Author Archives: Michaela

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Days Between Stations

‘Winter Sings a Song to Springtime’  Last week was a busy one with garden design work and meetings. I did manage to get in a few walks and sketches, but my painting stations were paused. […]

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Rain at South Pond, Revisited

Rain at South Pond, 2016, Oil and Graphite on Wood Panel, 32″ x 32″ Late last summer and into early fall, I made a series of abstract pieces  —graphite, polychromos pencil and pastel on paper— […]

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Still Life with Frozen Branches

Still Life with Frozen Branches, 2016, Oil and Graphite on 3′ x 2′ Wood Panel (click all the way through to enlarge image) Wayward hemlock branches —knocked loose by winter storms— inspire as they emerge […]

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Field Notes from Early March

Early March Traverse, 2016, Graphite and Soft Pastel on 15″ x 12″ Handmade Paper  Having a really, really, long, steep driveway has many disadvantages in winter. The weather that inspires so much of my work […]

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