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		<title>On the easel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 01:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lately, I&#8217;ve been experimenting with a more neutral palette. For this piece, I&#8217;m starting out with an underpainting of darker values. The next step will be to add minimal layers of soft color. Dead hostas have a beautiful tissue paper-like glow, and I&#8217;m hoping that working with the design elements, value and color, I&#8217;ll be [...]<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://kristinefretheim.com/on-the-easel/">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Intoxicated</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2018 04:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m intoxicated— stumbling drunk from&#160;steamy summer days, &#160;moss covered rocks, the surprising hop of a toad in my garden, cicadas at night, the sudden pain of smashed fingers between boulders I should never have tried to lift. I&#8217;m intoxicated by sweat and dirt and worms, by aching muscles, bird songs, butterflies, grasshoppers, and by prayers [...]<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://kristinefretheim.com/intoxicated/">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Painting with a Joyous Heart</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 23:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This summer I&#8217;m immersed in a new painting inspired by my Rock Garden Series. I&#8217;m calling it Gaia Dharma, after Katharine, the amazing woman who commissioned this piece. Roughly translated, &#8220;Gaia&#8221; is Earth Consciousness, the Earth Goddess, the primordial Mother. Katharine has developed a training program called Journey of Young Women, to support and connect [...]<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://kristinefretheim.com/painting-with-a-joyous-heart/">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Circle Game</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 14:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a little time out for an In-Between, we’re (both of me) moving right along… round and round and round in The Circle Game. Now we&#8217;re diving into the shadows with super-soft squirrel hair brushes. They are so soft, before I commit to the painting, I make a few practice strokes to help my body [...]<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://kristinefretheim.com/the-circle-game/">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Strength and Fragility of Watercolor</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2015 21:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the things I love about watercolor is it&#8217;s fragility. If you own a watercolor, it requires care and protection. Unlike an oil or acrylic painting, a&#160;watercolor cannot withstand a rain shower or a snow storm. It will wilt and fade under direct sunlight. I wouldn&#8217;t suggest hanging a watercolor in a steamy bathroom [...]<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://kristinefretheim.com/fragility-watercolor/">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Paintings from the Rock Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2015 23:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Under a full moon and lunar eclipse, the opening reception for my watercolor exhibit, Paintings from the Rock Garden, in Lanesboro, MN felt&#8230; well— auspicious. Visitors came from Saint Paul, Winona and the surrounding area for food, wine, music and art— discerning eyes saw beauty and death in the rock garden paintings. Lanesboro gallery lighting [...]<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://kristinefretheim.com/paintings-from-rock-garden/">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Art Attack! 2014</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was a perfect weekend for an Art Attack— crisp November days and artists&#8217; &#160;studios bursting with creativity, welcomed hundreds of&#160;art lovers to the Northrup King Building in Minneapolis.&#160;Thank you to all who purchased my watercolors and giclées. I know you will enjoy them for many years to come, and I&#8217;m grateful for the confidence [...]<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://kristinefretheim.com/art-attack-2014/">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>34th International Exhibit~ San Diego Watercolor Society</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2014 16:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; My catalog arrived in the mail from the 34th International Exhibition of the San Diego Watercolor Society. It&#8217;s a beauty! I&#8217;m grateful Juror Skip Lawrence included my painting, Vajra Vision #2, in the show. He selected 95 paintings from 620 entries. Eight countries are represented, as well as works from all across the United [...]<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://kristinefretheim.com/34th-international-exhibition-san-diego-watercolor-society/">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>My Painting is Going to Watercolor USA 2014!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2014 21:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My painting Hen &#38; Chicks has been selected by juror Maggie Adler for the Watercolor USA 2014 exhibition at the Springfield Art Museum in Springfield, MO. The exhibit is open from June 7 &#8211; August 5, 2014. Since 1962 the Springfield Art Museum has recognized and encouraged watercolor painting from across the United States by [...]<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://kristinefretheim.com/going-to-watercolor-usa-2014/">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Long Will It Take</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[… for the sadness to go away? I didn&#8217;t realize how often I thought of her, how often I called her to chat about this and that. I wasn&#8217;t aware of the space she filled in my days. I wasn&#8217;t aware. She was opinionated, outspoken and impatient, and I was often upset by our conversations. [...]<div class="more-link-wrapper"><a class="more-link" href="https://kristinefretheim.com/how-long-will-it-take/">Read More</a></div>]]></description>
		
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