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	<title>Woolgathering: the online gallery and blog of artist Sean W. Byrne &#187; Meditation Series</title>
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		<title>haiku</title>
		<link>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2011/11/07/haiku/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First autumn morning: the mirror I stare into shows my father&#8217;s face. Kijo Murakami (1865-1938)]]></description>
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		<title>New Work &#8220;Five White Plastic Buckets&#8221; is the Featured Painting at the VAE Gala</title>
		<link>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2011/01/22/new-work-five-white-plastic-buckets-is-the-featured-painting-at-the-vae-gala/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I looked at the calendar this morning and realized that the VAE Gala was only two short weeks away and I still hadn&#8217;t made an official announcement so&#8230; here it is: I am the Featured Artist for the Visual Art Exchange&#8217;s 2011 Gala and Auction Where does the time go? The good folks at the <a href='http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2011/01/22/new-work-five-white-plastic-buckets-is-the-featured-painting-at-the-vae-gala/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Meditation Series Mentioned in Metro Magazine</title>
		<link>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2010/02/10/meditation-series-mentioned-in-metro-magazine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Incomplete Thoughts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metro Magazine mentions my new work in their Eyes Only column: &#8220;Raleigh artist Sean W. Byrne&#8217;s latest mixed media works explore ways in which traditional and new media can work together to create mood, texture and vision…&#8221; You may read the full column here.]]></description>
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		<title>Brown Cardboard Boxes and White Plastic Buckets</title>
		<link>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/12/30/brown-cardboard-boxes-and-white-plastic-buckets/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/12/30/brown-cardboard-boxes-and-white-plastic-buckets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Celtic Springs Farm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first thirteen years of my life my father was in the military, and like most military families, we moved a lot. I think we may have moved a lot even by military standards. Every 2 to 3 years a moving van pulled up to the house and everything we owned was wrapped in <a href='http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/12/30/brown-cardboard-boxes-and-white-plastic-buckets/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mixed Media Rice Crackers</title>
		<link>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/12/13/mixed-media-rice-crackers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since childhood, I have had to fill out forms that request I identify my ethnicity by &#8220;checking one of the following boxes: White, Black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Other.&#8221; I never know which box to check. My father is of Irish/Swedish descent. My mother is of Japanese descent. I land somewhere in between. After <a href='http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/12/13/mixed-media-rice-crackers/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Exchange Gallery Show: Dec 4 &#8211; 24, 2009</title>
		<link>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/12/01/exchange-gallery-show-dec-4-24-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/12/01/exchange-gallery-show-dec-4-24-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new works Ruminant and Incomplete Thoughts Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be on display in the Exchange Gallery at the VAE from Dec 4 through 24, 2009. The Opening Reception is Friday, Dec 4 from 6-9pm. If you are able, please come on out! Exhibiting in the Exchange Gallery with me are <a href='http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/12/01/exchange-gallery-show-dec-4-24-2009/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Works: Ruminant and Incomplete Thoughts 1-4</title>
		<link>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/11/22/new-works-ruminant-and-incomplete-thoughts-1-4/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/11/22/new-works-ruminant-and-incomplete-thoughts-1-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Song Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic Springs Farm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hydroponic Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incomplete Thoughts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started Ruminant last spring. The original inspiration was the title of this blog. I wanted to do something using sheep as symbols for wandering thoughts, ideas, inspirations. In preparation for the painting, I made a trip to the Museum of Life and Science in Durham to check out their Gulf Coast sheep and, while <a href='http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/11/22/new-works-ruminant-and-incomplete-thoughts-1-4/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Cow Barn&#8221; accepted into the VAE&#8217;s N.E.W. Show</title>
		<link>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/08/18/cow-barn-accepted-into-the-vaes-new-show/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/08/18/cow-barn-accepted-into-the-vaes-new-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My work Cow Barn has been juried into the VAE&#8217;s 20th Annual N.E.W. (Never Exhibited Works) Show! The show was juried by Ce Scott, Director of Residencies and Exhibitions at McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC. The show will run from Sept 4, 2009 through Sept 24, 2009 at the Visual Art Exchange. <a href='http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/08/18/cow-barn-accepted-into-the-vaes-new-show/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>If you use a computer, it&#8217;s not real art.</title>
		<link>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/06/10/if-you-use-a-computer-its-not-real-art/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/06/10/if-you-use-a-computer-its-not-real-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in school at East Carolina in the early 90s, I remember one of my Art History professors mentioning that oil painting, though in widespread usage by the northern European painters of the 15th century (Jan van Eyck in particular), didn&#8217;t really catch on in Italy until the 16th century. In Italy, tempera <a href='http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/06/10/if-you-use-a-computer-its-not-real-art/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>new work: &#8220;right hand turn&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/05/14/new-work-right-hand-turn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/05/14/new-work-right-hand-turn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 01:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who may not know, my father is an organic farmer in Seven Valleys, PA. (I did a series of paintings of the farm a number of years ago that are in the Celtic Springs Farm gallery on my website.) Right Hand Turn was inspired by two photos taken on a trip <a href='http://blog.seanwbyrne.com/2009/05/14/new-work-right-hand-turn/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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