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Springville Ranch Xmas Boutique

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1st Saturday in Three Rivers

Nov 6th I will be showing in Three Rivers. It will be a great fall day to take a drive to Three Rivers and for the more adventurous all the way up to Sequoia. I will have many images of … Continue reading

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Obituaries : Taro Yashima; Artist, Author Aided U.S. in World War II

July 06, 1994|MYRNA OLIVER | TIMES STAFF WRITER Taro Yashima, an artist and author born in Japan who aided the United States during World War II, has died at the age of 85. Yashima, who lived the last half of … Continue reading

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Here’s a bit of Taro by Janet Church

Do the best you can. That is your only flag. Hold your flag high. That is all you have. Creation is not making up. Creation is your attempt to get at the essential meaning of existence that YOU can see, … Continue reading

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Flexible Art Tools by Janet Church

FLEXIBLE TOOLS: for the growth of your artistic perception.  FLEXIBLE TOOLS: that you can USE to develop your skill in art. Traditionally, art has been a SEARCH for form, a search for the truth of how the artist felt about … Continue reading

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Tools for Drawing

1- Direction. Hold your arm straight out. Keep the stick flat against your thumb and forefinger. In other words, don’t poke or point with the stick. Pretend you are a clock. When you find the direction, swing the arm back … Continue reading

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Taro’s Speech on Art Today

I want to explain what I believe and what I do. I am not here to argue. You can talk about art in a simple way and you can talk about art in a complicated way. Why do we paint? … Continue reading

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Taro’s Mural

Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History Takikawa, Hokkaido JAPAN Highlights: Tyrannosaurus and Protoceratops skeletons are included in the prehistoric exhibit. Taro Yashima in front of Kagoshima Science Museum mural at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, February 25, 1969] … Continue reading

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Jan. 26th, 1969 Taro Class

Jan. 26th, 1969 Taro Class When you start a painting, you don’t know what is beginning, receiving, high spot and ending. You don’t know how much goes to what, how to make the delicate connections between them, how much to … Continue reading

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