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Sith Happens when more than three show up….

Posted on October 23, 2016 by G. Winkler — Leave a comment

Okay, I have engaged in the creative craziness again by wanting to create three new costumes for Halloween. And the party is scheduled for 28th of October, so I have even less time to get things done. We decided to…

Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, challenges, Cosplay, Costume, creativity, culture, Darth Nihilus, Experience, Halloween, Imagination, Kylo Ren, sewing, Sith, Star Wars
Posted in Art, Costume, Halloween, Star Wars

Helm of Awetumn….

Posted on May 18, 2015 by G. Winkler — Leave a comment

Okay, I could not resist the pun. You see the symbol in the center of the painting is called a Helm of Awe and there are Fall or Autumn leaves…. get it? The Helm of Awe is part of…

Tagged with: Acrylic paint, arts, Asatru, challenges, creativity, culture, European culture, frustration, Heathen, Helm of Awe, inspiration, inspirational, Norse Mythology, painting, practice, Symbolism
Posted in Art, Asatru, Painting

Customer Service Blues

Posted on January 12, 2015 by G. Winkler — Leave a comment

It’s not in my nature to complain about everything, but it seems as each year goes by that one has to complain vigorously to get things corrected. And that’s a shame. The professional world has really taken a nose dive…

Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, challenges, complaining, creativity, culture, Customer Service, daniel smith, disappointment, dyslexia, Experience, frustration, Luminescent, misleading, painters, products, purchasing online, visual communication
Posted in Art, Business, Culture

The Great Seal of Nevada – My way!

Posted on September 19, 2014 by G. Winkler — Leave a comment

The State of Nevada is about to celebrate its 150th birthday this October 31st, and being a native Nevadan, I decided to do some artwork to celebrate this occasion. Since I was born here and went to school here, I…

Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, creativity, culture, Experience, fun, Imagination, inspiration, inspirational, nature, Nevada, Sierra Nevada Mountains, State Seal of Nevada
Posted in Art, Culture, Halloween, Nevada

Courage

Posted on September 8, 2014 by G. Winkler — 1 Comment

Courage comes in all sorts of packages. Sometimes courage is grandiose and fabulous with death defying feats while sometimes courage is small but meaningful like a baby’s first step. I am writing about courage that is more akin to the…

Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, arts, challenges, creativity, culture, Experience, inspiration, inspirational
Posted in Art, Inspiration, Painting

To sell my artwork or not to sell my artwork? – That is the question.

Posted on August 12, 2014 by G. Winkler — 1 Comment

I have two paintings that are ready to be sold. And usually my biggest problem is finding a place to have them available for people to look at. Well, there is a place that was set up by a local…

Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, Barriers, challenges, creativity, culture, education, Experience, frustration, Imagination, inspiration, inspirational, Nevada, paintings, Reno, Sierra Nevada Mountains
Posted in Art, Culture, Goals

First Irminsul Painting Project

Posted on May 1, 2014 by G. Winkler — Leave a comment

I have been wanting to explore into more of the imagery of the Northern/Western European ancient cultures, and so I finally sat down and started to work on some of the Irminsul, which is associated with the Norse God Tyr,…

Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, Asatru, challenges, creativity, culture, education, Experience, Heathen, Imagery, Imagination, inspiration, inspirational, Irminsul, nature, Norse Mythology, practice, Sky Father, Sky God, Tyr
Posted in Art, Asatru, Culture, Heathen, Irminsul

Pinto Valley Wilderness Painting

Posted on March 26, 2014 by G. Winkler — 2 Comments

Sometimes the artistic process is a curious thing. Normally one would paint the painting and then find a frame that would go well with the painting, but in this case life’s realities inspired the art choice. There are different thoughts…

Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, creativity, Experience, frames, inspiration, landscape, Las Vegas, nature, Nevada, Pinto Valley Wilderness, vivid color
Posted in Art, Inspiration, Painting

Paintbrush back in hand with Odin

Posted on March 14, 2014 by G. Winkler — Leave a comment

Since my disappointment with the Color Theory class back in the Fall 2013, I have felt incredibly empty and have deeply missed working on the art projects and learning. I love learning, especially when being taught by intelligent thoughtful organized…

Tagged with: Acrylic paint, art, challenges, creativity, culture, education, Experience, Gandalf, giants, Heathen, Imagination, inspiration, inspirational, Jotunheim, Norse Mythology, Odin, Sleipnir, Woden
Posted in Art, Asatru, Heathen, Inspiration, Painting

The Straw that might Break the Artist’s Back

Posted on September 17, 2013 by G. Winkler — 1 Comment

Color Theory is an important class for any artist to study and understand. I don’t have a problem with being required to learn about Color Theory. It’s just like being a composer and learning about music theory, it is an…

Tagged with: Academy of Art University, Acrylic paint, art, art school, challenges, Color Theory, creativity, education, Experience, frustration, graduate studies, online school, professional, study
Posted in Art, Education, Online Study