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Life on the Edge Copyright by Lynn Bridge Glazed ceramics by Roberta Mitchell 13″ x 12″ x 1 1/2″ For those of you who saw this picture, first in the sidebar of my blog, then in the header, and wondered, “What in the world?”, here is an answer. There

Two in a Canoe Copyright by Lynn Bridge 6″ x 12″ Petals and Spines Copyright by Lynn Bridge 6″ x 6″ Those Blue Blooms Copyright by Lynn Bridge 8″ x 10″ Tomorrow morning I am in charge of hanging the Creative Arts Society exhibit at Cypress

Let’s go on a trip deep into the Texas Hill Country, land of cattle, sheep, and goat ranching, and more recently, wine-making.  Here is a painting commissioned by someone for whom the hill country is as much as jewel as it is for me. This painting is a view from the

I got a real belly laugh the other day when, in the course of a conversation, my young friend announced, “Oh, Lynn, I just started another company on Wednesday.” His voice was a perfect mixture of regret (“I fell off the wagon and drank a whole bottle of

April 22 was the opening night for the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center’s 2010 “100%” art gallery and silent auction. Every 12″ x 12″ piece of art work is for sale through the silent auction process, until May 31.  The proceeds

Texas Sunrise Copyright 2010 by Lynn Bridge 7″ h x 12 3/4″ w x 13 1/2″ d. What makes you laugh? How about an image of the sun, encrusted with gaudy stained glass and all manner of glass beads, bursting out of the earth? I am a member of a local organization

So, if Barton Barriers has many meanings, including all those the artist never envisioned, but expected us to formulate, I am taking the liberty of looking at the sculpture and drawing some conclusions of my own.  Many thoughts trail through my mind when I look at Barton

As soon as it was installed almost three weeks ago, a brouhaha brewed in my neighborhood over a temporary sculptural installation on a nearby city right-of-way. The name of the project is “Barton Barriers” and the artist is Stephen Dubov.  Here is an overview of the

Spring is starting in Austin, Texas.  The native Mexican plum trees, an understory plant, are flowering white under the bare branches of the taller trees.  This non-native shrub in my yard is flowering pink already, and its sibling shrub is thinking about blooming sometime this

This is a small painting of a place in the Hill Country of central Texas that brings joyful memories to many people.  The place is Mo Ranch, which has been a camp and retreat center for the Presbyterian Church since the 1940’s.  A fellow Presbyterian  asked me to paint one