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A Special Display
Over the years, I found myself buying more and more vintage buttons. Sometimes I had a project in mind, but other times I just bought...

Kaaren Poole
Jun 24, 20244 min read


An Ambitious Building Project
Over the years, I’ve built many fairy houses and installed them in many fairy gardens. Now the bug has bitten me once again. But this...

Kaaren Poole
Jun 18, 20243 min read


Bear Finds Home
Recently I finished the final spread in my latest art journal, which meant that I could finish the cover. I began It about a month ago,...

Kaaren Poole
Jun 10, 20242 min read


When Pencil is Enough
I seldom draw human faces, though I’m not sure why I don’t. It’s probably just that I think animals are more interesting, but maybe...

Kaaren Poole
Jun 3, 20243 min read


Fancy Table of Contents
I’m nearly finished with the sixth volume of my art journals. Hooray! All that’s left is the cover which I actually worked on several...

Kaaren Poole
May 27, 20244 min read


Enthusiastic Polar Bears
Ninety-five percent of this art journal post journey was discouraging and difficult. Here’s how it started. I wanted to do polar bears....

Kaaren Poole
May 20, 20244 min read


Crowned Birds and Bees
Perhaps not a very imaginative art journal post, but a pretty one! Bluebirds, yellow roses, bumble bees, and a mottled turquoise...

Kaaren Poole
May 13, 20243 min read


Sabbatical Report 3
“If I am to have a guardian let it be a mouse.” That’s the text on this piece, the third and last I did in my wonderful sabbatical week a...

Kaaren Poole
May 6, 20243 min read


Sabbatical Report 2
For my second sabbatical pieces, I decided to create icon-inspired wall art honoring the role of bears as watchful companions. I’ve long...

Kaaren Poole
Apr 29, 20245 min read


Sabbatical Report
My sabbatical week is over now. It's hard to say good-bye to such a fun time, but I'm so happy that I did it. And I'm excited to fill you...

Kaaren Poole
Apr 22, 20242 min read


On Sabbatical
This is going to be a great week. I’m on sabbatical! After spending week after week, month after month for so long working on my books,...

Kaaren Poole
Apr 15, 20243 min read


Eclipse and Hare
I may be one of the few people in the US who remained unaware of today’s eclipse until just a day or two ago. Oddly, I’d been working on...

Kaaren Poole
Apr 8, 20243 min read


Always Learning
One of the things I love about art is that there is always something new to learn. And not only was learning the the purpose of the...

Kaaren Poole
Apr 1, 20243 min read


Drawing Stands on its Own
I’m working on a piece in preparation for recording an art instruction video for Tamara Laporte’s 2024 Life Book program. My intention is...

Kaaren Poole
Mar 25, 20243 min read


Bear Needs Home Update
I posted about the beginning of this project a few weeks ago here. Since then, I’ve continued to work on the project - the cover for the...

Kaaren Poole
Mar 18, 20243 min read


Garden Seeking Greenhouse
A surprise changed my priorities this week. Suddenly, I had the unpleasant realization that it was March already. How did that happen?...

Kaaren Poole
Mar 12, 20243 min read


Bear Needs Home
I love Southwest jewelry, especially with turquoise bears set in silver bracelets or necklaces. And one day, as I was looking at them on...

Kaaren Poole
Mar 4, 20243 min read


A Chicken Showed Up
Here’ where I finished last time, inspired by the colors in a spread from a catalog, and with no idea where I’d go with it. I did,...

Kaaren Poole
Feb 26, 20243 min read


A Finish and a Start
Here’s where I stopped last week, thinking that I was finished or nearly so, but I gave myself a few days to decide. And here’s when I...

Kaaren Poole
Feb 19, 20243 min read


A Stag in the Forest
This little stag head painting has been kicking around my studio for at least a couple of years. Saturday, when I came across it again, I...

Kaaren Poole
Feb 12, 20243 min read
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