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Just when you thought it was safe.<\/p>\n

Our area–my town and the one adjoining it–has just gone through a fire. Large parts, including many neighborhoods, of Phoenix and Talent were destroyed. I was fortunate that my home and studio were spared. So many were not so lucky. It is heartbreaking to see the destruction and know that so many have lost all that they had. I drove only a fourth of the area and it was impossible to hold back the tears. 
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\nIt has been difficult to keep a monthly newsletter current since this pandemic started in March of this year. It appears that almost every month brings into focus something of grave importance and what I have to share seems less important and more trivial than ever given the realities of this country and that of the world. 
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\nThis fire seems to be such an act of destruction that I once again feel it is hard to share what has transpired for me in my world of art. Amongst the tragedies and the grieving, there have been some surprising turns of events for my art that I wanted to share. 
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\nAs I wrote in my spring newsletter, my work was accepted into four museum shows this year. The first was the High Desert Museum’s annual Art in the West auction, for which I sent three pieces. Two were framed prints and one small original. They all sold for the museum. Yes! I was thrilled for them. I just love the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon. If you are not familiar with it, click here to learn more.<\/a>  
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\nI was juried into the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum for their 45th annual Birds in Art competition. It is a great honor to have been chosen from among so many well-known and talented artists. The show runs from September 12, 2020, to February 21, 2021. <\/p>\n

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The Coloring Book Page<\/em><\/p>\n

Coloring books bring back pleasant childhood memories, not only my own of laying on the living room floor coloring with my brother, but also watching my children color together. Bird coloring books were among my favorites; the drawings always seemed magical. Here, the torn page suggests the reality of change and the passing of time. We store treasured items in scrapbooks and boxes, often forgetting about them. When we see a reminder, a scrap of what was, memories surface and we step back in time. I made a conscious choice not to color in the page, leaving it as a blank canvas, so to speak, to encourage viewers to reminisce about childhood and time spent drawing or coloring with freedom and curiosity and love.<\/p>\n

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I was informed a few weeks ago that my piece was selected to tour to a number of other museums. See the link here.<\/a> The show will be going to Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York (March 19 \u2013 May 16, 2021); Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor, Maine (June 11 \u2013 August 14, 2021); Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, Connecticut (September 3 \u2013 October 31, 2021); and Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, California (November 26, 2021 \u2013 January 23, 2022). I hope if you are near any of these museums you will take in this show.<\/p>\n

Here are links to ways to see Birds in Art virtually:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 On the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s website<\/a>, you\u2019ll find an album of photographs, including installation views.
\n\u00b7 Check out Birds in Art artist-voices videos by downloading their free app and\/or via the museum\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s my video slideshow:<\/p>\n