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This the miniature I made of Claude Monet's Studio.             

I realized after I had completed Monet's Dining Room, Monet's Kitchen, and Monet's Garden that I still didn't have miniatures of any of Monet's paintings.  I decided to create a generic version of his studio, since the three he had didn't suit my purposes (that's called artistic license).  This way, I could put in all my favorite paintings from each of his periods.  My friend, Lucia Vanover, created miniatures of a dozen of my Monet "favorites."  You see those on the back wall and on the easels.  How she did it I'll never know, but they are wonderful copies.  I later discovered I could use a color copier to reduce some other paintings and actually print them on canvas-type paper. The combination gave me a wonderful mix of paintings.

Like Meeting Monet Himself

The doll is by Carol Kubesh of Carol's Creations in Minneapolis.  She had made a similar one for a "Houseparty Helper" at the NAME National Houseparty in Arlington, Virginia.  A Houseparty Helper is something an attendee could purchase tickets for and win if their ticket was drawn.  I coveted that doll so much;  I purchased a zillion tickets, all my friends put their tickets in for me, even people I didn't know said they'd give it to me if they won.  Well, none of us won.  The real irony is that I was on the committee working with the Houseparty Helpers and had to hand the Monet doll to the winner.  I then asked Carol if she'd make me another; a year later I had my Monet, who looks so real with his cigarette that I felt I'd met the man himself.     

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