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Continue reading →: My US Flag Notecards – Sewn Upside Down in DistressLast week I began chopping my US Flag notecards in half and sewing the flag back on upside down in distress. This isn’t the first time since printing my mini US Flag watercolor on notecards that I’ve done this, as my rights and pursuit of happiness as a free American…
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Continue reading →: Buy My 2026 Donation to Postcards From The EdgeFor several years now, I’ve donated a postcard-sized abstract to Visual AIDS’s annual fundraiser: Postcards from the Edge. This is an annual benefit sale and exhibition by Visual AIDS to benefit their ongoing work to support artists living with HIV and the legacies of those lost to AIDS. I donated…
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Continue reading →: Time To Wind This Down? And, Free Art For You!First, I have some free art to send out… to you! Browsing through my archives, I recently found a stash of fine art reproduction prints of two special abstracts. I’ve had one of these originals hanging around my studio for years, but I’d completely forgotten that I had reproductions printed…
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Continue reading →: Bloodied Rainbow Abstracts – One for Each of the 105 Idaho State LegislatorsEarlier this month, on just the second day of their legislative session, Idaho legislators prioritized and issued a joint (House + Senate) “Memorial” to the US Supreme Court, calling for the overturn of Obergefell v. Hodges. They in fact reject this decision from the landmark case that guarantees fundamental marriage…
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Continue reading →: About those “plus” symbols I’ve added to my abstracts…
I often search for meaning in my abstracts – it’s a journey without a specific destination as meanings emerge and retreat and evolve. I also believe that I’m not meant or capable to “figure it all out” as an earthly being, especially since I paint in abstract. I can say…
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Continue reading →: Thank You… the Hagerman Tunnel Trail is Getting New Historical Signs!Great news! The trail to the Hagerman Tunnel (see the whole story in my previous post here) is getting new signage! When my campaign to raise funds for this project on Kickstarter failed to reach its goal (and on that platform, it’s “all or nothing”, so no funds were raised),…
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Continue reading →: My Most Favorite Hike on the Planet and How You Can Help Me Restore Some of its HistoryUPDATE! Here’s the link to my Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for creating art inspired by the Hagerman Tunnel Trail AND replace historical signage in the trail for future hikers. Full story is below, but the campaign has a fun video for you to watch! I’ve hiked a lot of…
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Continue reading →: Why Pride? Also, purchase my Pride, 2024 painting to support LGBTQ+ mental health!Each year when June comes, I think about “Why Pride”? I have much to celebrate in my life, but still feel a sad tug into the negativity that asserts to detract from simply feeling proud of the person I am. Pride in who I am and what I’ve survived to…
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Continue reading →: ”Five Idyllic Trees”… a new home and the inspirationThe artist reflects on the inspiration behind a recently sold tree abstract, recalling a forest in Luxembourg that provided solace during a stressful period in their previous career. The painting captures the enduring presence of trees in the artist’s life and landscapes, with a unique addition of circle clouds symbolizing…
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Continue reading →: My Annual Studio Sale Just Opened!My annual studio sale just opened today and continues through Sunday! I have fun choosing a bunch of original paintings each year for this event (and included some unframed originals for 2024). Browse them all on my Studio Sale page here. I can ship all of these, so if you…
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Continue reading →: Non Fiction Writings of an Abstract Painter: “The End of the End”I’m continuing my writing journey and just completed a 8-week workshop course on writing memoirs and personal essays with Lighthouse Writers Workshop here in Denver. This is all so new to me; I feel very much out of my comfort zone and quickly found that painting with words is hard.…
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Continue reading →: Non-fiction writings: Character Sketch of my MotherMy Mom loved to eat cake. I once captured a perfect snapshot of that love as she sat simply eating a piece of cake. She was nestled on the velvety, green couch – the antique one from my elegant grandparent’s prim home in Ohio. We were never allowed to sit…
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Continue reading →: Non-fiction writings: “Milking Frosty”I’m continuing this new path of non-fiction writing and am now in week three of a workshop focused on writing the personal narrative or memoir. I quickly realized how much I don’t know about writing and, at this particular moment, I feel very frustrated. On my other, creative path, abstract…
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Continue reading →: Non-fiction writings: “Rocket Ship”The author describes embarking on a non-fiction writing workshop focused on personal narratives, aiming to express thoughts on paper. They received a small rocket ship sculpture as a gift, which symbolizes escaping to a different “elsewhere.” The sculpture’s unique features, such as a perfect purple hue and Colorado origin, evoke…
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Continue reading →: My studio – also a place of refugeLike many artists, my art studio is an important component in my creative process. Over the past 20 years, I’ve had no less than 11 studio spaces for making my abstract art. That feels like “a lot” and I’m hoping my current studio will serve me for a long time.…
