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    Letting Go

    https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/angel-and-dove-oil-painting-by-natalie-buske-thomas.mp4 Watch this Angel Releasing Dove painting come to life in 2 minutes (time lapse), using broken pieces of shells I found on the beach, and a tiny “dove” from inside a sand dollar I also found there, at Tybee Island, Georgia. There are times when we must let go,…

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    Do you want a cookie?

    https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/oil-painting-georgia-peach-cookies-by-natalie-buske-thomas.mp4 Watch me paint these peach cookies with powdered sugar coating, from the book “50 Oil Paintings Inspired by Savannah, Georgia” (1 minute time lapse) When we were children and someone asked us, “Do you want a cookie?” we’d probably have said yes without hesitation (unless it was a type…

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    Anxiety

    Watch me paint “Waterfall Flowers” in 1 minute (time lapse) This is a fictional landscape, just something from my imagination, but it was based on a real place in Northern Wisconsin. The place I was inspired by was a wooded area with a waterfall and a single picnic table nearby.…

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    Today is my Birthday!

    https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/autumn-angel-oil-painting-by-natalie-buske-thomas-sept-2019.mp4 Watch me paint “Autumn Angel” in 2 minutes (time lapse) Since today is my birthday, I searched for an oil painting I’ve done that represents who I am. At first, I thought of the most obvious choices, such as ones where I make a cameo appearance, like “Come to…

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    Trust

    Watch me paint these cardinals in 40 seconds (time lapse) I just came back inside after an exhilarating experience! We’ve had a male and female cardinal as frequent visitors to our patio garden bird feeder. This spring they apparently welcomed a nest of wee ones into this world. We think…

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    New Painting – Moonlight Landscape

    Watch me paint “Owl and Rabbit” in 2 minutes (time lapse), a landscape that is also available as two separate works “Owl” and “Rabbit“. You may have seen my previous new painting announcements when I finished “Owl” and “Rabbit”. The final touch was adding the moon. Keeping the landscape simple…

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    What do you see?

    I only meant to paint a faint outline of the fish skeleton, but my daughter looked at the canvas and said, “oh, nice addition to paint the cross in there”. Wow, I didn’t even see that. So then I asked my other daughter what she saw. Expected to hear fish…

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    New Painting – Rabbit

    Watch my oil painting of a rabbit come to life in about a minute! (time lapse) Another new painting done! One step closer to my lifetime goal of 1k finished paintings! This is also another project done for this year’s collection. I have only 4 slots left to fill to…

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    Distorted Reality

    Watch me paint “Kitchen Devotions” in under 1 minute (time lapse) Surrealism is an art style that combines unusual elements together to produce a dreamlike effect; merging reality with fantasy, simulating the subconscious mind. But sometimes paintings are just “a little bit” surreal. The unexpected, unreal, or dreamlike qualities may…

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    Fear

    Watch me paint “Forest Fire” in 1 minute (time lapse) What scares you? Fires, hurricanes, storms, floods, criminal violence, car/plane/train crashes, losing a loved one, medical issues, loss of freedom? Open spaces, closed spaces, heights, water, heat, cold? Social anxiety in a crowd, or isolation when not in one? When…