Art Diary
Lauren Forcella

Kachina Woman Vortex

Sep 4, 2024, Wednesday—Kachina Woman vortex in Sedona. That was the one we decided on. I mean, if you visit Sedona and don’t go to

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Lauren Forcella

Yellow Eggs

August 23, 2024, Friday—Yellow Eggs. Yellow Eggs Eating scrambled eggs at 2AMCan’t sleepToo many books, the stories of menthe mad scientists who brought us all

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Lauren Forcella

The Heat of Painting

July 24, 2024, Wednesday—The heat of painting. I seriously am not handling the heat of painting in the heat of the studio very well. This

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Lauren Forcella

Summer Dressing not for Salad

July 23, 2024, Tuesday—Summer dressing not for salad. That’s right, I’m not here to talk about my citrus vinaigrette baby. We are talking about summer

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Lauren Forcella

SOLD! Vineyard Sunset

July 20, 2024, Saturday — Sold Vineyard Sunset. Indeed it did and indeed, it made my day!! Not too often does someone buy a painting

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Lauren Forcella

Zuckerberg Deepfreeze

July 13, 2024, Saturday — Zuck warning!! Depressive blog warning!! Zuckerberg Deepfreeze. Even been burned by the cold? Then you’ve been Zucked. I used to

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Lauren Forcella

Napa or Bust

July 12, 2024, Friday — Napa or bust. That was my mantra yesterday with a long drive ahead of me to deliver “Oak and Vines”

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Lauren Forcella

Hollyhock, Fertility Flower

July 9, 2024, Tuesday — Hollyhock, fertility flower. Ahh, it makes total sense. Erect stalks shooting skyward, the flowers exploding open, sequentially, one per day

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Lauren Forcella

Who Loves Mustard?

July 6, 2024, Saturday — Who Loves Mustard? Who doesn’t love mustard is probably a better question. I worked another six hours today on mustard.

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Lauren Forcella

Volcanic Night at Costco

July 5, 2024, Friday — Volcanic night at Costco. Yep, I’m rockin’ it with my nightlife. Good times. Got me some coffee, tomato sauce, olive

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Lauren Forcella

Scenic Maui Beachfront SOLD!

June 30, 2024, Sunday — Scenic Maui Beachfront SOLD! Indeed, this actually happened last Thursday, June whatever that was. Today is Sunday so I’ll let

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Lauren Forcella

24 Karat Thoughts

Dec 19, 2022, Mon — Headaches are my Achilles heel. And ever since I woke up the morning of leaving on that aforementioned jet plane

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Lauren Forcella

Leaving On A Jet Plane

Dec 15, 2022 Thurs — Apparently a million people have signed on to chatGPT since it started 5 days ago, crashing the site. Hmm… what

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Lauren Forcella

A Maui Little Christmas

Dec 13, 2022, Tues — Have yourself a Maui little Christmas. I am blogging through the snow, listening to Alexandra Petri’s Christmas playlist on Spotify.

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Maui Sunset 

Nov 28, 2022, Mon — I might have a name for the new painting in progress: Maui Sunset. It’s incredibly beautiful so far, if I

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History Of Impressionism In Art

The history of impressionism in art is an interesting one. The word “impressionism” was initially intended as a pejorative by art critics who were utterly

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I Found The Billboard!

Nov 15, 2022, Tues — I found the billboard! That’s why I’ve been missing in action for the past six days. It took me a

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I’ve Been Framed! 

Nov 9, 2022, Wed — I’ve Been Framed! Subtitle: Prepping for the Art Tour. Tomorrow I’m on the road to the Bay Area. I’m packing

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Favell Museum Showdown

Nov 5, 2022, Sat — Favell Museum Showdown. Hah, it sounds like a shootout in the old west. And funny thing is, Favell Museum in

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Aspen Grove Is Grooving

Nov 4, 2022, Fri — Day three proved fruitful with the aspen grove painting. Indeed aspen grove is grooving! Meaning we are almost to groovy.

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I Am On It

Nov 2, 2022, Wed — I Am On It. I’m going to get this new painting done in four days. Day one was today, which

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Hot Pink Underpaints

Nov 1, 2022, Tues — Hot pink underpaints on one canvas, and hot orange underpaints on another. If that sounds sexy, imagine being there in

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Sweet Home Day

Oct 29, 2022, Sat — Sweet home day. Phone calls to friends, zoom calls to friends, as well as miscellaneous art admin and planning. I

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Painting Finished!

Oct 28, 2022, Fri — Painting finished! Yay! As predicted I was in the studio less than an hour and got that last little blip

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Magic Day Ten Aspen Trail

Oct 26, 2022, Wed — Magic Day Ten Aspen Trail. The magic definitely happened today with the foreground. Yesterday’s foreground composition was thankfully not a

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Day Nine Aspen Trail

Oct 25, 2022, Tues — Day Nine Aspen Trail. We are back to counting the days, lol. I thought I might get to final paint

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Blog: What a Weird Word

Oct 23, 2022, Sun — Okay, tonight’s subject is Blog: What a Weird Word. I’m glad you agree. I mean, where did that even come

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We Got This!!

