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Melissa McCobb Hubbell

Winsted, CT

artist, craftsperson, designer, writer

Interests: art, craft, mixed media, nature, writing, reading, photography, design

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I've set myself a challenge to draw 100 faces on blank 4"x6" index cards. You can see more in my Flickr Album 100 Faces. Enjoy! Continue reading

Posted Apr 8, 2016 at my blog

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Back in August I joined the online group The Documented Life Project at Art5Academy. It is a free, year long art journaling project that gives you weekly challenges based on media, technique and subject. You upload your pages and get feedback from other members, and it seemed like a good... Continue reading

Posted Oct 14, 2015 at my blog

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Back at the Farm...

As the swallows return to Capistrano, the weather begins to warm, and the horsey folk around these parts start dropping off the first batches of horse blankets at Overhill Farm for laundering and repair. Spring has sprung! This will be my third summer working for "The Blanket Lady", Jill Murphy... Continue reading

Posted Oct 11, 2015 at my blog

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Ok i'm still working on it...

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Posted Oct 11, 2015 at my blog

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I recently came across the art of sally mankus photographer, sculptor, mixed media and installation artist, originally from georgia, she now lives in florida. Her interest in and concentration on the discarded or decayed remnants of domestic life - simple, small town, thrifty, make-do, and depressed - intrigues me. Her... Continue reading

Posted Oct 11, 2015 at my blog

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Norwalk River Walk

<p>I have so many stories to tell, moments to share. Having to start somewhere I will start here at one of my favorite spots, one of our Sunday outings: the trail along the Norwalk river at the Ridgefield recreation center (just down the hill from our old house.)</p> <p>One of... Continue reading

Posted Oct 11, 2015 at my blog

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Old house in Georgetown

Between Redding, Wilton and Ridgefield is a little hamlet called Georgetown, CT. No one seems quite sure which town it "belongs" to. It is small, its borders are vague, it is an old town - most houses are colonial or cottage in style. The railroad tracks run through it. It... Continue reading

Posted Oct 11, 2015 at my blog

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Topsmead State Park

Yesterday we visited Topsmead State Park in nearby Litchfield CT. As it is described on the CT State Parks website "In 1917, Miss Chase received from her father approximately 16 acres on Jefferson Hill in Litchfield. Here she built a substantial summer home in 1923. She hired noted architect Richard... Continue reading

Posted Oct 11, 2015 at my blog

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back to blogging!

I don't think I've had an active blog in over a year! And what a year it has been... We've moved from the woods of Redding, CT in Fairfield Co. to a top floor apartment in a late 19th four story century brick building on Main Street in Winsted CT,... Continue reading

Posted Oct 8, 2015 at my blog

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the pet parade!

Winsted seems big on parades (three since we moved here 6 months ago!). Yesyerday was The Rotary Club Pet Parade. When we'd first seen the posters (hand drawn by school kids) around town we had ideas of joining, with our miniature dachshund Holly in tow. Not that she would have... Continue reading

Posted Jun 1, 2015 at my blog

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what a luxury to have two BIG tables to spread all my stuff out! Of course now that its all spread out I see I need some MORE. I've always favored the Golden Fluid Acrylics - for years. Now that I'm painting larger canvases I wonder if I should switch... Continue reading

Posted Mar 29, 2015 at @studio505

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artist: Jennifer Davis

I've come across this striking image by Jennifer Davis before - it really hit that (fauvist....?) part of my where faces do not need to be "face colored" and with that separation from reality become so much more exciting and magical in intense unusual tones... Hairdo, 12x16", acrylic/graphite, 2011 Of... Continue reading

Posted Mar 16, 2015 at @studio505

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today @ studio #505

Still awaiting canvases (Jerry's Artarama had a great sale and free delivery but I'm kind of wishing I'd just driven there and gotten them!) I went back to some sewn pieces I want to finish up (ALERT! I am putting together a bookmaking workshop to hold at my studio!) and... Continue reading

Posted Feb 26, 2015 at @studio505

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A life long dream has come true - I HAVE MY OWN ART STUDIO! No, not a room in my house or a spot in my house or the kitchen table but a proper 20x30' big, empty (so far..) ART STUDIO in a converted factory building full of other artist's... Continue reading

Posted Feb 26, 2015 at @studio505

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I hope they have another way in besides that ladder.. Continue reading

Posted Feb 12, 2015 at @studio505

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new town, new home

After many years in Ridgefield and neighboring Redding, CT my husband and I have recently moved to Winsted in northwestern CT. We had never even heard of the town before! But it seemed like a good time for a change and when we walked into this third floor, 1000 sq.... Continue reading

Posted Feb 12, 2015 at @studio505

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It's been quite a while since I even tried to keep a blog or a journal... but it is a new year, in a new town -- with a new studio! A new life?. It seems like a good time for me to start again. More to follow... Continue reading

Posted Feb 11, 2015 at @studio505

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workshops :: demo's :: how to's :: & what-have-you's

A compendium of classes, workshops, demos & tutorials offered for workshop retreats, studio classrooms, private lessons, events and online tutorial. ALL workshops can be customized to fit your needs: instructional level, group size, event themes, and venues. as well as time and budget constraints. please feel free to contact me... Continue reading

Posted Aug 11, 2013 at workshops

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We had a sad, but beautiful weekend in Southampton, NY. My Uncle Jack Grimm (uncle by marriage to my mother's youngest sister Ann) died in March at their home in Florida. There was a small private burial at the time, but Ann had decided to have a memorial service on... Continue reading

Posted Jul 15, 2013 at melissalaneous

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the brief weeping of the plum

In the back northwestern corner of our park-like yard, by the patio to the old house, is a small weeping plum tree. In the years we've lived here it hasn't changed size as far as I can tell, nor the fact that most of its weeping branches hand heavily to... Continue reading

Posted Jun 12, 2013 at melissalaneous

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Saturday in Soho

Follow me on a drizzly foray through Soho to wonderful shops, rich rainbows of color, and a delicious dose of the sublime, the silly, the delight of happiness and joy! Continue reading

Posted May 22, 2013 at melissalaneous

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illustration friday : handlettering

Here are a few lovely illustrations that caught my eye on Pinterest and pinned to my art - illustration board. I wanted to share the left hand one, particularly since I'm really loving illustration with handwritten text theses days. left: Freya Ete, top Becca Stadtlander, bottom: Matsue Maiko As a... Continue reading

Posted Apr 22, 2013 at melissalaneous

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Posted Apr 11, 2013 at melissalaneous

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inspiring artists: CAROLYN GAVIN

Today's dose of creative inspiration *INSPIRATION* comes from artist and designer Carolyn Gavin who writes in her blog profile "Growing up in South Africa, Carolyn has warm memories of a life filled with exotic color, rich imagery and intense contrast. These earlier influences often find there way into Carolyn's current... Continue reading

Posted Apr 4, 2013 at melissalaneous

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I recently came across the art of sally mankus photographer, sculptor, mixed media and installation artist, originally from georgia, she now lives in florida. Her interest in and concentration on the discarded or decayed remnants of domestic life - simple, small town, thrifty, make-do, and depressed - intrigues me. Her... Continue reading

Posted Mar 15, 2013 at blog

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