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A Sunday summer morning

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Happy Sunday morning.  I am hoping yours looks a bit like this.  Oh to be a very loved chihuahua.

Will, napping soundly beside my daughter.

Just checking in here to send a hug out and share a bit.  I do a good bit of sharing on so... Read more →


Real Woman: Work In Progress

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Real Woman | Spring 2016

Colleen Attara wasn’t a natural-born artistic ingénue. She wasn’t some kind of gifted savant of painting or drawing or sculpting. Instead, she had, from a very young age, an intense creative spirit and a desire to e... Read more →


Art Licensing Info: Industry Icon Interview

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Art Licensing Info | March 2016

"[Art Licensing Info's] second Industry Icon Interview of 2016 is a very fun one! We got to hang out in person with Colleen at her cozy cottage studio built in the 1800's.

In this interview, Colleen shares her story from corporate life to artist, and sheds light on her style, values and direction as relates to her brand and her life. She even p... Read more →


a day in June

My Journal

4:40 am.  I am wide awake.

So I quietly slipped out of bed and made some coffee and now here I sit. Wide awake with you. And thinking about this past year and this new year.

It is cold and dark outside.  I have a little heater in my office studio. I am wearing a sweater with a fake fur collar that is like a coat.

But there was a day last summer that was really glorious and the sun was shining.  I was on the farm outside my cottage studio. I was with an amazing photographer, some white wine, mu... Read more →


Squam: Morning on the Dock

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Squam Morning on the Dock | February 2016

A lovely interview with Elizabeth from Squam for their Morning on the Dock Podcast Series, discussions intended to encourage creativity, "pleasure and mindfulness in your day...[as well as] strengthen and cele... Read more →