Smith Rock Paint Out
Tara Choate This weekend I ran away from home to Redmond, in eastern Oregon. As usual (at least for me) where I was going was a different place than I thought, but…
2015
Getting my paintings in a row
Once again, painting night has rolled around. Tomorrow is the final critique group before I have to ship my paintings up to Equine Art. “Shoes and Shadows” has come back…
Sales, production, & reference photos at OSBC
Today’s post will be mostly pictures. 1. Sales I sold three small pieces and one large piece: “Roan on a Stroll.” The new owner of “Roan” saw it and liked…
Catch up with my art scene
Sorry for being so quiet over the last week or so. This cold is hanging on. At this point I really can’t tell if it’s still the cold, or allergies.…
37 years
If you have any connection to horses (and probably even if you don’t) you know by know that Amerian Pharoah won the Belmont Stakes today and thus ended the 37…
Sending out a newsletter
A couple of days ago I finally got over my inertia and sent out my newsletter, updating my list of events in the next few months. Sending out a newsletter…
Field Trip!
Yesterday I went along on a pair of site visits for my job. The idea was to see what was going on in the field so I could understand my…
A non-artistic week
This week has been a big goose egg as far as artistic endeavers go. I wasn’t feeling well for most of it, and though I did go to critique group…
The ducks have got this thing figured out
Today I arrived at my carpool’s meeting spot and stood for a few minutes waiting for the van to arrive. As I was reading my book, I kept hearing little…