Category Archives: Telling a Story

The Bent Tree

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Sarah Sullivan

The bent tree is a landmark at our annual reunion on my brother’s land. It is in the midst of the common area, is very long, and rises at a 45-degree angle to a height of five feet or so … Continue reading →

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Great-Nephew in a Swing

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Sarah Sullivan

The very youngest member of our group is wild about swinging under the pine trees, especially when pushed by his Granny. I like this quick sketch because it eliminates all the business going on nearby and focuses on the most … Continue reading →

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Family Reunion

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Sarah Sullivan

Family reunions are so much fun, especially ones with twenty-some people aged from 1 to 76. Here is a composite sketch showing some of the people and camping setups at our annual family reunion. Imagine twice the number of people … Continue reading →

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What’s the Name of this Flower?

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Sarah Sullivan

It is unusually green here at my brother’s place in Colorado for early July, and it seems that with each step we take, another flower is waiting for its portrait to be taken.

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Art and Chat

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Sarah Sullivan

Our family reunion is off to a good start. Today I sketched with a few of my sibs as we chatted the morning away.

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Postscript to the Festival of Saint Anthony

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Sarah Sullivan

Although I finished telling the visual story of the Feast of Saint Anthony in Pietrapertosa Italy, I made one more sketch of that charming town perched on a rocky Italian hillside. This final sketch is of the village from a … Continue reading →

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Festival of Saint Anthony, part 3

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Sarah Sullivan

This story of the Festival of Saint Antonio in Pietrapertosa, Italy, ends with a young man climbing the newly erected tree up to where the two trees had been joined together, wrapping his legs around the trunk, hanging upside down, … Continue reading →

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