tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39960555755181895282024-03-13T02:53:40.351-07:00marla karimipour • almost a painting a daybut more like a painting every so often because with kids it's difficult....Marla Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10416284296412855613noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996055575518189528.post-47412476827067754062013-04-14T19:07:00.002-07:002013-04-14T19:07:39.152-07:00detroit artist's marketWow, it sure has been quiet here. Well, I was asked to be in a show! I posted about it <a href="http://mamamakesfromscratch.blogspot.com/2013/04/detroit-artists-market.html">HERE!!!</a><br />
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Wow, I can't believe it. I haven't put a brush to any surface since July. JULY! How in the world did that happen... Well, it is good to be back. Great even. I can't really go beyond great, because the painting itself wasn't so great. It is very apparent that I am out of practice. And I have to admit, I never really took too much stock in the whole you have to paint every day to keep limber thing. But maybe that's because I WAS painting every day. Or almost every day. Or once a week, maybe... In any case, I was painting quite a bit more frequently than ten months. Wow. TEN MONTHS. I still can't believe it...</div>
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So what have I been doing, you ask? Well, even if you didn't ask, I'll tell you anyway. I have been writing a cookbook. </div>
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But not so much if you think about it. My son has life threatening allergies, and after having to cook three meals a day, every day, I have developed several tricks of the trade I guess you can say. All while amassing a nice little collection of recipes... If this interests you, please check out my other blog, mama makes from scratch (<a href="http://mamamakesfromscratch.blogspot.com/">mamamakesfromscratch.blogspot.com</a>). It has recipes, crafts, and really bloggy type stuff.... </div>
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I don't have much to say about this one. It's a blueberry. From behind.Marla Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10416284296412855613noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996055575518189528.post-63197953455838862952011-07-25T12:59:00.000-07:002011-07-25T12:59:39.159-07:00one no. five<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5jEAHi5RgME/Ti3JbsdXjnI/AAAAAAAAAIg/sl2MAP7Lz0E/s1600/L1120330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5jEAHi5RgME/Ti3JbsdXjnI/AAAAAAAAAIg/sl2MAP7Lz0E/s320/L1120330.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br />
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Well..... here is yet another blueberry... I don't really have anything to say about this one that would be any different from the last one. Or the one before that. In my own defense, my mind has been on other things. My daughter has a cold and my dog has to go see a shrink.... But just as I was about to apologize for being so monotonous with my paintings (just a note to remind you that I am following a dream idea with all of these blueberries), I received a lovely message complimenting me on them! It really doesn't get any better than that.. I will keep on keepin on then.......Marla Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10416284296412855613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996055575518189528.post-35989137360214500552011-07-20T13:32:00.000-07:002011-07-20T13:32:58.442-07:00one no. four<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9K7jZ0ca-sw/Tic6OW5h5TI/AAAAAAAAAIc/Li3JsZ99oAE/s1600/L1120317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9K7jZ0ca-sw/Tic6OW5h5TI/AAAAAAAAAIc/Li3JsZ99oAE/s320/L1120317.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br />
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For some reason, it really looks way better in person. And the 95 degree heat was really pounding on my back so that I could smell my skin while painting. And there were two flies dive bombing my head. So actually, between the heat, the skin burning smell, and the kamikaze flies...... <br />
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The series continues... I really don't know what the deal is though, about these photos. They are really quite lousy. I just can't seem to find the right spot to photograph the final paintings........Marla Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10416284296412855613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996055575518189528.post-15669913194413721492011-07-15T13:40:00.000-07:002011-07-19T14:15:15.481-07:00one no. two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q4LcSw00kpA/TiCkBZUrfXI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/LXS7qIDaNV8/s1600/L1120282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q4LcSw00kpA/TiCkBZUrfXI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/LXS7qIDaNV8/s320/L1120282.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br />
