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    Nutty Day

    https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/oil-paintng-boiled-peanuts-for-sale-by-natalie-buske-thomas.mp4 Watch this oil painting of an old truck selling boiled peanuts at the road side in 2 minutes (time lapse) Before people became too afraid to be socially near each other, it was common to see independent vendors selling produce from their trucks by the side of the road.…

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    Misery

    Watch this “Miracle Dancer” oil painting come to life in 2 minutes (time lapse) Well, I said yesterday that I’ll know soon if the ant sting/bite attack was going to be miserable, and it is. My foot is very swollen and I’ve been hobbling along because any weight on it…

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    Not Again!

    Watch this oil painting about the dark side of the animal kingdom come to life in 2 minutes (time lapse) I don’t have a painting that shows the brutal pairing in my area of the animal kingdom. While there are gators just a few yards away in the lagoon, along…

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    Friday Freakishness

    https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/lizard-oil-painting-by-natalie-buske-thomas-sept-2019.mp4 Watch this oil painting of a lizard come to life in 1 minute (time lapse) Today was Leaping Lizards day! I was doing some gardening and lizards kept scaring the daylights out of me by popping out of whatever pot I was grabbing. One of them even leapt from…

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    Happy Grief?

    Watch this hedgehog oil painting come to life in about 1 minute (time lapse) You might remember when I painted this one and shared it in early April? At that time I hoped that the world would have sorted a few things out by the end of summer, and obviously…

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    Melancholy

    Watch this lighthouse painting come to life in 1 minute (time lapse) I share this one when I’m feeling melancholic, flitting back and forth between faint optimism and bittersweet sentiment, and a gloomy premonition that something bad is about to happen. This sense of doom is partly an empathetic response…

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    History

    Watch this oil painting of the day (July 23, 2020) that the Statue of Liberty in New York City looked to have been struck by a lightning bolt, go from blank canvas to finished art in about 2 minutes (time lapse). It’s easy to feel as if this amazing and…

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    How are you?

    Watch this oil painting of a bird in a forest come to life in about 2 minutes (time lapse) You might remember when I first shared this painting when I finished it in April? Here we are, five months later, and I’m guessing you are feeling a lot of the…

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    Another New Week

    Watch this vase of flowers oil painting come to life in 1 minute (time lapse). Did you have a restful Sunday? I hope that today you took time to reflect on the week ahead, and you’ve made productive, creative, and hopeful plans. Even if your plan is something simple, like…

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    Things we See

    Watch this jellyfish oil painting come to life in just over 1 minute (time lapse) You might remember when I shared this one in April? I painted this using ordinary oil paint on a black matte canvas. These are not special neon paints, even though they seem to glow. They…