Category Archives: Travel

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Here There Be Dragons: Utilizing Pareidolia in My Art Process

What do you see in the clouds above? I see a giant moose. Or someone with a tiny head, sitting back on his heels while flexing his muscles. And a pyramid in the distance. The […]

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The Eclipse Report from a Haunted Inn

A partial view of the recent solar eclipse on Monday, August 21 simply could not compare to full totality. This was truly an awe-inspiring event that photographs cannot do full justice. Jimmy and I drove […]

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Inspiration in Paradise: A Love Letter to Puerto Rico

In December, Jimmy and I took a much-needed vacation to a place where we can just relax and recharge our batteries ? Puerto Rico. This was our third trip to the island, so it may […]

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Amy and Jimmy’s Top Ten List of Haunted Places

The first edition of this post?first appeared as two feature articles in the October?2015 issue of my newsletter, Off the Easel. Decisions, decisions! Narrowing down our list of favorite haunted locations turned out to be […]

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Taking Time:?Looking at things differently

This post originally appeared as a feature article in the March 2016 issue of my newsletter, Off the Easel. ?I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not […]

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Ready, Set…Go! Rabbit Races Turtle

Which painting should I print next as a greeting card??Cast your vote today in the Comments section below. Turtle took the leg on the 24 hour #RabbitRacesTurtle Twitter poll, but I am accepting votes here […]

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Origins of a Painting: Second Sight/2nd Site

Originally published in my April 2015 issue of Off the Easel Before leaving England on our 2008 trip, I was determined to see the Rollright Stones. After all, many visitors describe this as an eerie […]

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The Day We Left Orkney. Part I: You *Can* Get There From Here

  First edition originally published January 23, 2015 Sylvia Wishart -?Hoy Sound 1987, oil and mixed media on paper from the Pier Arts Centre Collection, used with permission ? the Estate of Sylvia Wishart When […]

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Why I Love to Travel

  First edition originally published November 20, 2014 THE Little Red Suitcase! digital photograph ? Amy Funderburk 2014 All Rights Reserved   It all started with a little red suitcase…. Trip Advisor, that quintessential online […]

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Really Seeing a Place

First edition originally published March 18, 2014 The last crocuses have now been joined by armies of cheerful daffodils, bluebells, and hyacinths, all bowing their heads today under the weight of today?s sleet and freezing […]