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About CatRutgers4Art

Original art by Catherine Rutgers, with musings on the media and the methods. Founded in 2010. “I believe in magic moments. Am not afraid to be sentimental, and adore a tweaked cliché. Two of my favorite pastimes are watching paint dry and observing green tendrils unfold.”

The Art of Compost: Do you promise to funk?

It began late last August: the campaign to make compost. First, there was a neglected pile of garden stuff, left in a heap all summer long. Greenish and soggy and hard to pull apart, but I did. And it was … Continue reading

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Green Springs Forth!

And what a lovely thing this is. Being curious to know exactly what the vernal equinox is, I find it quickly in that handiest of sources, Answers.com, this one by Greg Scott: “As the earth revolves around the sun there … Continue reading

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Sea of Joy

The next post is going to be intense. It’s the opening round of the thesis conclusion, from the razor’s edge to the power of the circle. It usually takes about a week to work on the text and create new … Continue reading

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A Valentine for Everyone

Why do love messages get so gloomy? They say, “True love never dies.” But it does, a million times! It swoops and soars, dips, wavers, curls up like it’s asleep, and pops back out smiling. It’s an experiment. Changeable, shifting, … Continue reading

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Random Image

Filling a lacuna till there’s time for the new Untitled piece, simmering away (somewhat anxiously). The full-size makes a deep and soothing background screen. Enjoy and see you soon! Artwork by Catherine Rutgers © 2012

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