Horses: How They Feed My Art and Soul

Horses: How They Feed My Art and Soul

Those who know me know that I'm never very far from a horse. When I was 5, my mother declared that it was time for me to have a pony, and since the day Bluebell arrived, I have always had at least one horse under my care and in my life. At about that same time, I...

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Catching An Idea and Nailing a Design Down

Catching An Idea and Nailing a Design Down

The phone rings. I answer. "I'd like to talk about having you paint something for my home." And there it starts. I love that very first conversation. It usually comes from somebody having seen my work somewhere. Online. In a magazine. In a friend's home. Sometimes...

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The Hardest Work is the Most Rewarding

The Hardest Work is the Most Rewarding

My expert mural hanger, Charlie Gilley  (of Restoration Painting, LLC) did a wonderful job hanging the Hartland Farm mural this week. This is the seventh project Charlie has hung for me and he always does a fantastic job. He preps the wall the night before and then I...

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Drawn In: The Hartland Farm Mural

Drawn In: The Hartland Farm Mural

What I love about murals is the way they draw you into a space. When I paint historical scenes, they transport you back in time. When I do a full-room installation, it just wraps around you and carries you away, to a quiet, peaceful place. When somebody asks me to...

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The Trouble with Floorcloths

The Trouble with Floorcloths

There are a lot of problems with painted canvas floorcloths. The first is that when you decide you want one, you're faced with that daunting, literally "blank" canvas staring you in the face. It's not like going to a rug store and picking out the one that is closest...

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Horses: How They Feed My Art and Soul

Taking a Break in Sunny Florida

It's hard to believe it was just a week ago that I was in sunny Florida! I went down there to combine a visit with my parents on the East coast with a dressage clinic in Loxahatchee and a visit with my daughter in Ocala. I threw in a little work too- feeling out...

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Traditions of Summer Gatherings

Traditions of Summer Gatherings

Memorial Day Weekend is upon us! The lilacs and apple blossoms are out and it's finally time to plant my window boxes. For several years I participated in the Vermont Crafts Council's Open Studio Weekend, always on Memorial Day weekend, and it was always a mad dash to...

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Canvasworks Featured in The Vermont Journal

Canvasworks Holds Grand Re-opening Reception and Open House Submitted by VT Journal on Mon, 11/19/2012 - 2:29pm   Lisa Curry Mair By BY NANCY SILLIMAN The News Review     WEATHERSFIELD, VT -On Friday, November 17, artist Lisa Curry Mair, owner of...

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In the Home Stretch: New Canvasworks Studio

In the Home Stretch: New Canvasworks Studio

We're in the home stretch! George stained the floor yesterday and will finish it then do all the trim for the windows and doors and then I can start moving in. I can't wait! It's a bright, airy space with great views of our horse pastures and distant hills out the...

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