Ruth Ellen Hoag Workshop (the 2nd): Resolution? What resolution
Tara Choate As recently as a few months ago, I promised that there would be no more workshops for a couple of years so I could work on “my own voice.” I…
Tara Choate
The camera got a workout
Back in September I wrote a post about a weekend down at the beach and promised to post photos of one of the adventures, a whale watching tour, “the next…
Owner of the “Fastest Tongue in the West”
Before you start wondering, this is not a kinky post; it’s a dog post. Specifically, about my dog. Today Key and I got up VERY early and headed over to…
Around the Bend
My apologies for the “radio silence”. I truly intended to post the whale watching pictures the next day, but there are SO many that editing got me really bogged down.…
Something is better than nothing
It’s been a few weeks since I posted, and the reason is a bad one: I forgot. I have mentally started on a couple of posts, but then it all…
Suspending secret
Artists have a secret. Well, maybe it’s not a secret, but it definitely something that non-artists might be surprised about. We have a lot of art. And that’s not including…
esquisse
esquisse a first usually rough sketch (as of a picture or model of a statue) Some days, it just doesn’t come together. You do the work, you make the marks,…
Charette
A charette (pronounced “shuh-ret”) is an intense period of design activity. The word charette comes from the French word for “cart” or “chariot” and is sometimes spelled “charrette.” The term…
Margaret Marie Power Choate – August 21, 1947 to December 31, 2018
This week would have been Maggie’s 72nd birthday. While I’m not really one for keeping track of birthdays after someone has gone, it seemed like a good day to tackle…