{"id":218,"date":"2020-05-12T03:43:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T03:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:35:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:35:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/?page_id=218","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter is-light has-parallax\" style=\"min-height:385px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-973 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/weird-flowers.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim has-background-gradient\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(100deg,rgb(21,50,67) 0%,rgb(26,108,122) 100%)\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early in the pandemic, like so many others, I found myself doing a great deal of baking. Deciding I needed a hobby that was a little less calorie-dense, I asked my husband to buy me some watercolor paints for Christmas in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next few months, and with a great deal of help from <a href=\"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/?page_id=874\">online tutorials<\/a>, I discovered how relaxing and satisfying watercolor painting is. I painted most evenings during the pandemic and it was a wonderful source of calm and self-care, in an otherwise challenging time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As my pile of paintings began to grow, friends and family started asking for them, so I decided to share them online and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/386096415775802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Made in Burlington<\/a> online community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you enjoy them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"142\" height=\"77\" src=\"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kerry-signature.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kerry-signature.png 142w, http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kerry-signature-111x60.png 111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early in the pandemic, like so many others, I found myself doing a great deal of baking. Deciding I needed a hobby that was a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1373,"href":"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/218\/revisions\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kerrydonahuewatercolors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}