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dkatiepowellart
@dkatiepowellart.bsky.social
AKA kate powell / debbie beck, artist, watercolor, gouache, oil, sketchbooks, former architect, hollywoodbaby, beachgirl, cowgirl, lover of mik & cats, PDX
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https://dkatiepowellart.me/
A good petition to sign. I'd like an opt our personally too.
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August 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
July 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If every person who has a Republican Representative called them and told them they won't vote for them next term unless they stop supporting the regime they might shift to sanity.... Just saying. I'm a Dem and have Democratic reps.

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Just a reminder that Republicans in Congress could put a stop to this at any time.
June 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Alex Lawson, executive director of the Social Security Works advocacy group, said the data removals “hide how much they’ve destroyed the system’s customer service.”
“If they think this lack of transparency will fool the American people, they’re in for a surprise,” Lawson said.
Social Security stops reporting call wait times and other metrics
The changes are the latest sign of the agency’s struggle with website crashes, overloaded servers and long lines at field offices amid Trump cutbacks.
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June 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
#ProudBlue

It’s interesting to hear how the rest of the world sees the US right now.

Here is an American living in Germany sharing some of the information from German magazines.

The US is not looking so good right now.

Link to video: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8rfpjwQ/
June 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
June 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
June 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
And the looseness carried over, in a sketch of my finish room. A Chinese bench, three large tables, and more. dkatiepowellart.me/2025/06/01/t...
#watercolor #penandink #mpfconservation #finishstudio #hahnemuhle #Nostalgiesketchbook
June 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
For my friends struggling with hopelessness & depression about the USA, an offering, and a story about a friend, Eliska, and how she changed my downward spiral by suggesting I look at Hockney's watercolors.
dkatiepowellart.me/2025/05/31/b...
#stuck #watercolors #hopeless #depression #arttherapy
May 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Trying to get better at portraits; means I screw up a lot while learning. President Carter is not bad, but Rosalynn is SO BAD. Oh well, moving on to the next. Birmingham Pen Companys Gunpowder. I am a sucker for a great Gray! #grayink #greyink #birminghampencompany #penandink #sketchbook
May 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Not what I expected, a @netflix.com documentary, the Quilters. Thanks to BadAss Quilter for the referral. Excellent about the power of transformation using a creative process...
May 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Being sidetracked for so long with this surgery was a shocker. I literally stopped mid-stroke and set everything aside.
Below, just to keep my hand in a drawing-a-day, a sketch of the various shellacs and alcohol and dyes which I was working with. Sketched in a grey ink.
May 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The only fabric we've ever had in our studio I wanted to sketch; showcover for a long sofa. dkatiepowellart.me/2025/05/09/s...
#upholsteryfabric #showcover #butterfly #flower #teal #watercolors #hahnemuhle #nostalgie #sketchbook #platinumcarbon
May 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A word about yelp from a businessperson's perspective...
Read below, and also the reason WE DO NOT GIVE ADVERTISING $$ TO YELP, EVER. #advertising #yelp #behonest
May 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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May 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
On the last day of 2024 I sketched palms to lift my spirits because of where our country was headed in 2025. Read blog for process:
dkatiepowellart.me/2025/05/03/v...
#artjournal #beach #danielsmithwatercolors #deatramentisdocumentink #HahnemühleNostalgie #ocean #palms #PlatinumCarbonPen #vietnam
May 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The dogwoods in bloom sketched on site.
Pen/ink-Birmingham Pen Company. Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Journal. Visit:
dkatiepowellart.me/2025/04/26/u...
#dogwoodblossoms #waterfrontdusk #birminghampen #birminghamink #pinkink #coralink #dogwood #artjournal #fountainpenink #Inkpainting #madeinamerica #USk
April 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
April 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I read an article in the NYTimes this morning and it put a bee in my bonnet... Annoyed me... Even frightened me a bit.
Raw writing, no time to edit as I want to get to painting today.
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#creativity #electronicart #virtualworld #watercolor #sketching #oil
I Prefer Painting Over Virtual Artwork
I read a mundane op-ed in the NYTimes this morning from a writer I rarely read — and I won’t mention it because he’s a dweeb and I don’t want to be sued.  But the upshot is …
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April 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The second image from the Palisades fires, based on a photo noted in my blog post: dkatiepowellart.me/2025/04/15/l...
April 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM