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A glimpse into the life and thoughts of an artist
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 Happy 2012!
Last year I showed you a photo of our little Plumeria tree next to a coffee cup for scale.
Here is a photo of our tree one year later.
It stands about 30" tall.
People often ask if I have painted plumeria and I tell them no, most plumeria are white and because I like color, I prefer to paint more colorful flowers. I recently made an exception by finishing two plumeria paintings I started early last year.
shown here was created using the Hide-N-Seek painting approach I teach in my workshops at the
Waioli Tea Room. This painting has already been sold, but you can purchase an 11x14-matted print for $35, includes free shipping: 
I had fun saving my whites (the white of the paper) and enjoyed letting the rest of these paintings go dark. If you look closely, you will see quite a bit of color in the darks. **********
While watching a football game last month (no, I don't do that very often), I began to wonder what makes the biggest difference in the outcomes of our endeavors. Is it intention? Is it practice? Is it focus?
It is probably a combination of all three.
Professional football players are playing a GAME; except they're playing for money so that makes it work, right?
Still, they have to play well and I imagine it has to be fun, at least on some level, for them to win and for it to be entertaining for their fans.
The same can be said for Professional Artists. If the creation of our art isn't fun for us, it's not likely to be fun for anyone else.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post around a Dilbert Cartoon from December 21, 2009.
It's a short post because I didn't want to "whine" about the difficulty of having fun while working. But honestly, no matter who you are or what kind of work you do, to be successful you have to be able to balance play and work.
How do you do it? How do you balance your play and work?Sketching is one way for me to "play" at my craft. Sketching has been a step I've skipped until recently when I decided I need to have more fun. Sketches aren't taken "seriously" so they're more fun.  To the left is one of the pages of sketches I did before starting my new "Tumbling Pineapples" painting. I did two pages of sketches before starting my painting. What FUN!  I've been having SO much fun painting this piece! I'll be sure to keep you posted on its progress. I'm also going to be doing more sketching! Just for FUN! **********
Several of you told me that you liked the start of
"Catching My Breath". That was when it still had all the texture in place. This is what it looks like now: For now, this painting is finished. I may or may not work on her again. She serves as a reminder to me to slow down and catch my breath. My broken left arm, my other reminder, continues to heal and I am once again able to type with two hands. Yippee!
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Mark your calendars with the following dates for our
"Hide-N-Seek" Watercolor Workshops
February 18, March 17, April 21, 2012
9:30-3:30 $125.00 Includes personal instruction, continental breakfast, lunch, and FUN!
Online classes will begin this year!
Please send me an email to let me know you are interested! ********** 
Come say hello and watch me paint at the 14th annual Pacific Island Arts Festival
in Kapiolani Park, in Honolulu,
January 21 & 22, 2012 9am-4pm Chinese Lion Dancers will be on hand to welcome in the Year of the Water Dragon. "Feed the dancers" and "ensure" a prosperous year to come. Enjoy over 100 artists, dancers, musicians, local food vendors, and the park! Mahalo for taking the time to read this Art of Aloha eZine. If you have a moment, I hope you will share it with a friend either by forwarding it, or by clicking on the Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn buttons at the top.
PS You can find my official page on facebook fan page HERE.
Become my online fan by pressing the Like button. "Life is lived on the edge, where every day we learn how to think bigger because we fly higher where we can see the possibilities that persistence will yield." ~Tammy Vitale **********
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This island artist was born in Port Washington, WI and educated at the University of Wisconsin/Madison. Patrice Federspiel first visited Hawai`i in January 2000. Within five months she had found a way to quit her job, sell her home, and move to Hawai`i to paint.
Previously an oil painter, Patrice learned the joys of watercolor upon her arrival in Honolulu in June 2000. She has been painting full time ever since. It is her intention to live her "Real Life" creatively, from the inside out; and to inspire others, through her paintings, art lessons, words, and example, to do the same.
Patrice is a Signature Member and the current President of the Hawai`i Watercolor Society.
"I paint with passion, live without regrets, and move joyfully forward through life." -Patrice Federspiel
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 Patrice Federspiel
PO Box 61707
Honolulu, Hawaii 96839
(808) 392-9104
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