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Krista Swisher
May 5, 20223 min read
My Artistic Mission
Gina Blitstein, founder of Shine a Light Marketing, is my marketing partner for Krista Swisher's Paintings. We recently had a strategy...
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Krista Swisher
May 2, 20221 min read
Birth of a Painting
We've all seen completed works of art, but have you ever seen one come to life from the first stroke on the canvas? I didn't think so! I...
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Krista Swisher
Apr 26, 20221 min read
Krista's Life - Part III
As this series of blog posts concludes, I'm up to the present in recounting my journey to become a real, actualized painter. But I assure...
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Krista Swisher
Apr 16, 20221 min read
Auction for Ukraine
What’s happening in Ukraine is an ugly, overwhelmingly cruel humanitarian crisis. When I hear such atrocities as buildings with huge...
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Krista Swisher
Apr 13, 20223 min read
Two Artists, Two Motivations
“If Pollock’s life in art was a struggle to find a way around, or through, his own manifest shortcomings, deKooning’s was the exact...
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Krista Swisher
Mar 31, 20221 min read
New Patron Level
Throughout history, artists have thrived due to the support of their Patrons. Read my previous post about the relationship between...
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Krista Swisher
Mar 20, 20221 min read
Krista's Life - Part II
Happy Spring! In this video I take you farther along the timeline of my life as I'm pulled by the allure of new influences toward my...
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Krista Swisher
Mar 20, 20222 min read
Matisse & Picasso: Rivalry or Healthy Competition?
As mentioned in my recent public blog on my website, this Patron article is the first of three discussions from the great book by...
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Krista Swisher
Mar 9, 20221 min read
Artistic Relationships: My Take Coming Soon to My Patron Blog
My next few patron articles are going to focus on the relationships between artists I particularly admire and who are discussed in...
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Krista Swisher
Feb 15, 20221 min read
Krista's Life - Part I
I want to more fully introduce myself to you so I made this video to begin telling the story of how I became the artist I am today. Enjoy!
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Krista Swisher
Feb 15, 20223 min read
Viva la Vida
Frida Kahlo (6 July, 1907 – 13 July, 1954) The title of this month’s Patron blog was Frida’s last painting (a still life of cut...
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Krista Swisher
Feb 7, 20221 min read
Flowers Fade but Art is Forever!
Sometimes it’s difficult to find the perfect gift to express your feelings for someone you love. Many of the classic Valentine gifts,...
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Krista Swisher
Jan 19, 20223 min read
It All Began with Jackson Pollock’s Mural for Peggy Guggenheim’s Townhouse
If you’re a patron of my website, you probably know something about me, and you might know that I was an English professor in a past...
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Krista Swisher
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Why Be a Patron?
What do the Catholic Church, the Medici family, Gertrude Stein, and Peggy Guggenheim have in common? They were all patrons of artists for...
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