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Armchair Travel: Notes on Britain and Rory Pilgrim’s RAFTS
The Slough, Unique Transfer Print “I think one of the most precious things we can do is also think about dreaming or the imagination as a support structure. It is something that is rudimental to our...
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New Forest Card Designs and Sketching the Future
The New Year has come in with a roar of ice, snow, rain and broken pipes. It seemed fitting to learn to mix the colors of January, although washing paint out of my brushes has been difficult with...
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Iskra Fine Art Spring Shows 2024: Save the Date!
The Sweeper, from Like Mother, curated by Kelly Lyles The big sleep of winter seems to have abruptly ended this week, with 70 degrees predicted Sunday! Along with the bloom of forsythia and plum there...
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Spotlight North Open Studios 2024 Available Work
Magnolia Blossom, mixed media on panel 6 x 6″ ©Iskra Johnson Spotlight North Open Studios 2024 I have been busy this month getting ready for Spotlight North Open Studios, showcasing the work and...
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Memorial Day Letter (to a Fellow Gardener)
I am sitting in my garden, appreciating the beauty of the layered leaves. The cloud cover is that particular shade of Memorial Gray, neither dingy nor celebratory, but softly understanding of all...
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Thoughts on Sebastian Junger and Life After Death
Baroque Morning, printing ink and sgraffito on paper, ©Iskra Johnson An Evening at Town Hall in Seattle with Sebastian Junger How long should the mood of Memorial Day last? It seems to have...
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Seattle’s Iconic Landmarks: New Fine Art Print and Stationery Series
The Atlas of Memory, Iconic Landmarks of Seattle For the past few months I have been working on a series of prints and stationery brought to you by a new (somewhat fictional) entity called The Atlas of...
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Summer Solstice Flower Suite
Chiaroscuro of the Garden The Summer Solstice is a day to revel in color and light. Only a few peonies bloom in my dappled shade, but for a week I live in the intoxication of their perfume. Placed...
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Open Studio Tours: Creating Sustainable Ecosystems for the Arts
Shruti Ghatak’s home painting studio Creating a Sustainable Arts Ecosystem The word “sustainability” is everpresent today in discussions of climate change and global warming. Less often do we hear it...
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Iskra Summer Shows 2024
Looking At You, mixed process print, variable sizes, © Iskra Johnson I’ve just dropped new work off at SAM Gallery for the upcoming show, “Splash!” opening August 10, from 2-4 PM. Work from my...
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