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Karen Stahlecker. Full time visual artist-currently watercolor painting. Progressive, feminist, environmentalist. Nature is my muse.
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Still catching up on some of the moving parts from 6-14, No Kings, including a fantastic view of Wacker Drive in Chicago. I didn’t have a sign ready for Saturday but I’m planning to make one soon…we’ll need to show up a LOT more the way👎🏻things are going. Make plans to show up❣️

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No Kings Day in McHenry County, IL!

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What a treat!! I clustered the current bloomers all together today. I have 4 regular & 1 miniature orchid all in bloom at once❣️ I’ve collected orchids for almost 20 years,& sometimes I’m seriously negligent. They tend to be really tough plants & the flowers last a long time, even a month.

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More Resistance Art💥

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Over this past week, I started working on Spring Wreaths. The basic idea is to select a palette & some individual elements, then work to assemble & layer these to create a balanced circle.

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I took a partial break from the ‘real world’ over the past weekend to focus on painting. My injured right hand is working a little better-and I’m pushing it to get back to where I was before the accident…meanwhile? Finding time to put some ‘miles on my brush!’ Listing paintings new to older…

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A trifecta of stupid jerks🫣

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Quiet Mother’s Day thoughts as I remember my mom, Vera. She’s been gone well over half of my life, but her influence & inspiration were instrumental in my life-long career as an artist❤️. She was intelligent, funny, mischievous, and loving. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom❣️

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May 5 is the 3rd birthday of the Orange Brothers!! Bibbs & Sunny were adopted from Gateway Pets in East St Louis. They’re so much fun-sometimes a little too manic😅. Pure Love🧡🧡

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Happy Heavenly Birthday to my beautiful black cat, Mariah! She was part beauty queen & part ruthless hunter. She left permanent paw prints on my heart. 2002-2022, RIP💔

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Happy Heavenly Birthday to my beautiful black cat, Mariah! She was part beauty queen & part ruthless hunter. She left permanent paw prints on my heart. 2002-2022, RIP💔

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Dear USA- You can be so much better than this…you’re descending into a lawless cruel inhumane state

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Our Illinois Governor Pritzker is speaking truth to power & it really is inspiring 💥 @govpritzker.illinois.gov

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Qualifier! USA elected a president who is ignorant of basic economics & math (& law & government & humans & science & medicine & on & on😭)

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I don’t think I’ve ever been more embarrassed than when I witnessed Zelensky’s visit to the WH. I wanted so badly to intervene, tell those 2 rude bullying monsters 😡 to Back Off, 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 www.threads.com/@jonchevreau...

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47 is either baffled by our Constitution…OR deliberately breaking laws because he expects to get away with (immunity) anything he does as president…

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47 is truly confused about how trade & economics operate. All kinds of new records…record lows. And the destruction—so far—is incalculable.

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Every day is Earth Day❣️

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The orange leader is trying to completely undermine Ukraine defense efforts to make this war easier for Pootin to win🤬

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