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Between Worlds

Between Worlds

In May, I spent some time in an expansive dunescape on Michigan's western shore. Silver Lake Dunes is an exciting place near the small town of Mears, Michigan. "Expansive" is quite a relative term, though. If you look for it on a map of Michigan, it is just this tiny...

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Color of the Year 2024 Peach Fuzz

Color of the Year 2024 Peach Fuzz

Dear reader - I know you have been anxiously waiting. Plans held up, redecorating put on hold, perhaps holding off on that new car color all because you needed to know what exactly is going to be the color for 2024. (/s) Surprise, surprise - Pantone® did not take my...

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Leaf Creatures, part two

Leaf Creatures, part two

Continuing with my previous post on this new project exploring the shapes, textures, and colors of some fallen leaves in my yard, this post includes a few more "characters" to be found. Working with these reminded me of my time spent in 2017 during the last solar...

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Two Colors of the Year for 2021

Two Colors of the Year for 2021

The wait is over... amongst all the turmoil and uncertainty this year, I know you all have been anxiously waiting for Pantone to reveal their pick for 2021. What could it be? Vaccine Violet? Facts Fuchsia? Maybe Parisian Night to symbolize our rejoining of the Paris...

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Styles come, styles go

My wife Lisa recently treated me for my birthday (Go Capricorns!) to the exhibit that is just closing this weekend at the Detroit Institute of Arts: Monet to Dali.   It is somewhat hard to describe the feeling of seeing the actual brushstrokes of some of these masters...

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