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A Face Only a Mother Could Love (Or: How I Photographed a Cockroach)

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An abstract photography experiment transforms an unlikely subject into art. This post explores creative risk, perspective, and process, and the story behind an Honorable Mention at Absolutely Abstract with the Visual Art League of Lewisville. Continue reading A Face Only a Mother Could Love (Or: How I Photographed a Cockroach)

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Dust the Outside of My House? I Don’t Even Dust the Inside!

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After years of handling pests myself (including an over-the-top garage pesticide incident), I finally decided to leave it to the experts. I quickly realized Home Run Pest & Termite Control are professionals that are in a league of their own.

With immediate results and zero effort on my part, I found peace of mind and learned that life is too short to live with freeloading bugs. Continue reading Dust the Outside of My House? I Don’t Even Dust the Inside!

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Behind the Scenes – Model Casting Call

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I started scouting dying department stores at the beginning of 2025. I realized with my first model, Miss Ethel Gladys Antoinette Dubois busy at her modeling gigs, I’d need more models.

Macy’s Department store in Fairview was closing. Tore and I had to make multiple trips because it takes time for the mannequins to be available for purchase. And when they were it was a frenzy of excitement (at least for me). Continue reading Behind the Scenes – Model Casting Call

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Miss Macy Dons Paper Hole Punch Couture

Miss Macy Dons Paper Hole Punch Couture

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Title: Miss Macy Dons Paper Hole Punch Couture
Artist: Denise Holguin
Materials: Hole punched paper, wire

Artist Statement: Progress on this artwork felt like a drop in the ocean. Insurmountable. Over-whelming. Never-ending. But just as in life, every “dot” of effort counts toward the final goal. Continue reading Miss Macy Dons Paper Hole Punch Couture