Online artist blog, documenting 30+ years of creative work.
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CAW is an amazing community art space in Santa Barbara. Today they have a one day pop up show that features over 400 artworks, all 12×12 inches in size. I submitted four from my door series.
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You know that junk drawer in the desk? I have something similar for oil paint. I haven’t purchased any new tubes because I’m moving toward non toxic art materials. Today I took some photos of the paint while I was working in the studio. It’s something I love, the oil painting process. Sometime the cap…
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Standing back from this painting I felt a shock at the realization that it was suddenly done. The second wave of the surprise hit me just as fast, I like this painting. The colors are bold and muddy at the same time. It holds together just barely and I’m resisting the urge to tidy…
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Below are images from my brush collection and you can see I have a clear preference for square and round paint brush styles. I’m also including some dream statements that include the words character (1) and style in this post. Paint brushes have personality or characteristics that change with use. Selection on a brush for…
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Working on a mural size painting of mermaids in the garage as it rains outside. Reflecting on the distortion in 360 camera shots.
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I have been making art for 30 years now (OMG). I was cleaning all the ash from the Thomas Fire out of my art storage unit in Ventura and I realized that I wanted to get these old paintings out into the world! If you have walls to decorate… this art that needs a little…
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These 12×12 mixed media paintings are the first in a new style. I’m using a combination of acrylic, paper, gems, glitter, ink, and oil pastel. It gives a variation in texture that I love to work with and also line quality, fluidity, and other technique stuff. Unfortunately the photo takes all the life out of…
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I share my artist diary on this blog to inspire others to do creative work and unleash their hidden talents.
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Mitra Cline is an interdisciplinary artist inspired by journalism, fine art, performance, and design.
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This series is bright colors with metallic acrylics. The loose canvas rectangles are cut from a larger piece. The main painting from this canvas was double sided. I will put photos of the original in the collage below. A Rumi poem inspired some of this work. Physical separation of the head with a cut canvas…
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Perfect Math, 18×24 inch mixed media on brown paper. Every day I make art but now I’m counting days of the California stay at home order. Mt daily practice starts with setting up the supplies, preferably outside. Light a candle, put on inspiration music, maker apron, and stretch. It’s important to have a ritual at…
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My daily creative practice requires self-discipline. The current health emergency is clearly in today’s drawing. The figure is bending the curve in my picture as we all aim to stop the exponential growth of the Covid-19 pandemic. I also choose to work with oil pastels from my great grandmother. I like using art materials given…
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Group painting is the Original Odyssey challenge for March 2020. To contribute to the group painting, please reach out to Mitra@foreverbird.com You can visit the site for more details about the limited edition sets and the digital version. >> https://foreverbird.com/original-odyssey/
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Due to the trend of social distance, the Mystic reception on Saturday is cancelled. No one wants to end up in isolation, and hopefully our activities will return to normal soon. I hope you enjoy a good documentary on Netflix this weekend. Or, if your lucky to live someplace like Santa Barbara, it time for…
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This design is portable. It fits into a bike trailer. You can travel with it as far as you can bike ride. It’s a temporary point of sale for festivals, conventions, and parties. The first public test will be this Saturday at the Mystic art reception in Lompoc. You can see all the tarot cards…
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Today was the inaugural bike ride for the bike size tarot reading setup. It is the fourth iteration of a bike studio design in the last 5 years or so of testing. This version fits everything with a 22 gallon plastic outdoor storage bench and a bungee cord net.
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I’m giving away a set of my first edition card set. I’m including pastels too. Click to participate. Visit original odyssey for more info.
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