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    Peace be with You

    Watch me paint this Cherokee Rose in 2 minutes (time lapse) I originally had a completely different post written, one that I spent a couple of hours on. It was briefly published, so some of you may have seen it. Unfortunately the new technology that I was so excited about…

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    Are you impossible?

    Watch me paint this eagle taking down an owl in under 1 minute (time lapse) Are you impossible? Sometimes we describe a stubborn person as being “impossible”. We may not be fully aware of times when we are ourselves impossible- TO ourselves. Often, it’s a spiritual battle we’re fighting and…

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    Be Mysterious

    Watch me paint this coastal scene from Dingle, Ireland in 2 minutes (time lapse). I visited this area when I was living in Ireland in 2016. If you want to win the right to remain fully human, you must first desire freedom from control, enslavement and the systemic breakdown of…

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    Growing or Thriving?

    Do you remember when I first posted “Strawberry Flower” (when I painted it in April)? At the time, the strawberry wasn’t actually ripe yet. Indeed, it was barely a strawberry when I chose to paint my daughter’s strawberry plant that hangs outside. I painted into the future a bit, by…

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    Free Online Art Classes

    Watch the above video for a teaser about what my art course is like, and also a short inspirational speech to motivate you to pursue whatever your heart desires (not limited to painting or the arts, but life in general). If you’d like to take this course, you need to…

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    Are you a tiger?

    Watch me paint this tiger in 2 minutes (time lapse) My daughter wanted me to paint a tiger. This art now hangs in her room. She has a large plush tiger that stretches out the length of her bed, tiger patterns on some of her clothes, tiger jigsaw puzzles, and…

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    Solitary Roses

    Watch me paint this art in support of families of autistic children Some may claim that I have glorified or downplayed autism, but this painting was meant to express the profound love that families have for their children who have autism. Art is a language. Sometimes we understand each other…

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    Are you my Friend?

    https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/breakfast-with-friends-oil-painting-by-natalie-buske-thomas.mp4 Watch me paint “Breakfast with Friends” in 2 minutes (time lapse) There are powerful occasions when we bond instantly with random strangers whose timelines intersect with ours, whether briefly or stretched out for years- perhaps even lifelong from that point forward. It could be as a result of a…