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    Happy Sunday

    Watch me paint “Flying to Heaven” in under 1 minute (time lapse). This was for a children’s book called “Grandpa Smiles“. Here we are, another Sunday will be soon over, and July too is gone. It’s now August and a new season is upon us. As we approach this upcoming…

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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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    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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    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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    Big Picture

    Watch me paint “Predator and Prey Alike” in 2 minutes (time lapse) Inside this big picture, there are many smaller pictures. Each predator and prey pair shows how the natural world operates. Should that not include humankind? Of course it does. But we must not lose heart or surrender to…

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    Right to Pursue Happiness

    https://nataliebuskethomas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/art-oil-painting-a-dolphin-in-the-wild-by-natalie-buske-thomas.mp4 Watch me paint this dolphin in 2 minutes (time lapse) What is the pursuit of happiness? Does it mean simply “feeling” happy, or actively living happily? A dolphin in the wild is playful and enjoys following boats, showing off for human audiences. I loved meeting this delightful dolphin named…

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    Peace in Chaos

    Watch me paint this deer in 2 minutes (time lapse) You might remember when I shared this painting in April, while it was still fresh on my canvas? This art is a good choice for today’s blog post. Peace and tranquility are part of nature. Does “nature” include human nature?…