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1. 1. WingedBlue Arts Links

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   As well as being an artist, I am also an expert on human interaction and extremely manipulative relationships and groups. I invite you to my other site, www.beth-peterson.com, to learn more.
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   Please note: Inclusion in the link compilation below is not an endorsement! These are sites which I have visited and which seem to me to have something to offer. I have not, however, vetted each organization/business out.
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   The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art: is the first museum in North America devoted to ceramics and ceramic research.
   
   The Potters' Society of Australia: is a national, non profit organisation whose website contains exhibitions and information of interest to potters.
   
   J.R. Dunster's Pottery & Ceramics: Wonderful site includes information for people new to pottery, setting up a clay space, and more.
   
   Laguna Clay Company: Although this is a distributor, I'm including it here because they have great sections on clays and glazes, as well as Questions and Answers, etc.
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   ArtServe: Welcome to ArtServe at the Australian National University; this site is dedicated to art & architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin.
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   Asian Art Museum: For 35 years the Asian Art Museum has served as one of San Francisco's premier arts institutions.
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   National Gallery of Art, D.C.: The mission of the National Gallery of Art is to serve the United States of America in a national role by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art, at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards.
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   National Gallery, London: houses one of the greatest collections of European painting in the world. These pictures belong to the public and entrance to see them is free.
   
   National Gallery of Canada: to develop, maintain and make known, throughout Canada and internationally, a national collection of works of art, historic and contemporary, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada.
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   No-one offers a more comprehensive range of high quality art materials."
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   Jack Richeson & Co.: "Manufacturers & Importers of Fine Artist Supplies"
   
   Winsor & Newton: Not just for paints, but all sorts of artist supplies, plus a creative encyclopedia, lots of how-to, Q & A, articles, and loads more.
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   Metal Halide Ballast: Source for ballasts used in lighting, including full spectrum: "See our spec sheets, cross reference guides and Pricing on all sizes of Metal Halide Ballasts."
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   American Watercolor Society: "In 1967, A.W.S. president, Mario Cooper, proclaimed: 'It is the hope of The American Watercolor Society that the present exhibition will make the public more conscious of the long and continuing tradition of the art of watercolor painting in America' . .. a statement which remains true to this day!"
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   National Endowment for the Arts: Arts features, interviews, resources, grant listings, field reports, archived features on artists and arts organizations, and an online resource of US Federal funding.
   
   Artist Help Network: a free information service assisting artists in locating information, resources, guidance, and advice on a comprehensive range of career-related topics.
   
   ArtPro: offers business workshops for artists, covering topics such as copyright, licensing, royalties, agents, galleries, targeting your audience, etc.
   
   Modern Ruins Photographic Essays: offers some truly thought-provoking and fascinating images of modern ruins. Although I am partial to ruins, this is part of a larger website; the whole site is well exploring.
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   Bryce Brown Art: Bold, figurative paintings from New Zealand, using strong line, texture and color to capture the essence of the human form.

2. 2. www.wingedblue.com

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   Such as I am, I suppose I'll have to do....
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   Dad is a powerful painter, and that's not just family prejudice! He's won a large number of awards, as well as having taught painting for a number of years at Edinboro University of PA. A few years ago my friend Alex Stevenson and I built him a website to call his own.
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   Please, take a moment and check it out at: "Paintings by Wayne Peterson"
   
   Me 'n' Art? *chuckle* It really all began with my parents, especially my father. You see, my dad was an art professor (since retired) and is a very highly-qualified artist. I had the great benefit of growing up surrounded by his own work as well as with exposure to art and art history as a whole. So, for me, being an artist was actually something pretty normal ... It wasn't the unknown avenue that it has seemed to be for so many other people I've met in my life.
   
   After a wonderful childhood roaming the Pennsylvania countryside, I went to college myself in the BFA program at Edinboro Univ. I had started out at first as a drawing major, but as soon as I had Ceramics 101, I was hooked. I switched majors and didn't look back. I loved clay. I still love clay....but unfortunately, I haven't been able to work in clay for a very long time. I developed a condition where my own immune system was attacking the cartilage in my joints, causing severe pain. But, not to worry ... for the most part, it has been in remission for close to 20 years now.
   
   My father and I in DC Anyway, when fingers itch to create, they will! *lol* I had taken several painting workshops from my father while in college, and had developed a pretty good degree of comfort with watercolors. (They usually do what I tell them too.) I also tried acrylics while in school and afterwards, but I had never been able to come to terms with them. I suspect I just wasn't doing well with the time pressure inherent in a medium that dries so horribly quickly. Several years ago I started flirting with oils. Due to health reasons, I have since had to leave them behind, however. I am just too blasted sensitive to the inherent neurotoxins. *grumble* But the good thing is, I have gone back to acrylics and seem to be finding my feet with them at last! Hurray! :-)
   
   Of course, all that makes it sound like my life has been a straight-forward artistic endeavor. Oh! To laugh!! If there's one thing I've noticed over the years, it's that life never seems to end up in the place that you had first expected it to go. I'm a prime example of this. Many years ago when I was in high school, I thought I'd be teaching art at a college somewhere, following my father's professorial footsteps. Then later, I envisioned a pottery business of my own, with big kilns firing full blast and filled to brimming with cool clay sculpture and pots. Then the joint problems hit my hands. I couldn't work consistently ... I could barely work at all. So now what?
   