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Wow. That sounded way too deep for a Friday afternoon.Marla Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10416284296412855613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996055575518189528.post-38437838853361715512011-07-12T14:18:00.000-07:002011-07-12T14:19:18.715-07:00yellow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-exKTnD8f1Jk/Thy4QtE47EI/AAAAAAAAAII/LNrCxFRn2F0/s1600/L1120277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-exKTnD8f1Jk/Thy4QtE47EI/AAAAAAAAAII/LNrCxFRn2F0/s320/L1120277.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"></span>This painting has just grown on me. And by just, I literally mean just now, this very moment, as I loaded it here. It was a real menace, this one, maybe because I've been out of town with my feet in the sand for the past week. It's so funny. The first painting in after a hiatus, no matter how long, is usually pretty rough. Especially when I have a deadline that is quickly closing in.... I don't like them while I am painting, but after I'm through, they end up being some of my favorites. Go figure.Marla Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10416284296412855613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996055575518189528.post-8947139375047390682011-06-27T14:34:00.000-07:002011-06-27T14:34:45.925-07:00this little piggy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lV8LTkcP6xY/Tgj2QSJrKgI/AAAAAAAAAIE/s5rvoxEwdWU/s1600/L1120081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lV8LTkcP6xY/Tgj2QSJrKgI/AAAAAAAAAIE/s5rvoxEwdWU/s320/L1120081.JPG" width="317" /></a></div><br />
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I took a sky break today.. I actually can't believe I hadn't thought to paint this little guy months ago. It is a magnet, and it's less than an inch long, and a little more than half an inch wide. I really felt my age today. I had to wear my glasses for pretty much the entire painting.......Marla Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10416284296412855613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996055575518189528.post-50667622176069479402011-06-24T16:36:00.000-07:002011-06-24T16:36:37.761-07:00crosswalk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i2LBLnEiB88/TgUfFjAFAHI/AAAAAAAAAIA/jIRB2OYOauI/s1600/L1120068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i2LBLnEiB88/TgUfFjAFAHI/AAAAAAAAAIA/jIRB2OYOauI/s320/L1120068.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><br />
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I haven't been sleeping lately. It's either due to a kid waking up in the middle of the night, a dog (or two) barking (or howling), a cat (barking or howling or chirping- she is very talented), horrifying nightmares, or as in the case of last night, insomnia. By the time the babies go down for their nap, I have been so exhausted that painting is completely out of the question. Instead, I have been making pillows. How ironic, I said to myself. I can't sleep. So I made pillows. Without even making that connection until 10 minutes ago. My subconscious, ladies and gentlemen, hard at work.Marla Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10416284296412855613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996055575518189528.post-69065433459291457512011-05-20T13:48:00.000-07:002011-05-20T13:48:18.464-07:00clearing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tb46W-9xAYc/TdbS2szpbDI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/daGLeNnMa5g/s1600/L1110943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tb46W-9xAYc/TdbS2szpbDI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/daGLeNnMa5g/s320/L1110943.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Ahhhhhh...... I always forget how wonderful it is to paint until I can't do it. And oh how I love to paint skies. This is the start of a series I have been planning for over a year. I want to start on the small panels and eventually (when I have time) move to very large canvases. I am so excited to get started.... But, with both kids having just woken up from their naps, at the exact same time, creating complete havoc in their respective rooms (one is having coughing fits while the other seems to be taking apart his crib by way of some sort of blunt object and then throwing the pieces at the wall- or so it sounds), I have to apologize for the terrible photo. I am more than a little distracted......Marla Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10416284296412855613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3996055575518189528.post-69519626827284325052011-05-05T13:38:00.000-07:002011-05-05T13:38:51.080-07:00slew<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sv1_7C4zUUE/TcMJdjQs67I/AAAAAAAAAG8/HTYlGKPifEo/s1600/L1110884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sv1_7C4zUUE/TcMJdjQs67I/AAAAAAAAAG8/HTYlGKPifEo/s320/L1110884.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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