d’Orsay, Eye-Candy for Art Lovers

August 26, 2018

I could have spent weeks savoring up all this museum has to offer, instead I had five hours. Still I …

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Recipe for a Painting: Durrell on Venice at Dawn

August 24, 2018

Quote of the Week “These thoughts belong to Venice at dawn, seen from the deck of the ship which is …

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More Feeling Than Memory: Flowing Leaves, A Swirl of Fish

May 20, 2018

Lately I’ve been leaning toward the abstract in my painting, but it’s hard to resist that representational pull. Especially when …

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New Paintings – Tangled Limbs, Roots & Rocks

May 16, 2018

I haven’t been painting this year as much as last. But I wanted to share a few that will probably …

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Recognition for “Slow Swirl at the Edge of Time”

March 26, 2018

I entered a local art show for the first time this month and was surprised and pleased to get recognition …

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Perfect Pairings – Klee and cummings

February 27, 2018

I’ve long been a huge fan of Paul Klee’s paintings and e.e. cummings’ poetry, and for similar reasons: their playfulness …

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Ta-Da! My New Home Studio

January 15, 2018

After having pumped it up, I hope it isn’t a let-down to those who have been waiting to see it, …

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Wrapping Up 2017, Embracing New & Old Loves

December 29, 2017

Discovering New Loves – Painting 2017 was the year I revealed my newly discovered passion for painting, and dared to …

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Artists & Writers in Their Studios

November 2, 2017

I’ve been collecting images of artist studios and writing spaces as inspiration for creating my own art/writing workspace. Some of …

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Making Room for all My Loves – Music, Art, Writing

September 21, 2017

A year and a half ago I blogged about Learning to Play (Again) and wrote this I played piano as …

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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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