   Ahhhh. *sigh* As they say, be careful what you ask for. You might just get an answer. But, in my youthful naivety, I asked. My answer? Another unexpected shift in life-direction.
   
   I met this guy.
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   It started out slow, just being friends and having some wonderful discussions, but that was only a part of Cliff's predetermined plan. One way or another, it had been my bad luck to catch his eye as potential prey. Of course, considering his goal was to take over my life, body and soul, I was a perfect candidate. The severe joint problems and subsequent upheaval to myself and my life's plans had left me very vulnerable to that kind of calculated sweet-talk. I saw all that later. At the time, though, it just seemed like I'd finally met the kind of guy I'd been looking for for years.
   
   Now, how a person gets trapped by a manipulative bastard is a very involved and subtle process. When I finally pulled away from Cliff, with the help of some friends who had been there before me, I found that there were no clear, complete answers out there for what had happened to me. And I found out that this kind of mental and emotional abuse was happening to a lot of other people as well. Already angry that I had fallen for Cliff's act, and angry that people like him existed, I vowed that I would understand all of what had happened, and be able to tell others, too.
   
   This brought about yet another life shift. A degree in fine art is great if you want to sculpt or paint your pain and frustrations. In light of my new goal, however, it just didn't seem up to snuff. So (pun intended) I went back to the drawing board.
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   So, I did further research on the side. In the meantime, I graduated and went to work as a therapist.
   
   Ah ... a life-direction! Be a psychologist to earn money enough to live!
   
   Well, best laid plans of mice, men and women ... *lol* ... I have indeed worked as a psychologist at a community mental health center. I have also been a program co-ordinator at one domestic violence shelter, and been on the board of directors for a different one. But, that really wasn't what I needed as a person. Even so, I did learn a lot.
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   Eventually, I was satisfied with my answer....Granted, I had gone through well over five hundred sources, I had re-thought and re-written this answer at least four times, but after eleven years of searching and putting it all together, I had my answer. All 395 pages of it. (Read it! People Who Play God.)
   
   Talk about an essay question!
   
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   Continuing Saga:
   
   Well, as if everything else weren't enough, now I am trying my hand (once again, lol) at becoming a successful entrepreneur. I and several other people have begun a start-up publishing company, Cattails Publishing LLC. As part of this new venture, we have all been working hard, and I ... well, I stumbled across something intriguing and potential very helpful indeed! I have thrown my hat into the ring and auditioned for a place on a brand-new, ground-breaking internet show ... kind of a cross between The Apprentice and Survivor. It's The Next Internet Millionaire. It sounds really fascinating! And valuable!! Here! You can see their promo video for yourself!
   
   There's also a cool voting feature, so you can vote for ... ME! Yeah!! Give me a "10", okay?!
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   I seem to get into everything. (I'm sure that if you'd ask my parents they would confirm that I've been like that from toddler-hood.) But then again, I find nearly everything new I come across to be interesting and fun to learn about!....I guess that can drive my friends a little nuts, though....
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   Drama: I became involved in the dramatic arts young. As an 11 year old, I auditioned and was one of twelve kids chosen to work with our local PBS station on a 2-year project in which we, the kids, did the writing, acting and stagework for a TV series. Since then, I've stayed involved in the dramatic arts, at certain times more actively than others. One of my fondest 'dramatic' moments was when I got to play Golda opposite my erstwhile real-world boss as Tevya in a playhouse production of Fiddler on the Roof.
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   LOL And the reviews were nice, too....I was said to have "just the right amount of shrewishness and depth"....(Um, that IS good, right?!)
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   Music: Here we are in the performing arts again *smile*. For the most part, I sing, (I'm a contralto) but I also dabble in acoustic guitar occasionally.
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   I wanted to be out and about with my pony more, lol. As it is, I can pick out melodies on a keyboard, and am decent at off-the-cuff sight reading when singing.
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   Need I say more?
   
   Culinary Arts: Oh, I know that sounds rather stuffy, but I both cook and bake, so ... how else to say it? Culinary Arts: Oh, I know that sounds rather stuffy, but I both cook and bake, so ... how else to say it?
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   I have found that cooking and baking are a lot like working in clay. There is the same ability to instinctively & intuitively achieve balance within and between nuances and flavors, tastes and textures, colors, shapes and sizes. And, too, there is a serious scientific side which lends that touch of intellectual adventure as well, especially in the realm of baking. I rarely cook using a recipe, which has frustrated the younger portion of my household for years ... if it doesn't have an official name, can it really be edible? Althoooough ... come to think of it I haven't gotten that complaint since that evening I introduced dinner as Fred.
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   Horseman: Although I haven't owned a horse in decades, I still consider myself both a horseman as well as a horse lover. I am especially partial to the heavie

3. 3. www.wingedblue.com

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   Ah! You're here! I'm so glad you could make it!
   
   As you can see, I have several rooms in my gallery. I hope you'll stay long enough to glance into all of them. You'll find a number of oils and watercolors, but with a good representation of drawing media and photography as well.
   
   Oh, and *shrug* I guess I should tell you that I have a BFA in studio ceramics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. I actually started as a drawing major, but the clay lured me away. *grin* I haven't been able to work in clay for quite sometime, but in many ways I am just as happy. Watercolors and drawing media and are old friends, but oil painting was something that always seemed to elude me; it has been thrilling to find my feet in the media.
   
   Enjoy the Gallery!
   
   Landscapes: I grew up in (very) rural Pennsylvania, and continue to be most at home with lots of green space and flowing water around me.