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    Happy Father’s Day!

    Watch me paint these penguins in 2 minutes (time lapse) This recent painting (first shared on May 6), is a perfect choice for all of you dads out there. The expression on the baby penguin’s face is priceless. Even if this is parent penguin is actually a female (I have…

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    Collaborating Artists

    Watch me paint “Geese” in 1 minute (time lapse) Do you remember when I shared this painting? It’s a relatively new one, from April (New Painting – Honk!). The story behind this is that two geese were visiting the lagoon behind our house every day for a week or so.…

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    Do you have Dangerous Friends?

    Watch me paint Gator and Snake in under 2 minutes (time lapse) Alligators live in the neighborhood lagoon behind our house. From time to time, the housing association hires someone to remove them, but they always come back. A few days ago I stood on my patio and took this…

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    Embrace the Storm

    https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/eye-of-the-storm-oil-painting-by-natalie-buske-thomas-aug-31-2019.mp4 Watch me paint “Eye of the Storm” in under 2 minutes (time lapse) This painting was inspired by live radar of Hurricane Irma. How fascinating to watch the storm as it moved over the ocean! Up North, I’d been through bitter life threatening cold of -25 actual temperature, not…

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    Choreograph your Life

    https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dancer-in-a-floral-forest-oil-painting-by-natalie-buske-thomas.mp4 Watch me paint “Dancer in a Floral Forest” in just over 2 minutes (time lapse) Did you notice how my painting comes alive to the rhythm of the music? My brush strokes seem choreographed, as if dancing. This synchronicity was natural and authentic, not contrived. I sped up the…

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    Timeless

    Watch me paint this city scene with fountain from downtown Savannah, Georgia in 2 minutes (time lapse) It’s difficult to tell when I painted this scene because there’s not much in the painting that dates it to a specific time period. There are no automobiles or people to judge by…

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    Are you open?

    Watch me paint “Bird of Light” in 2 minutes (time lapse) From my book “50 Oil Paintings Inspired by my Christian Faith”: The oil painting “Bird of Light” was created especially for this collection, and specifically for this section “Life after Death”. I wanted to share with you about how…

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    Secrets

    Watch me paint this apple tree branch in 1 minute (time lapse) If we’re being honest, there are no secrets to life’s happiness. What we need to be happy is intuitive. The real secrets are the ones we don’t tell: why don’t we do the things we know we should?…

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    Are you worried?

    Watch me paint this puffin in 2 minutes (time lapse) We have many reasons to feel worried. We worry about our personal circumstances that few (or maybe only we) know about. Private fears keep us awake at night: fears about illness, tragedy, work, financial crisis, grief, and trouble concerning our…