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Story Puts the Happy in New Year

by Barbara Hartsook on January 6, 2010 · 4 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee

I have to share a happy new year story with you. It’s called A Walk in the Snow with Not-So Strangers. I was roaming the Internet from the Technorati site, and through a series of clicks from here, found myself on Katie Paine’s blog. In the side bar were titles of recent posts, and this [...]

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What it Means to Me to be Named One of Liz Strauss’ Successful and Outstanding Bloggers

by Barbara Hartsook on March 19, 2009 · 13 comments

in Blogging,Conversation Over Coffee

It has been my goal for a while to be named one of Liz Strauss’ Successful and Outstanding Bloggers, to be honored with an “S&OB” display badge. That goal was realized this past week. Thank you, Liz. I first found Liz’ blog through Bean Fairbanks, my blogging-studio mentor at LVSonline. Bean suggested when I got [...]

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Painted for Story… People Photo Inspires an Oil Painting on Canvas

by Barbara Hartsook on October 5, 2008 · 11 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee

My best people paintings come from photos that suggest a story to me. Nothing spectacular. Usually not posed, and with no special lighting. Even photos taken on a grey day with little color can tell a story so poignant it begs to be painted. I found such a photo two years ago among my daughter’s [...]

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Every Painting Tells a Story…

by Barbara Hartsook on May 30, 2008 · 11 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee

It’s through story that we understand truth… a truth that is bigger than we are, and bigger than we are able to tell. But various artists try for pieces of it… using the tools of language, or canvas, paper and pigments, or notes, half-notes and cadence, even dance.

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