The Good Life of an Artist
art BLOG

I'm Merrill Weber, and this is where I share my life as an artist – the good, the challenging, and the colorful! Come explore "The Good Life of an Artist" with me.

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WHEN RON CEPHAS JONES COMMENTS ON YOUR INSTAGRAM POST

When Ron Cephas Jones (@cephasjaz) comments on your Instagram post, it makes your day! MY INSTAGRAM POST I’ve been thinking a lot about Hulu’s teen melodrama done right, “Looking for Alaska.” The sleeper star of the 8-episode limited series is Ron Cephas Jones as Dr. Hyde, a wise and crusty professor who is a gay Buddhist

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ART STUDIO VISITS

I am fortunate to have a beautiful art studio in the Spring City Mill Studios Building in Spring City, PA, a newly renovated knitting mill factory built in 1886, with high ceilings and tons of northern light.

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ARTIST GIRLFRIENDS WHO LUNCH + GORGEOUS POTTERY

UPDATE: Bonnie Ann Burnett left this world too soon. RIP, Bonnie Ann. You are missed. xo It's a parking lot pop-up show! This is what happens when artist girlfriends go to lunch and one mentions that she has two boxes of her GORGEOUS pottery in her car. We all go running!

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INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN SOLO EXHIBITION

I am thrilled to be painting a series of Inspirational Women --- these are incredible women who overcame hardships, broke records and blazed trails, shattering glass ceilings along the way.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MALALA YOUSAFZAI

Happy 22nd Birthday to the fearless change maker, Malala Yousafzai! Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.

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POLYPHARMACIZED: THE FACE OF AUTISM PILL BOTTLE PAINTING

Polypharmacized received the Award of Excellence (highest honor) during Chester County Art Association's Fine Art exhibition.  In creating “Polypharmacized: The Face of Autism,” a 48x60-inch painted sculpture made from over 1,200 prescription pill bottles, I show my concern for my adult son Justin and those with autism, vulnerable people.

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PRIZE WINNING MIXED MEDIA PAINTING, A CUT ABOVE

I am happy to share that "A Cut Above" was awarded the 3rd place honor during the 3rd Annual Juried Show: Mixed Media at the Bethlehem House Contemporary Art Gallery in historic downtown Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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