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"I do believe in an everyday sort of magic...the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we're alone." Charles de Lint

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Clean and Simple

It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything. Winston Churchill

That's how I feel sometimes this time of year as I anticipate a quiet winter and everything I want to do in the studio. But had a couple nice walks and did more garden cleanup today and most of the screens are washed. So that's something! 

I'm not sure if I shared this print before...I painted it several weeks ago and just turned it into a card to get in the mail....and that's something too. 

I love the simple layers of leaves...and just a touch of soft green watercolor. I tucked the print into a Michaels pre-made frame card and stitched around edge. It's clean and simple and in the mail as a thank you note to Bill and Kaki.

I don't know what I love more about this moment on my morning walk....the frosty edge of the vivid red leaf...or the shadows. Clean and simple joy!

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  1. dotty seiter: now playingOctober 25, 2026 at 7:17 PM

    What a wonderfully clean and simple post, MaryAnn! The card you made for Bill and Kaki is clean and simple in all the best ways: clean lines with great contrast, simple layers, rounded edges in the pre-made frame of the card to contrast with corners elsewhere and with pointy-tipped leaf images, and stitching to add texture and just enough detail and not too much. Beautiful balance!

    And that exquisitely frosted-outline around the bright red and shadows of the leaf! The best! We have a photograph of that ilk framed and hanging in our guest room—never get tired of it.

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    1. MaryAnn ShupeOctober 26, 2026 at 8:13 AM

      Thanks for the validation Dotty! I love how you notice all the little details in something as simple as this card! Thank you! So fun that you have a similar frosted framed piece in your guest room. I don't think either of us will ever grow tired of these images!

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  2. Judy HartmanOctober 25, 2026 at 7:49 PM

    A simply beautiful, frost outlined leaf, and such a lovely card - two example of how striking simplicity can be! Love that card, MaryAnn.

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    1. MaryAnn ShupeOctober 26, 2026 at 8:14 AM

      Thanks Judy. Simple can be so beautiful....in nature and in our art!

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