I have always wanted to learn how to paint in oils, but I felt too intimidated in college to learn. Then I did the whole go to college, transfer colleges, transfer back to original college, graduate from college, get a job, get transferred to yankeeville, fall in love, get married, buy a dog, buy a house, renovate a house, have a child, buy another dog, have another child, buy a REALLY old house, (for which I was so unprepared), renovate that house, raise a family and then my kids abruptly left me at the same time last year.

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  Shelli Alford | November 3, 2017

  Hearing Voices Instead Of Solid Critiques From Teachers

  I have a friend, Jules Arthur, who is a phenomenal painter. He critiques my work and gives me...

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  Shelli Alford | April 3, 2017

  Actually Painting At The MET!!!

  The next day was my fourth class at the MET copying, Sir Thomas Lawrence.  I love this class!  It’s...

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  Shelli Alford | March 24, 2017

  Sketching With The Masters At The Met

  I forgot to mention the best day of our non-painting days.  It was to visit the MET’s Drawing and...

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  Shelli Alford | February 13, 2017

  Still No Painting At The MET

  Soooo, none of the paintings I chose were approved by the curators. There is a curator for each...

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  Shelli Alford | December 2, 2016

  Master Copy Class at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

  I’m taking a class from the New York Academy of Art called Master Copying Class at the Metropolitan...

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  Shelli Alford | November 10, 2016

  Max Ginsburg’s Retrospective

  It’s Saturday and it is finally starting to feel like fall outside. I’m on a train headed for...

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  Shelli Alford | July 9, 2016

  Art Student League with Ricky, Alex, Max and Grace. A day of firsts.

    Grace (my daughter) and I caught the 7:15AM train to NYC last Saturday.  We met my friends...

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