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Wow. We've officially all been home together 24/7 for 6 months now. Full-time, online school started recently, and it's been interesting. I gave up my creative space so my kids could have a classroom to go live in and do homework, while my husband mo
Do you ever go camping? We finally upgraded from a tent to a pop-up camper this summer. It's a fixer-upper, but I like DIY projects and I'm handy enough to take it on. . . More than anything, I'm excited to spend a couple weekends a month exploring
If you could live anywhere, where would it be? Sometimes I think I want to live in the middle of nowhere, and hear nothing but the birds, breeze, and the crickets at night. But then again, I would miss walking to the grocery store or ice cream shop.
What's your favorite wildflower? I'm slowly turning my front yard into a wildflower and herb garden. I'm about 25% there and the bees and rabbits LOVE it. . . I think that was the inspiration for these botanical ornaments I painted this week. I step
This summer was going to be a summer of travel. I had a plan to make roadtrips each weekend to visit some of Michigan's natural treasures, and build a catalog of photos for me to paint over the next year. . . Of course, the unexpected happened, and t
I'm excited to be participating in an online art fair experience this weekend: Virtual Vending! If we don't know each other yet, I'm Ashley Pahl, a watercolor artist based in East Lansing, Michigan. I'm inspired by nature, and influenced by the color
For the first time this month, I painted all day long. Yesterday I started my morning with coffee and painted constellations, moon phases, and star maps until evening. It felt good to let the paint flow and feel like myself again. . . These are orig
I have been and will be quiet for a few days. I first shared this painting with you on July 29th, 2019. I named it North Star, after the place my Grandpa was born and my amazement that I had driven by a particular barn out in the country for years, n