Carly Swenson is an intuitive painter originally from northern Montana. She spent more than a decade working primarily as a mixed media artist before shifting to acrylics. Swenson received a BFA in Visual Arts with an Art History Minor from Bemidji State University. During and after university, she traveled and lived abroad, this included studying in China, traveling throughout Europe and living both in England and the Azores.Swenson’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout the US and internationally. Her freelance writing and mixed media journals have been published in nationally distributed art magazines. She has facilitated art workshops for various age groups. Swenson’s work is also included in the permanent art collections of Angra do Heroismo Museum and Bemidji State University (Bemidji, MN). Currently, she lives in St. Paul, MN with a smart little dog and a weird little cat. They’re nice.
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I absolutely love this one. Makes me want to try a mixed media collage but I can’t draw and I’ve never tried to paint so I doubt I would be able to create something this awesome. Do you sell these? Are you even allowed to sell them if you use images/items from elsewhere? Sorry about all the questions I’m just interested in trying to develop a creative side that has long been dormant and undeveloped.
YOU SHOULD! You absolutely should. They whole thing is to not take yourself too seriously, and have fun. Remember when you make art, you are making it because you enjoy it–sort of like playing for adults. It is more about the process than the result. Everyone is creative, you just have to let yourself experiment. I do sell my work–I have a little tab on the top of my blog that explains how that works.:)
Carly Swenson • Intuitive Artist 
Gorgeous! This collection just keeps amazing me.
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That means the world to me, thank you so much, T-bates.
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I absolutely love this one. Makes me want to try a mixed media collage but I can’t draw and I’ve never tried to paint so I doubt I would be able to create something this awesome. Do you sell these? Are you even allowed to sell them if you use images/items from elsewhere? Sorry about all the questions I’m just interested in trying to develop a creative side that has long been dormant and undeveloped.
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YOU SHOULD! You absolutely should. They whole thing is to not take yourself too seriously, and have fun. Remember when you make art, you are making it because you enjoy it–sort of like playing for adults. It is more about the process than the result. Everyone is creative, you just have to let yourself experiment. I do sell my work–I have a little tab on the top of my blog that explains how that works.:)
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