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20 Days in the Life of a Painting

by Dawn Patel | Feb 4, 2014 | art, artists, artists process, artists studio, Brilliant Stranger, creative process, dawn patel art, layered painting, mixed media, phoenix

Phoenix: Finished PaintingI love to allow the viewer into the day to day excitement of making a work of art. My style of painting has developed over years of practice and trial and error, evolving into an idiosyncratic intuitive process of layering.This is the...

Back at the Easel

by Dawn Patel | Jan 30, 2014 | art, art business, artists, artists process, artists studio, Brilliant Stranger, creative process, dawn patel, dawn patel art, decoupage, fabric, layered painting, mixed media, painting, three graces, why paint?

Work in Progress: "The Three Graces Revised" Mixed media on cast fabric After an eight day trip to visit with my daughter I am back in the studio, refreshed and inspired. There's something magical and mysterious that happens when I...

Believe in your dreams

by Dawn Patel | Jan 28, 2014 | art, art business, artists, artists process, artists studio, belief, believe, blogging, career, daughters, dream, faith, living your dream, love, mid life career, parent, passion, returning to art

Today is the day I have decided to believe in my own dreams the way I have encouraged others to believe in their own dreams. As long as I can remember I have had one consistent dream, one consistent love and one consistent passion. Art. And...