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This is the Place

by Dawn Patel | May 31, 2014 | Brilliant Stranger, dawn patel art, Door County, identity, Lost Moth Gallery, painting, place, poems, poetry, returning to art, therapy, visionary art, why paint?

My painting from 2000/2001 is now hanging at Lost Moth Gallery in Egg HarborThis is the place where the land and water meet.  This is the place where the waves crash against your feet.  This is the place where shore greets sea.  This is the place where...

In Life As In Art

by Dawn Patel | Apr 17, 2014 | art, artists, artists process, Behemoth and Leviathon, Blake quotes, Buddha, buddhism, doors of perception, genius, knowledge, painting, visionary art, why paint?, William Blake

In Life As in Art: Lessons from the StudioWilliam Blake”Behemoth and Leviathan”c. 1805 – 1810 I love the paintings of William Blake.  I don’t share his religious sensibilities, but when I look closely at them I share something beyond...

The Healing Power of Art: To Look Without Turning Away

by Dawn Patel | Mar 21, 2014 | art, art therapy, artists process, dawn patel art, domestic abuse, domestic violence, harassment, healing, healing from abuse, healing through art, visionary art, why paint?

Painting in Progress.  The Escape is becoming a new painting.  I’m still not sure  of the new title.I posted my last post ten days ago.  It began with the phrase “Victim no More,”  and when I wrote it I knew that would...

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...

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