Mernie jumped into the vibrant art scene in Tucson with a Best in Show win at the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance (SAAA) Plein Air Festival. Venues for acrylic painting classes & workshops at all levels are being arranged for 2026. Feather River Art Camp is set for June. Tucson Artists Open Studios happens every November with over 150 participating artists & galleries citywide. Check Events.

Email mernie@mernie.com to get occasional updates for art classes and shows. A purchase on Etsy automatically puts you on the postcard list.

Commissions, framed and unframed paintings starting at $55 (shipping included) are available anytime—with easy messaging—at my Etsy shop ArtByMernie

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Memoir of a Freelance Life
Viewed from this planet’s relentless reality and by helpful beings in a better dimension, this adventurous, candid and often humorous memoir explores why our lives don’t go quite as well as we planned them… despite excellent advice from both angels and dogs.
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All the art that inspired the stories
Over 170 colorful paintings, drawings & sculpture take you page by page through ’The Incompetent Psychic’ with quotes and anecdotes. Each illustrated post is a 2-3 minute read on a great author/blogger site. Subscription for all of medium.com is $5 a month, and half that goes to pay writers you applaud.

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