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Swirling Doodles Make Great Patterns

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Ruth Weal

I’ve been busy doodling again and my current doodling obsession has been back with curves and swirls. I haven’t stopped at just the doodling though, I’ve been making use of my new Adobe Illustrator CS5 skills to make my original … Continue reading →

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Dark thoughts run deep

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Ruth Weal

I don’t see darkness in quite the same way as many people. For me it isn’t quite so simple as black and white, or good and evil. For me the darkness is an equally valid part of our beings, the … Continue reading →

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Ghost of Me

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Well this isn’t really a Halloween post, but the title does have a Ghost in it Ghost of Me is the self portrait below that I tripped out in Photoshop to get a very different feel. It was one of … Continue reading →

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Between the rapture and the ruin

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Ruth Weal

Today’s article is about life and what it is that truly defines our existence, that makes our lives of worth and value. It took me a while to come to terms with the fact that it wasn’t the great moments … Continue reading →

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Dark Goddess

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Ruth Weal

I’ve been fascinated by mythology since I was a young girl, lapping up any stories of King Arthur, Robin Hood, Sinbad the Sailor and anything Egyptian, Norse and Arabian. I distinctly remember the first time I saw Ray Harryhausen’s depictions … Continue reading →

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Dusk’s Women

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Ruth Weal

I may have mentioned before that I’m more likely to witness dusk than dawn. I feel a strange affinity with that time of the day, maybe it’s because I love the night so much and the dusk is always the … Continue reading →