THE POWERFUL BENEFITS OF ORIGINAL ART
Art is more than just a pretty picture Learn how the art you collect can enrich your daily life. "When you do something for the first...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Artist or AI?
“A man cannot understand the art he is studying if he only looks for the end result without taking the time to delve deeply into the...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Feb 21
- 3 min
"I don't know why I like it; I just Like it."
"As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations when all is said and done? A painter has...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Jan 26
- 2 min
Time and Emotion
"True art lies in a reality that is felt." – Odilon Redon Art can be so difficult to discuss because it evokes so much emotion. The link...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Letting Go In 2023
Letting GO I closed up shop in Connecticut for the season and headed back south to the warm winds of Southwestern Bonita Springs. 2022 I...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Dec 19, 2022
- 4 min
"the touchstone of painting."- Still Life
"December" 12x12 oil on board Édouard Manet once called still life "the touchstone of painting." – 'still life' – is intriguing in...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Nov 20, 2022
- 4 min
Art & Feast
The first Thanksgiving occurred in 1621 when the Mayflower pilgrims sat down for a three-day meal with the Wampanoag. 19th-century...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Oct 25, 2022
- 3 min
A Pirate Tale
41.25977° N, 72.75261° W Wheeler Island 8x10 Oil on canvas When my oldest son turned 5, I had a pirate-themed birthday party for him with...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
Ruins and Rebirth
"'All beginnings wear their endings like dark shadows," astronomer-physicist Chet Raymo. What is it about abandoned structures that...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Aug 28, 2022
- 3 min
The Wreck
12x12 mixed media on panel "And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Aug 19, 2022
- 3 min
A Series of Mistakes
“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.” - Marianne Williamson It's Not About Perfect: Are you like me, often...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Jul 31, 2022
- 2 min
… "memory and imagination are basically the same things." Thomas Hobbes (1588 – 1679)
Many people take summer vacations. Perhaps you were one of the lucky people afforded this luxury. In choosing a vacation spot, it seems...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Jul 19, 2022
- 2 min
The Old Bucket Story and The Hydrangea Path
Oil on Canvas 30x24 This lovely seaside home I walk by reminds me of a story I love so much I want to share it with you. Perhaps you know...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Jun 29, 2022
- 4 min
Home on the Rocks
24x24x2 Oil on Canvas Home on the Rock "Home on the Rocks" is a Painting I created from the Banks of my summer home in Guilford,...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Jun 15, 2022
- 3 min
The Black and White Path
Let The Days Go By 13x13x2 Framed mixed media board The "Black and White" path is a series that I started thinking about over a year ago....
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Lorelei Sowa
- May 27, 2022
- 2 min
The Lily Pond at Harbour Court
Oil on Canvas 12x16x2 "To be an artist is to believe in life." We are approaching June 21, which is the summer solstice. According to...
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Lorelei Sowa
- May 15, 2022
- 3 min
Coffee and Biscuits
Oil on Canvas 20x16x1 Coffee and Biscuits “Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work least.”—Leonardo da Vinci...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Apr 27, 2022
- 3 min
"Is the glass half empty or half full?"
Oil on Canvas 12x16x2 "Is the glass half empty or half full?" Most of us are familiar with this rhetorical proverb. The phrase is often...
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Lorelei Sowa
- Apr 6, 2022
- 5 min
Golf and Art both utilize Play!
12x16 Oil on Canvas Board Hi Everyone! Many of my followers know that I spent most of the last decade trying to learn the game of golf....
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Lorelei Sowa
- Mar 17, 2022
- 3 min
Today Color is Brought to you by the letter G!
What is your favorite color? Why? The short answer is "IT DEPENDS." Back in the early 1990s, when I was fully absorbed in Art School, I...
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