Concept
Tara Choate For various reasons, I didn’t leave the house much this weekend. I had a variety of plans, but unexpected events tabled all that and I was left to my own…
Painting
Seeing people
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…
Significant
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…
Uncooperative
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…
Alaska Application
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…
Caught up and still dropped it
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…
Risk it all!
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…
Tsunami survivor
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…
It was an accident
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…