Happy New Year!
Wow, it's already waaay into the New Year, isn't it?
I am planning a crazy season, think I would have learned my lesson last year. Here we go, a spring full of art fairs and this year I will explore the markets of California, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah (hopefully anyway). Anyone have a trailer for sale cheap? How about a volunteer assistant?
Upcoming exhibits listed here, do come by if you can.
http://www.1000woodcuts.com/exhibits/exhibit.html

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New Stuff:
Axenic, of the vessel series
http://www.printmakingstudio.com/fullsize/axenic.html

Crossing the Lake and Beyond the Bridge of the road series
http://www.printmakingstudio.com/fullsize/crossinglake.html
http://www.printmakingstudio.com/fullsize/beyondbridge.html

Playing With Fire of the Out of the Wood series
http://www.printmakingstudio.com/fullsize/playingwithfire.html

Updated pages:
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More Quotes
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Road Trip continues, text is all uploaded now, prints await my burin...
http://www.1000woodcuts.com/1000woodcuts/road3.html

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Thoughts and Ramblings

Every time I get back from the Midwest I feel inspired by the calming effects of farm country. This year I brought back a concept that sticks in my mind: "keep the plow on the ground."
I guess there is a lot of extraneous thinking that goes along with any profession, certainly with the artistic pursuit. One thousand questions come through my head daily: Am I doing enough? Too much? The right kind of art? Will it sell? Do I have to care if it sells? Are my prints big enough, small enough, colorful enough, beautiful enough, impressive enough? Should I join local groups? Approach more galleries? Enter more competitions?
Enough to give me a headache before my morning Power Bar (hey! try them, full of nutritious...something or the other).
Then that little phrase comes along--keep the plow on the ground. No really, in Spain I used to go to the countryside and look at those awesome and powerful horses we call "percherones," here known as "Clydesdales." Work horses, pulling hard on the plow with their head down, blinders on, sweating with pride, seemingly enjoying the brutal workout.
Never mind how big the field or how poor the weather, never mind who is watching or what they think--never a thought, just pull ahead knowing THAT is how work gets done.
Let's plow that field, shall we?

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Monthly Offerings

It's cleaning house season!
http://www.1000woodcuts.com/1000woodcuts/specialoffers.html

Going once...going twice...
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/maritensy/

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Quote(s) of the Day

"Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected
encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best
each day."
--Booker T. Washington

"I walk firmer and more secure up hill than down."
--Michel de Montaigne

Thanks for listening and health to all,
Maria
 

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