This weekend I attended the Watercolor Society of Oregon‘s Spring Convention. It’s been two, full years since we got together, and it was nice to see people again. I’m not great at chatting, but even I enjoyed shooting the breeze with a few people. I chose not to attend Friday night due to work and traffic concerns, and Sunday I…
Technical virtuosity alone does not result in significant art. Hours upon hours in front of an easel may not yield any significant art. It isn’t any one thing that makes a painting significant. Significant paintings make you think, wonder, hopeful or depressed. Significant paintings leave you speechless. Significant paintings alter your blood pressure. Significant paintings could be a single line,…
After the canine sucess of last weekend, I would love to report equal sucess with painting. However, factually speaking, that wouldn’t be true. It’s not only life that’s getting in the way; my current project is proving to be most uncooperative. On the subject of life, work continues to be a little over the top. Re-entering life after last weekend…
This weekend Key and I travelled down to Grants Pass to make our 13th attempt at our NW3 title. We headed south on Friday, and by the time we made the 4-hour drive plus a few birding stops, that was our entire day. Saturday morning we headed out to the NW3 trial. For those of you who haven’t memorized all…
I am having a tough time getting my application done. So, I thought maybe putting it online, in a format I normally write in might help. Here goes. Voices of the Wilderness Alaskan A.I.R. Program – 2022 Filled out my name, Checked off which areas I was interested in Listed references Created an artistic resume and portfolio Agreed to donate…
After I finished yesterday’s post, it occurred to me that there were more than a few art things that I hadn’t mentioned. Yellowstone Dancers After finishing Yellowstone Dancers, I entered it in the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies. I feel like that is the next “level” I should work on. It was promptly rejected. Based on the quality of what…
I’m sure everyone has felt this: the ship is sinking and you have to chuck things overboard to have a chance of surviving. That’s been my life the last few weeks, and blogging is the thing that went over the side. Jan. 30-Feb. 6 I’m not sure how things got out of hand. On my calendar, this week, the only…
Many of you (hopefully) got my newsletter (if not, the sign up is right over the side.) I only put it out once a month, but I enjoy the feeling of professionalism it gives me to say I have a newsletter. If you got the newsletter, you know that I finished “Yellowstone Dancers”, have the Salem Reads show coming up in…
I have said it before, and I’ll probably say it again: Art is time-consuming. I’ve spent most of the day (and the weekend, for that matter) slogging through the various tasks that have to be done if I want to get into shows or other opportunities. But that doesn’t mean I like it. Particularly irksome is a multi-page application for…
With this new COVID variant, I’m back to staying home. Not that I ever left. It’s just that for the first time I feel like I’m getting cabin fever. It didn’t help that this week DUMPED rain. Nearly four inches and that was usually with a brisk wind. Indoor, inside, at home. That was me this week. Obviously, my job…