Tag: Arnica Grace

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‘Brighter Tomorrow’ at the beach…

‘Brighter Tomorrow’ Oil painting 36″x 48″

     There’s gonna be a brighter day. The sun rises and illuminates your spirit, raising you up from your places of sorrow and regret, fear and loneliness, to rejoin the world and the people of it. The glories of nature are a soothing reminder that so long as we are here, there is something to appreciate. Be at peace. Make amends. Try again. Rise up with the new day and live with the wonder and joy you deserve to feel.

This painting made it to Port A Art Center on January 20th along with ‘Big Whoop II.’  Hopefully you will get to see it in person. It is quite striking, with much brighter colors than I usually employ. The impasto on the foam of the wave is the icing on the cake more or less. 😉

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Big Whoop II is drying…

Whoop whoop! This graceful animal is one of the greater hard luck to winner stories.
There should be hope remaining for all the rest of us so long as life is still ours.

This lovely painting will fly down to Port Aransas on January 20th to mingle with others for their annual whooping crane festival exhibit- the theme this year is ‘Birds.’

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Oil Painting Solutions Workshop Dec 10

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Click the link to sign up! Come paint with us in the beautiful Port Aransas Art Center and have some fun.

Oil Painting Solutions! A Fun Solvent Free workshop with Arnica Grace December 10, 2025

$80.00

Curious about oil painting, but never had a chance to try it? Join us for a fun workshop where you can minimize toxic exposure and speed up drying times!

All materials are provided, so you can focus on creating an 11″x14″ beach-themed painting while making new friends!

Enjoy art in a cool environment from 12:30 to 3:30 PM in the Art Center classroom. Bring your own lunch if needed.

* Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Arnica will guide you in preparing your paint palette and mixing colors. Your painting will be dry to the touch in 24-48 hours, depending on thickness of paint applied, compared to the typical 6 months for traditional oil paintings, with no unpleasant fumes in your home or vacation home! Yay!

Join us for some creative fun!

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Thank You!

Hopeful Horizons

     As a painter, I love my supporters more than any of you can know. You keep me going, you are the stream that floats my boat. My desire is to keep creating things to draw our love and attention to what is good and right in the world. When my work is purchased and taken out to your world, the love goes both ways.

Thank you, dear patron, you who purchased this large work from the Port A Art Center this week. I am eternally grateful for the moral and financial support!

36″x48″ Oil Panting ‘Hopeful Horizons’
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Splashdown I is now live and available!

The moment of splashdown is captured. Water rolls away from this adult brown pelican in impasto waves that beckon the viewer closer. On closer look, the fine darker plumage glows in its transparencies of many shades of mahogany. Light reflects off of the wings, expressing the freedom of the sky in it’s echoes of color taken from the background of a colorful horizon.

Beast and environment are one, just as we all yearn to be one within our own environs and communities. Harmony in the work as in the wild.

Traditional oil techniques, including the use of marble dust in the impasto. Framed in a white wooden frame, hanging wire attached and ready to grace your wall!

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King of the Hill!

Daydreams of ease and comfort. The pelican finds a place to survey his kingdom. A full belly and a cool breeze, a place in the sun. Peace and contentment are palpable here for this king of the hill reigns supreme. Be your own king or queen. Own your hill or boulder, even if just for this one moment. The world can be beautiful.

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Showing the Ropes- Gratitude for teachers

Thanks to everyone who has shown me the ropes through the years. There have been so many of you, and so many ropes, too!

I have completed my Associate of Applied Science in Paramedicine. It has been a two year journey of education and experience with some of the most wonderful people.  My teachers, clinical preceptors, and laboratory organizers have kicked my butt into shape. The paramedics on ambulances who had my back as they let me treat their patients had such grace and kindness as I tried to understand better how to do my job and take care of people.

I have been enjoying working as a paramedic for Emergency Medical Protection Services- a private EMS provider.

 

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Happy Heron

Joyful, joyful, to be alive at the beach! Make every day count.

This heron, unlike many of his counterparts chose to fish on the ocean side of Mustang Island. This is where I caught sight of him. As I happened to be on photo safari, I counted yet another blessing as I snapped his picture. Back in studio the image was used to inspire the final painting you see below.

This is my usual process for quite some time now, and it is enjoyable, challenging, rewarding, and full of fun surprises!