Category Archives: the creative process

Clouds, Rainbows and Light

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

Went out hoping for maybe some wet roads to paint. Didn’t get that but did get some great rainbows and clouds.

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World Watercolor Month – Day One

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

Work by definition has to be when you woulda liked to have gone out and painted in the afternoon but by the time you can it’s thundering and lightning and raining. Went anyway. Not my favorite of recent paintings but … Continue reading →

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Where did June Go?

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

Mainly it went in a swirling of brain-drain as I trained and adjusted to doing a new thing while working from home. It has taken really three weeks to go from abject terror to only moments of wondering what-the-heck-am-I-doing, LOL. … Continue reading →

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I went in search of clouds

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

I’m still in the “exhausted by the mental work of new work” phase of working from home. After work, I sat down at a different computer screen with some ice water and enjoyed Billy Collins’ “Broadcast” as he likes to … Continue reading →

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Painting ahead of the rain

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Mary Beth Frezon

Gave myself a challenge because I had a limited time frame to paint in today – try to do somethng with the abundant wild phlox along the roadsides.

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