Category: Personal History
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What Animates & Illuminates?
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“This feeling… of alertness to the inner-spirit of things — this humming — comes from a hard-earned understanding of the impermanence of things and, indeed, our own impermanence. This lesson ultimately animates and illuminates our lives. We become witnesses to the thrilling emergency of the present — a series of exquisite and burning moments,…
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Moving Forward – With All My Strength
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As I write this I am home in Point au Roche and getting ready for a move west to Colorado. The stay in this house has broken the record for the longest time living in any one home… almost fifteen years. The longest I lived in one place before this was as a child in…
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Recent Prints
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Adirondacks, Archery, Art, Artist Residency, Colorado, Craigardan, Fisher’s Peak, Guadalupe Mountains NP, Local Roaming, Migration, My Portfolio, National Parks, Personal History, Relief Printing, Simpson’s Rest, Soul Food, Southwestern US, Trinidad, Trinidad History Museum, Wanderings, wild creaturesSome friends have been wondering how things are going so here are my four most recent images to give you a peek at the inspiration I have had in the last four months… I also included the jack rabbit image I completed last summer. Two images are inspired by my stay in Trinidad, CO as…
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Autumn in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Southern Colorado has such beauty and complexity of scenery – from the low mesas up to the high passes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and Spanish Peaks… So much to capture the imagination that it seems crazy to add gorgeous autumn color to the mix! Being recently widowed means spending a great deal of…
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Trinidad Wanderings
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As my residency deepens I am continuing my exploration of Trinidad and the surrounding sights. It’s been good for my spirit to be in Colorado exploring this town and meeting new friends. Although definitely not easy to be without my wandering artist partner of 28 years… (It’s obviously amazing to be lucky enough…
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Beautiful Trinidad, CO
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Though I have been posting photos regularly on my Instagram and Facebook pages I know some of you are not using these platforms and thought I would update folks with a little photo essay of my current home and wanderings. On September 3 my residency at the Trinidad History Museum began and I moved in…
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Our Shared Anniversary
In 1996 Shaun and I planned our wedding in the North Country after being a couple for six years. When we told my Grandma Patty about our proposed date (which was Saturday, August 24) she informed us that August 22 was a significant date in our family. She and my Grandpa Clinton Wear, her parents…
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Wandering West
I am not sure how to begin… With the death of Shaun on July 13, I have lost my editor, photographer, best friend, lover, husband, soul mate, guide and the wonderful man I have been partner with for more than half my life. Most of the time I feel very fortunate to have known Shaun…
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The 1st Of A Million Tributes
We were graced with an amazing day to climb Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain in the Adirondacks to honor Shaun’s memory on August 10, 2018. Just a handful of friends joined me to let fly some of Shaun’s ashes from the fire tower. The humidity that was dogging us lifted overnight after a dramatic late night thunderstorm.…
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Shaun 1952 – 2018
Born in Plattsburgh, NY on February 13, 1952 Shaun was the seventh child of ItaMary O’Grady Heffernan (an Irish citizen to the day she died) and Thomas True Heffernan (his middle name came from his mother whose was a member of the True family of Saranac and True Brook). He was preceded in death by…
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AiR Woodblock Prints Featured in Two Exhibits ~ Cheyenne, WY & Cape Cod, MA
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As an Artist-in-Residence at National Parks I have created woodblock prints inspired by each park. Currently three of my images (four prints) are exhibited and available for the public to see or purchase…
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In Progress Work by Amanda
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Drawings submitted for consideration in the Yellowstone: Color It Wild book published by Yellowstone National Park and the Yellowstone Association. The bison and animal tracks images were used in the book. Select drawings & sketches from the past few months…
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Beautiful Bighorn Canyon NRA
One awesome benefit of being awarded artist residencies in national parks is discovering and falling in love with new places! This recently happened to us at Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in Montana/Wyoming. We stayed at historic Ewing-Snell Ranch about twenty miles north of the Park Visitor Center in Lovell, WY. There are numerous visually…
Wander Artist & Tabula Rasa Studio 