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I am obsessed by color. I am a sucker for the drama of striking light. I keep being drawn to the lush fullness of fruit. I’m soothed by looking at flowers. I think food can be as beautiful as anything else. I want only the simplicity of watercolor – painting pure pigment on cotton paper. I love to make these paintings.

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For four years I faithfully wrote weekly journal entries for my blog.  Now and then I go back to what I’ve written and think that some of this huge body of  content could be given new life – but the impulse was to use my speaking voice this go-round.

Watercolor Conversations with Cara Brown is the result.  I am re-visiting some of these journal entries – sharing the stories, seeking, and inspiration in my written words – along with whatever else occurs to me to say at this point in time. 

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2007 – Twin Dahlias finished

Home from Kauai, resting up against the garage door - all done. It became Carol Hannon's painting within two weeks. Some go fast.

2007 – May – Twin Dalias background

On the bed in the little room downstairs at Tommy and Steff's on Kauai. I went over for a week on my own to paint and hang with my Kauai sister. I had just finished Fauchon Eclairs and got started on the dahlias.