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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Messages to Your Creative Self

Lisa Cyr

Every year, it is important to look at your artistic goals. As a new year is about to begin, I would like to share with you a process that is not only enlightening but empowering. In order to gain the most benefit from this process, you must free yourself from all distractions. The effectiveness of this experience is greatly diminished if it is done under stress or chaotic circumstances. My suggestion is to possibly go…

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YESTERDAY’S POST

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2023 Christmas Stamp

Gregory Manchess

November 29, 2023 -   I love stamps! The incredible effort that goes into each one is fascinating. Whether with graphic design or paint, they’re the smallest piece of Fine Art out there. To get to work with the United States Postal Service has brought me honor and joy for many years now. So you can imagine my excitement at getting to create the images for the 2023 Christmas Stamp. But it didn’t start so clearly. The art director, Derry Noyes, and I began working together on it when I sent her a number of sketched ideas I had for doing seasonal stamps. She and I have worked together in recent years, so instead of waiting to be asked to come up with ideas for a Christmas theme, I took the advantage and drew a bunch of thumbnail sketches,…

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