Tara Choate Bug-a-boo
Bug-a-boo (noun): 1) A mythical, nocturnal creature; a hobgoblin. 2) Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is. It is becoming apparent that I…
Just do something!
Hello all. Apologies for the radio silence. I have actually written two blog posts but have not published either. I am still refining the concept. The lack of any kind…
Paint Squirrel
I start out painting. Then something happens and I’m going down other trails. It’s all loosely related, but it sometimes feels like I am just wandering around. Over the last…
Don’t listen to the H.I.C.
The studio has felt like a production shop the last few weeks. As I mentioned in my last post, the Art on the Edge tour finished, the Pacific Artists Co-op…
Thud
That sound you heard over the weekend was my heart hitting the floor. The Art on the Edge Studio Tour, which I had spent so much time preparing for, was…
Obviously, what we need is MORE paintings
In the process of doing my inventory over the last couple of months (267 paintings and counting) it has been possible to identify the items that I would move like…
Titled
I’ve been waiting a long time (5.5 years, to be precise) to report this: Key got his NW3 Elite title on Monday! For those whose lives don’t revolve around their…
Repullulate
Repullulate (noun): to bud or sprout again It is times like this that I wish I had a fabulous story about why I haven’t posted and what I’ve been doing.…
Pencil Polka
Sketching is like dancing. It’s process as much as product. You can turn your head off and just sort of dissolve into the now. Doing a giant, super thought-out painting…