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Artists & websites & panel, oh my! (Part 2/2)
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agprat
Jul 24, 20214 min read
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Artists & websites & panel, oh my! (Part 1/2)
Today I am grateful for the connections I have made with all of the outstanding artists from the artists’ groups and circles I frequent,...

agprat
Jun 29, 20214 min read
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On Vulnerability as a Road Map & The Art in Giving Gallery
Several meaningful conversations this past week triggered memories and deeper thoughts about the reasons behind my transition from...

agprat
May 25, 20212 min read
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Art as Healer
I have often shared how when the pandemic first hit us a year ago, creating new art felt superfluous and in the beginning of it, I felt...

agprat
May 4, 20212 min read
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Loss
When applying for exhibitions, artists are frequently asked to provide an artist statement. This brief declaration, that artists often...

agprat
Apr 19, 20213 min read
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The Art of Experimentation
I am often asked if there is any influence from my scientific background present in my art. In the past, I would answer that there was...

agprat
Apr 6, 20213 min read
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Can you read me?
Today, I pick up where I left off a few weeks ago, writing about the journey that brought me to my current art process. I had described...

agprat
Mar 22, 20212 min read
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Lives, marks, masks, and vaccines
In previous blogs I have been sharing about my influences and the path that brought me to the here and now on my art journey. I will...

agprat
Mar 7, 20213 min read
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Of corners, crevices, and close-ups
In a previous blog I started writing about the circumstances, and some of the people, artists, and places that helped shape the path that...

agprat
Feb 21, 20213 min read
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The Pear
Lately, I have found myself thinking about how art was brought into my life. What were the main influences, the key determinants, of the...

agprat
Feb 9, 20214 min read
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Still... waiting for this to end
As a non-representational artist, it is quite unusual to have the opportunity to exhibit in a Portrait show. However, the extraordinary...

agprat
Jan 25, 20213 min read
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Open your heart
A new year always brings hope, and potential for the fulfillment of needs and wishes. Never in my lifetime has this hope felt more...

agprat
Jan 10, 20212 min read
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Hope is on the way...
As the holiday season peaks and this peculiar year reaches its end, my spirit returns to recent memories of introspection, connection...

agprat
Dec 26, 20203 min read
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The water is rising
The decades long, man-made, pollution and exploitation of natural resources, like those producing deforestation and fossil fuel usage,...

agprat
Dec 12, 20203 min read
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A Virtual Climate Crisis Panel coming soon…
Over a year ago, right after completing my “Maps, Cells, Islands and the Planet” series, inspired by my strong concern about the climate...

agprat
Nov 27, 20203 min read
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The Woods and “How Do We Relate to the Climate Crisis”
It was a simple plan: to have a nice walk in the woods on a cloudy fall day in New England. The destination was Concord, MA. There is...

agprat
Nov 15, 20203 min read
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The magic of connections
Back when we could move freely and at ease, we took for granted our ability to use our senses, especially our sense of touch, and how...

agprat
Oct 31, 20202 min read
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Emotions
While I am writing this post, I can hear children talking, laughing, and playing in the park across the street. It is a beautiful warm...

agprat
Oct 19, 20202 min read
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Until when
Understandably, there is so much noise around us about Covid-19 and politics, as the climate crisis goes on… Although dampened by the...

agprat
Oct 12, 20201 min read
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Fall & change
Maybe it is the influence of the season that here in the north hemisphere is at peak time these days. The Fall is thought of as the...

agprat
Oct 4, 20202 min read
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