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Category: Inspiration

My grandfather’s school photo- it haunts and taunts me…

Published September 11, 2022September 13, 2022 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Inspiration, Portfolio
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Cashel, Ireland “vision board”

Published July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 by Kat Thorsen in China Marker Portraits, creative process, Inspiration, Visual Storytelling
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Yard Gone Wild #fanart #doodles

Published December 27, 2021December 27, 2021 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Journal
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TECKNA MÅLA. My father’s art supplies.

Published August 4, 2021 by Kat Thorsen in Artists, Inspiration
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Alone time in my “backyard.”

Published July 3, 2021July 3, 2021 by Kat Thorsen in China Marker Portraits, Inspiration, Journal
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Meanwhile, nature enchants.

Published September 13, 2020November 21, 2020 by Kat Thorsen in Inspiration, Journal, Meditation
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Collaging as writing process

Published September 7, 2020October 18, 2020 by Kat Thorsen in Inspiration, Visual Storytelling
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I am obsessed with a photo of Lucy Knisley. So I had to sketch it.

Published September 7, 2020October 18, 2020 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Women who inspire
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A sock snapping turtle eating David Sedaris’ tumour. A handmade gift.

Published February 15, 2020February 27, 2020 by Kat Thorsen in Artists, Bookstore, Crafts, Event, Inspiration
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Shaping non-fiction characters.

Published February 15, 2020February 15, 2020 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Graphic Novel, Inspiration, Quote, Visual Storytelling
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A quick creative project on last day of 2019: The Death and Burial of Cock Robin

Published December 31, 2019December 31, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Meditation, Visual Storytelling
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William March’s Company K (1933) studies- ink, watercolour, coffee, salt

Published November 22, 2019November 23, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Bookstore, creative process, Event, Inspiration, Visual Storytelling
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“All you have to do now is allow…” Sabbatical reflections.

Published August 26, 2019August 27, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Event, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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Here were valleys filled with tiny trees and minuscule, tangled vines…

Published August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Crafts, creative process, Inspiration, Visual Storytelling
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There are times of no ideas… – Lynda Barry (but there is always process)

Published July 29, 2019July 31, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Meditation, Visual Storytelling
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Connecting with the journal everyday. Even if just to copy…

Published July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Graphic Novel, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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RIP Freddie Jones

Published July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, creative process, Inspiration, Portrait, Visual Storytelling
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I am happy among my books – I am not happy without them. – Anne Lister

Published July 1, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, Inspiration, Meditation, Quote, Women who inspire
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Man klarar sig i många år på ett ögonblick…

Published June 30, 2019July 20, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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There is one moment in Pippi Longstocking that nailed it for me…

Published June 1, 2019June 1, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, Inspiration, Journal, Quote, Women who inspire
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I keep the broken bits. They illustrate the subtext.

Published May 18, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling
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Silent interiors…

Published April 21, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Facepaint, Inspiration, Meditation, Quote
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Bird spotting with a yellow legal pad and a walk in the park.

Published January 11, 2019 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Inspiration, Visual Storytelling
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Vision 2019: COURAGE

Published December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in creative process, Inspiration, Journal, Meditation, Quote
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It’s not that I don’t know what to do.

Published November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in China Marker Portraits, creative process, Graphic Novel, Inspiration, Quote, Visual Storytelling
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Potato Nose Diaries (1977): Instalment 9- Torpet

Published November 26, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Bookstore, Graphic Novel, Inspiration, Journal
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60 years ago my mother became a mother. (Karin Kristina Orwald 1936 – 2008)

Published November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Inspiration, Journal, Visual Storytelling, Women who inspire
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Inktober 2018: 31 studies of Truman Capote’s IN COLD BLOOD

Published October 31, 2018November 8, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Artwork, Bookstore, creative process, Event, Gallery, Inspiration, Portrait, Visual Storytelling
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Father, daughter, Fenrir, Gleipnir and “Drawn Together”- the book: 6 years later.

Published October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Artists, Bookstore, creative process, Drawn Together, Inspiration
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On this one year anniversary since Asterix passed, something poignant happened.

Published September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 by Kat Thorsen in Inspiration, Journal, Quote
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Born in Sweden, Katarina is deeply grateful to live, work and play on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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