Pauline Persing Art, Writing,& Natural History

I have never been able to make up my mind whether to concentrate on art, writing or natural history. I usually concentrate on one of the three for a while, then concentrate on another of the three. Art, writing and natural history are intwined in my life and often involve teaching a combination of these subjects.

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Grandma Moses Paintings Now at the Dayton Art Institute

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Tom and I celebrated our fifty-fourth anniverary by going out to eat and then to the art museum to see American Sampler, Grandma Moses a...

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Brukner Nature Center, Butterfly Transit Wrap Up for 2015

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Wild Indigo Duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae) What is most exciting about the duskywings is that we saw the first ones officially seen in M...

Sunday, November 15, 2015

On a Rugged Path, a Watercolor Impression

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Sometime I would like to do another version of this painting. This time around I was doing a lot of experimenting, not sure exactly wha...

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

The Carpathian Walnut Tree

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This photo doesn't quite catch the impression the tree made on me when I went out to dispose of the trash last night. Its branches s...

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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Sunrise

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Charleston Falls, 8 AM, October 31.

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

The Drama Workshop Presents Deathtrap by Ira Levin at The Glenmmore Playhouse

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Tom, Steve, and I saw Deathtrap at the Sunday, October 25 matinee. I thought I knew the play but I only knew the title. That is what ha...

Monday, October 26, 2015

October's Bright Blue Weather

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October 17, 2015, Charleston Falls Photo by Pauline October 17, 2015, Charleston Falls Photo by Pauline "O suns and skies an...

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Pauline Persing: I have been interested in art, writing and natural history since childhood. After leaving elementary school teaching, I took a part-time job teaching drawing to children. That turned out to be a part-time job for the next twenty years. It was one of the most enjoyable jobs I have ever had. During the same time I was a part-time educator for a local nature center and then an environmental educator for the county parks. When I am with children or adults in the woods or prairies or streams, I am sure there is nothing I could be doing that would make me happier. Throughout my teaching career, I have learned as much as I have taught. Along the way I have written articles and short stories and painted a lot of watercolors. Writing helps me understand myself and my world. Painting is pure pleasure.

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