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2020 Reading Challenge

Here we are, almost March and time is flying. I promised I would share my updated 2020 reading challenge list! As I mentioned in my recent 2019 Best Art Books of the Year post, I also [...]

Be My Valentine

by Bethany | February 14, 2020 *This post contains affiliate links This was such a fun project I completed with my daughter three YEARS ago. Where does the time go? It's on my Youtube channel and it is so fun [...]

Your Art’s Purpose

Check out my new Patreon pastel painting index here! What a beautiful thought. Words have power and every month I choose a new quote as a meditation on what it means to be [...]

2019 Books of the Year

I can't count how many times I've turned to a book when I'm feeling low, when my art spirit is eager but tired. Discouragement is common amongst artists. So many I speak to are just striving [...]

Genius, Power, Magic

by Bethany | February 3, 2020 *This post contains affiliate links **This is a repost of one of my Patreon posts from last year! I return to this every month and this quote always resonates at the beginning of a new year... ______________ [...]

Here I Go

by Bethany | October 17, 2019 *This post contains affiliate links October has me all in a whir. I leave next week for Ann Arbor for a workshop with Artensity and then two weeks after that for a workshop at the National Arts [...]

It’s my annual sharing of the bucket picture. Wh

It’s my annual sharing of the bucket picture. When the man came into Mrs McGill’s third grade class and told everyone I had won the Halloween coloring contest, I had never been more proud. Then I got to go down to the Canyon Newspaper, stand on the bucket, and receive my medal. I have my very thick glasses in my hands (as I did for most of the 80s). I didn’t like them. Thank goodness for contacts! I still have the “painting” I made. It’s a scarecrow and a moon on black paper done with crayon. I remember buffing the gold crayon moon til it was shiny. 🌝

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This is one of my favorites from a few years back.

This is one of my favorites from a few years back. It sold and I wish I had held onto it. This was one of those magical pieces that flowed out as easily as breathing! Painted on Pastel Premier. Maybe I need to order some more from @dakotapastels 🙂

Palo Duro is so beautiful. If you’ve never been, you need to go! I’ll tell you all the best spots. 💛

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Every bright yellow flower I’ve ever painted is

Every bright yellow flower I’ve ever painted is with that one right there. Yellow. The first color of spring. It may be February 1 but spring is coming and with it the color of the dawn. 💛

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In this go go go world, it’s hard to remember to

In this go go go world, it’s hard to remember to bring ourselves joy. I love to paint but it is not the only thing I am! Or the only thing you are! I feel like I haven’t taken care in this past year to fill my well with all 👏🏻of 👏🏻this 👏🏻 as much as possible.

I love to learn. I love to notice. I love to be around people even if I’m quiet. I am not nearly as extroverted as I seem. Sometimes the days are lonely.

But! I post this today to remind myself (and maybe you) that LIFE is out there. Remember what you love. Do more of it!!

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Reminding myself. ❤️ Paint from the heart. Sta

Reminding myself. ❤️ Paint from the heart. Stay focused on what matters. Ignore the static. Stay true. You know who you are. Art is joy!

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I thought I would re-introduce myself. I’m Betha

I thought I would re-introduce myself. I’m Bethany and I love to paint my home of the high plains of the Llano Estacado. When I mention my home, many people have said “oh yes! I’ve driven through there!” (Usually on their way somewhere else).

When I first started my painting practice, I only wanted to paint things elsewhere, how could a flat formless land inspire a landscape painter? I’m so thankful my limited view expanded.

Looking closely has shown me a world of beauty that is incomparable. The majesty, the expanse, the colors, the little details of a quiet land. We are rugged and earthy and raw.

I still paint other places but this place will always call me home. It’s a place I can breathe. “Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.” - Walter Mitty

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2020 Reading Challenge

Bethany2022-03-17T13:29:26-05:00February 20th, 2020|Comments Off on 2020 Reading Challenge

Here we are, almost March and time is flying. I promised I would share my updated 2020 reading challenge list! As I mentioned in my recent [...]

Be My Valentine

Bethany2022-03-17T13:30:10-05:00February 14th, 2020|Comments Off on Be My Valentine

by Bethany | February 14, 2020 *This post contains affiliate links This was such a fun project I completed with my daughter three YEARS ago. Where does the time go? [...]

Your Art’s Purpose

Bethany2022-02-15T11:09:06-06:00February 12th, 2020|Comments Off on Your Art’s Purpose

Check out my new Patreon pastel painting index here! What a beautiful thought. Words have power and every month I choose [...]

2019 Books of the Year

Bethany2022-02-15T11:09:39-06:00February 5th, 2020|2 Comments

I can't count how many times I've turned to a book when I'm feeling low, when my art spirit is eager but tired. Discouragement is common [...]

Genius, Power, Magic

Bethany2022-02-15T11:25:30-06:00February 3rd, 2020|Comments Off on Genius, Power, Magic

by Bethany | February 3, 2020 *This post contains affiliate links **This is a repost of one of my Patreon posts from last year! I return to this every month and this quote [...]

Here I Go

Bethany2022-03-17T13:30:33-05:00October 17th, 2019|Comments Off on Here I Go

by Bethany | October 17, 2019 *This post contains affiliate links October has me all in a whir. I leave next week for Ann Arbor for a workshop with Artensity and then two [...]