Marybeth Bradbury
Peaceful Heart
Hello friends, I hope you're all doing well and finding ways to keep your life peaceful and stress free. That’s been a challenge for me...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Jan 21
- 2 min
Now Leaving the Comfort Zone
When it comes to drawing faces, most of us tend to rely heavily on visual cues and references. But what happens when you take away the...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Jan 14
- 1 min
Grace and the Open Portal
I’ve been thinking a lot about Grace lately. I can still recite most of the Catholic CCD class definition we had to memorize and parrot...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Jan 8
- 1 min
Poetry in Motion
I mentioned several months ago that I am participating in an art book collaboration, a Traveling Book Club, if you will, with nine other...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Art For Art's Sake
You haven’t heard from me in quite some time. I haven’t had anything to say. Inspiration, Motivation, and Creativity all seem to have...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Sep 28, 2022
- 1 min
Traveling Book Hits the Road
I've recently begun an art book collaboration with 9 other artists. Each of us makes a book by hand, gives it a theme and creates some...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Aug 20, 2022
- 2 min
May You Be Free From Worry
I’m not one of those artists who can produce amazing work when their worlds are upside down. I need peace of mind, a quiet heart, and a...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
I Can Only Do Me
I live in a beachy little town on the North Carolina Coast. It's caught somewhere between sleepy rural backwater and summer-home tourist...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Jul 23, 2022
- 1 min
May You Be Free From Suffering
One of the aspects I'm enjoying most about this series is the opportunity for me to meditate on the title phrase as I work with each...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Jul 17, 2022
- 1 min
The Guardians
I've had a hard time getting my painting mojo back after the welcome interruption by family visits recently, but I've been through this...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Jul 9, 2022
- 1 min
What I Did on My Summer Vacation
We’ve had a whirlwind of a time recently with a 1,500 mile round-trip drive to pick up our two little granddaughters and bring them here...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
Dreamy Sidetrack
I've taken a bit of a detour from painting this week for two reasons; first, I was painting like crap. It happens. You're going along in...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- Jun 4, 2022
- 1 min
May You Be Loved
This week I moved from working on several pieces in this series at the same time, moving them along to similar stages, to focusing on one...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- May 28, 2022
- 1 min
May We Be At Peace
I had a hard time working with Loving Kindness in mind this week. It felt more like Tragic Sorrow. I cried as I thought about my own...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- May 21, 2022
- 1 min
Beginnings
I started work this week on 7 paintings in my #lovingkindness series. This is a stretch for me in both media, substrate, and format. I...
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Marybeth Bradbury
- May 11, 2022
- 1 min
Loving Kindness
May you be happy May you be well May you feel safe May you be at peace May you be free of pain May you be free of suffering I’ve been...
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