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Continue reading →: Spring Studio Sale! 50-75% Off Regular Prices!I launched my annual Spring Studio Sale and have selected over 30 original abstracts that are 50-75% savings from my regular prices. I love having my sale so I can clear out a bit of space in my studio AND send people home with some new art for their collections.…
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Continue reading →: My Journey From Abstract Squares to CirclesI’m so grateful for my second career as an abstract artist… nearly 20 years of painting abstracts after years in corporate technology! I sure don’t miss the days of software development, data warehousing and IT project management… For most of my 20 years as an artist, I’ve painted mostly abstracts…
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Continue reading →: Yep, Circles seem to be my new SquareLast autumn, I was invited to join a new virtual artist group – Artburst Studios – and participate in their inaugural online exhibit coming up February 23-25, 2023 (visit Artburst Studios Website). I’m quite excited about this group for many reasons – mainly because I’ve come to highly respect the…
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Continue reading →: Bloodied Micro Abstracts For Haters in ColoradoAfter the horrific shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs last month, I painted two rainbow abstracts as I processed this. One I sold to wonderful Collectors here in Denver and donated all the proceeds to the Colorado Healing Fund to benefit those affected by the shooting. The second rainbow…
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Continue reading →: Heartbroken from the hate…I’ve been painting while I process the recent shooting in Colorado Springs this past weekend. At first I felt numb and just “jumbled up”. As I painted these rainbow colors, weary sadness and sharp anger is what holds me now. I firmly believe from my own experiences and observations that…
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Continue reading →: Things I think about in my studio…It has been awhile since my last post, but I need to get this topic out of my head (and my studio) and onto “paper”. You may have seen my Instagram (davidcastleart) posts recently about my Forgiveness Tour to Idaho where I verbalized to my Mom (who passed away 2…
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Continue reading →: Happy Pride… and a little about my big gay journeyI’ve never posted much about the “big gay journey” part of my life, but this Pride month it has been on my mind. So, I’m sharing what I thought about as I painted this Pride-inspired, colorful abstract today. I knew that I was different somehow from a pretty early age.…
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Continue reading →: Denver Arts Festival is This Weekend!I kicked off my career change in 2003 from computer scientist to abstract artist by exhibiting at many art festivals in Colorado and the West. The Denver Arts Festival has been one of my favorites and I was awarded the Best in Show award in 2008! Now that I’m back…
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Continue reading →: NEW Mini Abstracts Available on My Website!I’ve released 15 new mini abstracts on my website and invite you to jump over to www.davidcastleart.com to check them out! No waiting for the supply chain to catch up, these original abstract paintings are all ready to go, for shipping or pick up at my Denver studio. Each features…
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Continue reading →: BIG news for my Mini Abstracts!I’ve been hard at work in my studio painting fifteen new mini abstracts, each with a brand-new resin varnish. That’s the reflection you see above and I’m loving the rich, glass-like finish it gives each painting. I’ll be releasing all fifteen new mini abstracts to folks on my email list…
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Continue reading →: Welcome (me) back to Colorado!This summer has been a flurry of activity (and stress) to get me and my husband Steve moved back to my native Denver, Colorado. We arrived to a temporary apartment living situation on May 1st and haven’t looked back. Less than a month later we were under contract to buy…
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Continue reading →: A View into My Studio – Making Original Artcards
With the galleries and boutique shops that carry my original abstract artcards closed for now, I’ve received several requests for them directly from my art fans. So, since my inventory is low, I’ve been ramping up production in my studio and want to show you a bit about how I…
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Continue reading →: Just Popped This Mini Abstract…I just popped this mini abstract into a fun, silver metal frame and love it! This’ll be a hint at another blog post to come about my mini abstracts that I mount for original artcards. I haven’t been liking much of what I’m doing in my studio since the lockdown…
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Continue reading →: Back to Elementals…It has really been too long since I’ve posted… but, over the holidays I did spend some good time in my studio going back to one of my old and favorite painting styles. I occasionally feel the pull to go back to my roots of pure watercolor paintings after having…
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Continue reading →: Artist Intermission: Anxiety and Depression
I’m in a bit of an “artist intermission” full of anxiety, and the familiar depression that I’ve battled for many years. Nope, not a glamorous star here bringing awareness to those of us who live with depression and anxiety. And, I don’t have the resources to completely “take time off”…
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