Phyllis Orzalli

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My Creative Journey Comes Full Circle

This is a Personal Story A book that I recently read; ‘Your Dream Life Starts Here’ by Kristina Karlsson, has triggered many thoughts and reflection on my creative journey over my lifetime. I’m now realizing that this creative energy that is in me has been there my entire life and that I have been working towards my dream life all…
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in Surface Pattern Design

Gifts From the Sea

My Gifts From the Sea surface pattern collection has been an interesting process. I’ve learn a lot from creating this collection. I created this moodboard with some photos I took while walking on the beach. Pattern # 1 Sand Formations I created a pattern that reminded me of the lines in the sand made by the flow of the sea….
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in Surface Pattern Design

Re-working a Surface Pattern Design

For the past 18 months or so I have been a sponge soaking up all that I can about surface pattern design. I’ve been taking classes, listening to podcasts, reading blogs and articles and I just can’t get enough. I know I need to move forward instead of backward but something about this collection told me I could do better,…
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in Surface Pattern Design

Boho Bougainvillea Pattern Collection

  A bougainvillea flower that I photographed and painted inspired me to create the Boho Bougainvillea Pattern Collection. The shapes, lines and colors that were reveled when I zoomed in with the camera were intriguing. Read the story here. Of course, first starting out with a mood board I gathered some inspiration. I designed the Boho Bougainvillea Nouveau using the…
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in Travel· Watercolor Painting

Painting While Traveling

It’s been over a year since travel was even possible to think about as COVID took over the world. But here we are planning for a May 2021 Grand Bahama Island Trip, will it equal painting while traveling for me? With vaccination records and masks in hand, off we go beyond the states. The Bahamas have relaxed their strict rules…
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