by kathleen-obrien | Apr 30, 2025 | 4 seasons, studio updates
In this Mid-Spring Studio Update I share what’s new since mid-winter. This is another favorite time of year, when we see the joyful return of spring perennials, and with hope plant seeds and welcome the light half of the year – Beltane, May Eve! (more…)
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by kathleen-obrien | Feb 20, 2025 | collectors
“Just want you to see what a lovely part of my life you are.” (more…)
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by kathleen-obrien | Jan 30, 2025 | studio updates
I am grateful for the creativity that bubbles up from mystery. This cold snowy season has provided long quiet days to proceed with creative activities. I’d like to share what’s going on. (more…)
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by kathleen-obrien | Dec 31, 2024 | year ReView

Spring Flowers and fauna
Just in the nick of time I looked back at this incredible year and wrote the ReView, it’s always satisfying. Do you practice this as well? (more…)
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by kathleen-obrien | Nov 25, 2024 | new art
The best title for this diptych eludes me, so I’m calling it “Breadcrumbs” which refers to an assignment to follow the breadcrumbs suggested by Nicolas Wilton. (more…)
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by kathleen-obrien | Oct 30, 2024 | 4 seasons, Open Studio, studio updates
Whether you celebrate The Night of the Ancestors (Samhuin), Dias de la Muertos, Halloween, or all of them, Happy Mid-Autumn Celebrations! (more…)
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by kathleen-obrien | Oct 15, 2024 | new art, Open Studio
If lilacs can bloom in October, certainly I can honor that by memorializing the occasion. Funny, I had started correcting “Lilac Enchantment” in the summer, maybe because I missed them blooming at their usual April appearance. (more…)
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by kathleen-obrien | Sep 30, 2024 | new art
The Long Journey Home is a series of four acrylic paintings. What began as expressions of feelings, with no thought of what the paintings would become, (more…)
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by kathleen-obrien | Sep 30, 2024 | artist book, artists
Pocket Books is a collaboration with Ellen Reinkraut that combines affirmations she sent to me many years ago. (more…)
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by kathleen-obrien | Sep 22, 2024 | 4 seasons, artist book
Continuing with the equinox ~ equinox project, I was happy to be back home and get back to work. Maybe I was trying to create a cool respite from the heat. (more…)
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