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Inspiration from Times Past

Kristine Poole

Colin and I work most days of the week, most weeks of the year. Neither of us have ever been particularly inclined to have regularly scheduled days off. We love what we do and mostly, we worry about not having enough time to create all the things we want to make before our time here is done. But, when we do take time off, we do some serious playing. We will travel for 4 -…

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Transcendent

Sarah Finnigan

October 7, 2025 - Last year I was approached by Patrick and Jeannie Wilshire, the masterminds behind the IX Art Show, about creating a large painting for Illuxcon's 18th year. The event (which is only two weeks away now!) is the highlight of my year, and I've been itching to work on something bigger, so I was honored and happy to take the commission. We determined it would be 36" x 48".   The commission was open-ended, but a tree painting was suggested...which is great because I won't be tiring of painting them any time soon! Usually I determine the canvas size by the subject matter, but for this one, size came first and I had to create a concept to fit.  Working backwards, I determined that the tree needed to be imposing, but should be surrounded by something…

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