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The Work of Becoming a Woman

August 3, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

We often hear phrases like, “Be a man.” But I don’t think we as often hear, “Be a woman.” Or especially…keep becoming a man…or keep becoming a woman. This carries with it the idea of ever-evolving, transforming and growing into all that it means to be a man or to be a woman. And I find this very relatable. When we hear something like, “Be a man about this…or that…,” we seem to mostly understand what that means or implies....

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Crime and Punishment of the Problem Child

July 20, 2022
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Illustrated Short Stories, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Short Stories/Creative Writing, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

by Eileen Slifer An Illustrated Short Story Written February 4, 2006 based on recollections of a true event “Life is like a movie in which you get to play the part in a scene just once, experiencing the sequence of events with all its sights, sounds, and subtleties in moments of time, leaving you nothing but mental and emotional replay for years to come.” That I was a particularly clever or devious child I would not describe myself as such....

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Vincent and the Instagram Influencer

April 29, 2022
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Illustrated Short Stories, Short Stories/Creative Writing, Writings

(a creative illustrated short story written 3/30/22 to 4/27/22) © Eileen Slifer, 2022 Dear Theo: You are never going to believe this but last night I was visited by someone from the future. She came from New York City in the Americas and she was dressed in such a fashion as to appear so ghastly and oddly cloaked, I thought she might be a phantom of some sort, so to be sure, I downed me some good absinthe before talking...

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Portrait in Purple: Innocence

March 30, 2022
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Commissions and Client Comments, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

Sometimes I complete portraits that are gifts, or otherwise personally inspired and non-commissioned works. This piece is one of them. Begun around 2018 or 2019 while still in Alabama, I was inspired by some old photos I saw either online, or possibly by email…old photos of my cousin, Laura, that I had never seen before. I recently learned that her oldest brother, Dennis Slifer, had taken these old black-and-white treasures…I do have them in my computer files labeled “Laura…and 1963…”...

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Your Daily Does of ‘Whatever This Is!’ – HA.

March 29, 2022
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Writings

Social Media Post on My Lunch Break: “Your daily dose of cuteness and watching things that in the least, interest and intrigue me! Yes. It was indeed a double yolker! “A friend of mine downsized and we’ve been yard sailing some stuff together and she had some adorable little cast iron miniature pans… I love cast iron and so I wanted these… first time to carefully test them. Kind of fun and cute to just fry a couple eggs at...

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Hand-Painted Wedding Invitation for Virginia and Guy

March 27, 2022
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Commissions and Client Comments

I recently finished this watercolor/guache hand-painted portrait of Bride and Groom on a matted and framed invitation from their wedding. This piece also featured some metallic gold highlighting which worked well with the decorative gold frame. My client, Christen, has ordered a number of these personal wedding keepsakes – seem to be her go-to gift in recent years and I so appreciate the repeat business! After some views here of my most recent piece, I will also include those she...

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in case you are wondering, i have a BS…that’s some kind of SCIENCE degree, not ART(S).

March 23, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Every once in awhile when I am caricature drawing (that is, drawing five-minute cartoons of people for between $100 to $150 per hour…) someone will ask me: Did you go to school for that? While there are no stupid questions – and I believe that because I often ask stupid questions simply because I just don’t know about something! – I do confess this one secretly brings me some amusement. Because. Well. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in...

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Sacrilege, Anthropomorphism and Theological Musings

March 13, 2022
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Beautiful Song and Poetry Lyrics, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

So. This is the piece I am choosing to bring to completion today. I started it on December 20, 2021. I’ve had a rough couple of weeks. Friday night and yesterday, I made time to work on some blog pieces, as some reward for surviving, yet, hitting some glitches, the piece I was focused on cannot yet be completed. It will now need to wait until I can invest the time needed to do it properly. Oh, and as I...

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Relief – Embracing Kindness – Practicing Compassion – Standing Up For Justice

March 9, 2022
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Artwork For Sale, Personal Writings, Religion, Politics and Current Events, Writings

I want to word this post carefully, as I am uncomfortable with it, on some level(s). I generally flow/write easily and don’t always overthink what I say and how I say it (although I do try to proofread and consider my word choices and expressiveness, to some degree). Last night a friend and I were messaging about my newly completed sunflower painting with hummingbird and bee. She suggested that I might want to offer 10% to relief funds for Ukraine...

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Sunflowers and Hummingbird – Original Painting For Sale Plus Canvas and Matted Prints and Notecards Now Available

March 7, 2022
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Artwork For Sale, Personal Writings

I’m really excited about a new painting I recently brought to completion called “Sunflowers With Hummingbirds.” This was begun in my Alabama studio in 2019 and continued on and off since then – in December I thought it was finished and included it in my newsletter, only to decide it needed some re-visiting, yet and tweaking of the yellows and a few other things. So I am re-advertising the original for sale, and also I now have links to Etsy...

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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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