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Life is Hard (without art)

Posted by Pam Reinke on

Life is Hard (without art)
Life is hard.
Because what we wanted and purchased
didn't really make us happy after all,
because who we love doesn't complete us
or doesn't care as much as we hoped.
We are lonely with ourselves and others.
We are famous and we are rich.
We are living the dream,
maybe the world revers us and we have it all
yet it only looks like that from the outside.

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The StoryTellers

Posted by Pam Reinke on

The StoryTellers Having always deemed myself a 'whimsical illustrator,' (dreaming of being a Fine Artist,) I was grateful when this new style began in October 2014. It came at me like some magical creative storm. Sketchbook after sketchbook filled with designs, within 4 years, I had 34 paintings completed. It is all about breaking up the space. The goal is to balance an arrangement of warm colors against cool colors, and geometric lines against organic lines. The viewer is compelled by the boldness of color, then upon closer inspection what is viewed is pieced together, like a puzzle. Not everyone...

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