Oct 22, 2022, Sat — Okay, we got this!! I am soo excited for this painting. And when it’s done, I’m excited to show it

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Rocking the Aspen Trail

Oct 21, 2022, Fri — Wow, we are rocking the aspen trail. Something is happening to me for sure. I seem to be painting differently.

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Day Four on the Trail

Oct 20, 2022, Thurs — Day four on the trail. We’re talking about Aspen Trail, of course, the painting du jour. I’m loving it so

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Day Three on the Trail

Oct 19, 2022, Wed — Day three on the trail, as in Aspen Trail. Looking good! I had the interesting experience in my ultra focus

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Ahh, let’s see

Oct 14, 2022, Fri — Ahh, let’s see what to write about. I did spend the day in the studio and a friend gave me

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Sac and Back

Oct 13, 2022, Thurs — Sac and Back. In a day. The miracle of the automobile and the four- lane highway. It’s so weird to

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Fairy Tale Painting

Oct 10, 2022, Mon — I went to the studio to start a new composition today and ended up on the Fairy Tale Painting again.

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Enchanted Saint Helena

Oct 9, 2022, Sun — Perfect for Sunday, let’s learn all about enchanted Saint Helena. Born in 248, died in 328, she married Roman Emperor

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Orland Art Center Reception

Oct 7, 2022, Fri — I’ll just start my blog with tired, whipped, and exhausted. Ok, covered that! Onward.  Tonight was the Orland Art Center

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Sneak Preview from MADS

Oct 1, 2022, Sat — Can’t believe it’s October already. Please enjoy this sneak preview from MADS digital show in Milan and Barcelona! Today was

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Back in the Studio

Sep 2, 2022, Tues — At long last! I am back in the studio. I’m almost done composing the new Napa Valley painting. It will

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Last day of art class

Sep 25, 2022, Sun — Class is finished. Finally I can get back to work! Just kidding. Today was day two, the last day of

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My first art class

Sep 24, 2022, Sat — I had to wait for the right teacher. Then I found her! And just had my first art class today.

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A Day of Rest and Fish

Sep 23, 2022, Fri — A day of rest and fish. Not exactly what you might be thinking. There’s no ing there, for one. And

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What Even?

Sep 22, 2022, Thurs — What even? How did I used to do this blog every day? I can’t fathom what I would think of

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Reentry is a Bitch

Sep 20, 2022, Tues — Reentry is a bitch. No two ways about it. Every minute of my day I was doing something useful or

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The Miracle of Coffee

Sep 19, 2022, Mon — Darn, I missed two whole days of blogging with the snafu around leaving Colorado. But the miracle of coffee has

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Climb to Hanging Lake

Sep 16, 2022, Fri — Last couple days in Colorado! So I escaped my computer for the day and made the climb to Hanging Lake.

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Blog Demerits!

Sep 13, 2022, Tues — Wow, how did I miss two days of blogging? Blog demerits for me! But here I am back again, never

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Jewel Street Bio

Sep 9, 2022, Fri — For today’s blog, I’m going to share some of the biographic material I prepared for the Jewel Street bio questions

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MADS Art Gallery

Sep 8, 2022, Thurs — A curator for MADS Art Gallery of Italy reached out yesterday hoping to add me to their show running late

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Not A False Alarm

Sep 7, 2022, Wed — Not a false alarm this time, folks. You know those annoying smoke and carbon monoxide alarms? Well, my niece went

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I Thought I Could Blog

Sep 5, 2022, Mon — I thought I could blog, but maybe not. I’m utterly exhausted. Is it from the altitude at Lennon’s? I think

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Colorado Bound

Or: Why I am not a Writer Sept 3, 2022, Sat — Two full hours left before I am Colorado bound. Let’s time my blog

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Should be Sleeping

Sept 2, 2022, Fri — Or packing at least. But really, I should be sleeping. Life makes me downright tired some days. Of course it

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Long Ass Day

Sept 1, 2022, Thurs — Long ass day. Did I already say that? Oh, yes, that’s the title! And yep, that’d be referring to my

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Parsnip Accomplished

Aug 31, 2022, Wed — I did it!! I finished the painting. Parsnip Accomplished! I may lighten up the lower zone of the sky when

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Saatchi Art Featured Me

Aug 30, 2022, Tues — Beautiful day! While I’m swooning over my favorite wild parsnip, Saatchi Art featured me on Instagram! Wow. It was a

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O Wild Parsnip

Aug 29, 2022, Mon — Cannot describe the inner certitude of doing art for my living. O wild parsnip, being in the studio and creating

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Wild Wild Parsnip

Aug 28, 2022, Sun — Why is it, I keep painting invasive flowers? The latest is wild parsnip, or wild wild parsnip, in a nod

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Show Down

Aug 27, 2022, Sat — Got the show down from North Valley Art League this afternoon. What a sweaty mess that was. But, lucky for

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