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        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:40:20 PST</pubDate>        
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                <title>Coming along</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:31:31 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well, I am starting 2009 off with some finished paintings under my belt (finally).  Three of which made it into a current show at CPop Gallery here in Detroit.  I am gearing up to apply to grad school and am super excited to work with a painting proff whose work I really love this term.  I also have about 5 paintings that could be done if I just sit my ass down and wrap up all those little details.  I am getting better at not being so obsessive and actually embracing some negative space.  I have a good feeling about 2009 and actually hope I can pull some amazing work out of this mess of a mind I have.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
                <author>~JKropog</author>
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                <title>Painting again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:18:11 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ The unbelievable uncontrollable excitement is just bubbling over!  Since the birth of my daughter 2 years ago I just haven't been able to paint.  So this summer I am taking a post-degree painting class and I swear i've gotten more done in two days than in 2 years.  Thank god!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Figuring it all out...</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:41:46 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Things have gotten more balanced in my life over the last few months.  Still not enough time to do my art, but we are currently converting a bedroom into a studio for me (thanks husband!).  This makes me very optimistic that I may actually get to paint in 2008!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Too much</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:15:41 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Ever wish life could just slow down and take it's time?  All the things I do I want to do, but there is not enough time to do them without thinking about everything else.  I guess I've hit a rough patch where I have to figure out my priorities.  It's coming out in my art, when I have time...<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>It's working!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:25:24 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well, throwing myself out into the art world is actually going really well so far.  Seeing one of my paintings hanging in The Dirty Show 8 opening in Detroit Friday night, with thousands of people checking it out, was really amazing.  I kept finding myself hanging back and watching people look at my art.  Crazy to see something so personal out there for everyone to see.  <br />
    I also just got two pieces into a juried show at CPOP Gallery in Detroit in March.  They are in my gallery if you want to scope them out:  The Embryo and Passage Through the Pelvis.  The judges include local Detroit superstar Niagra and super rockabilly king Reverend Horton Heat!  I am jumping up and down in my mind!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Dirty Detroit</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:58:15 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I'm so wildly excited & have to share the good news.  I just found out I got a piece accepted into the erotic art show "The Dirty Show 8"  here in Detroit.  The piece is in my gallery if you want to check it out.  It is called Hermaphroditos and Salamacis.  This is a big first step towards my New Year's resolution of getting my artistic ass out there.  It is a really scary thing putting yourself out there for all to see, but damn it sure is time.  Not gettin any younger here.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Get busy</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:24:42 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Getting my work up on here is a statement to myself.  It is time to do this.  I've spent so many years teaching others how to be artists while neglecting my own life as an artist.  That is something I am trying to change.  While this is difficult considering I have a 5 month old baby, there are no more excuses.  Today I finally finished a painting that I started over a year ago.  That kind of procrastination is done.  I have too much talent to let my life slip by without expressing it.  Wish me luck.  Today is a new day.<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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