Author: Anna Rich
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Painting from the imagination
Sometime in the winter of 2018 this scenario presented itself of the president, in his long overcoat, walking through ruins, no one else around. Buildings collapsed and smoking, destruction everywhere. I didn’t use any reference and I don’t recall exactly what fresh hell was afoot at the time but this was way back at the…
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Beard Street construction.
Almost quitting time. If you’ve ever watched one of these construction crews work for any length of time, you know they go like a clock. This crew installed what looked like a water main. They had the big machines hoisting pieces of it into place. The trench on Beard Street was deep enough for a…
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Rainy Memorial Day Weekend
It is pouring and chilly. On a day like this, twenty-seven years ago, I waited for the Lighting Designer to make his appearance, Now I’m here in the studio with nothing to paint until I look over to the window at my companion light, one of the Lighting Designer’s inventions glimmering away, changing colors, keeping…
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Sketchbook: La Perla
In October of 2013 I was wandering around Lima, Peru via Google maps one evening, sketchbook and fountain pen in hand. I came upon an interesting view and decided to sketch it. Facing a roundabout in what is likely a suburb of Lima called La Perla. I found a statue of the Virgin Mary on…