{"id":8444,"date":"2019-05-12T17:43:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T21:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=8444"},"modified":"2019-05-12T17:43:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T21:43:44","slug":"turpentine-diaries-5-12-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/turpentine-diaries-5-12-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 5\/12\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"

As much as I whine and moan about this or that, I’m not the hot-house plant that I may appear. And sometimes my paintings go well! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Although, I won’t say that too loudly or I’ll jinx it, amirite?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The unfinished Troopers<\/em> on the easel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Read more<\/span>Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Troopers<\/em>, after 8-9 sessions is basically painting itself. I could close my eyes and just pitch in and–voila!–another session finished. It happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Troopers<\/em> is 40″ x 50.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As much as I whine and moan about this or that, I’m not the hot-house plant that I may appear. And sometimes my paintings go well! (Although, I won’t say that too loudly or I’ll jinx it, amirite?) Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens RenovationsTroopers, after 8-9 sessions is basically painting itself. I could close […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":8443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,19,343,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paintings","category-studio","category-turpentine-diaries","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/studio-2019-5-12.jpg?fit=1400%2C2478&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8392,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/turpentine-diaries-4-28-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":8444,"position":0},"title":"Turpentine diaries 4\/28\/19","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"April 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I planned on starting a podcast for a long time and today I finally got around to doing it. 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