Category Archives: Curious Endeavors

Workshops, projects, and bizarre activities I’m involved in that feed into the art I am creating.

Living in “The Land of Is.”

I’m not supposed to be here.  On this very day you should be finding me in Annaghmakerrig, County Monaghan, Ireland.  I’m supposed to be at an artist residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre tucked in the rolling green of the … Continue reading

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Not Being Funny and the History of Roberta Guthrie

So it was a bitter Winter and Spring of loss this year.  In a little over six months I was debilitated by the death (in order) of my sister (December 22), dog Bonny (January 23), dear friend John (May 23), … Continue reading

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Reflections on a Life to Live

I’ve been making art now for twenty eight years.  My friend Dan who is a professor at Biola University in Southern California sent me recently the photo below. In it you see a painting I created in my junior year … Continue reading

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Bellevue: Fair

So carted the following items up to the Bellevue Art Festival two weeks ago:  3 shadow boxes, 3 watercolor on claybord with assemblage, 4 cast bronze sculptures, 6 assemblage sculptural figures, 7 framed oil paintings, 8 oil paintings with assemblage, … Continue reading

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Serving with Love Inc on Serve Day

So I was part of a team working on George Fox’s Serve Day last week at Love INC, a local non profit.  For whatever reason, the video crew from Fox decided to make us their project for the day.  Here … Continue reading

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Triggerfish Critical Review

I am currently the featured artist in Triggerfish Critial Review, an on line poetry publication (issue #9).  They do a very nice job at presentation, and are featuring some of my ink/watercolor/gouache pieces, mixed media monotypes, as well as the … Continue reading

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Maryanna Hoggart and Stones 1

I’ll take ownership that I always feel a special feeling after purchasing a piece of artwork.  It is a celebration of beauty and tipping ones hat to the goodness of life.  Several months back I dropped by Guardino Gallery in … Continue reading

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A Successful Show

The Bellevue Festival of the Arts was a blast to participate in. Highlights were: •  Getting the art seen by a wider audience. •  Great conversations with folks about the work. •  Meeting a swath of wonderful artists who do … Continue reading

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Adventures in England and France

Well, I have to admit that I have been in England and France for three weeks here in May with fourteen students from George Fox.  We had a very good time and visited the standards of  Paris and London but … Continue reading

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The rest of the speech.

All the new illustrations for Clella Jaffe’s book “Public Speaking:  concepts and skills for a diverse society” are done.  Thought I’d give you a look see of the last two new ones: I was in need of getting these illustrations … Continue reading

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