Art Talk
Tara Choate Last Saturday (a week ago) I went to “Art Talk” with Patricia Schmidt. This is a new series of classes that Patricia has designed, intended to help artists like me…
Painting
Saturday in the life of an artist
Today was too rainy and windy to spent much time outdoors. I was going to title this post “Random Saturday” because that is what it has been; however, I have…
Trash Artist
Last Friday I went for a quick walk at lunch. On my way back to the office, a piece of pink surveyor’s tape lodge in the branches of a tree…
What will I do this summer?
One interesting thing about starting this blog has been that I am actually reading more blogs and paying more attention to what others are doing to market their art (or…
Agnize
agnize Etymology: < classical Latin agnōscere, adgnōscere to recognize, to acknowledge, to discern, realize, in post-classical Latin also to learn (4th cent.; < ad- ad- prefix + gnōscere to know:…
Process, series, and message
Today I went back to the WSO convention. The final day is always an interesting mix. There is a business meeting followed by the juror’s demo. At the business meeting…
Conventions & Critiques
This weekend is the Watercolor Society of Oregon‘s Spring Watermedia Convention. If you live in anywhere in the Portland, Oregon area, I highly recommend it. The 80 paintings (of over…
How can I sell that?
A couple days ago I got into a discussion with my friend about my post “Almost There.” My friend liked my painting and asked me how I could bear to…
Not Sam Savitt
Today I went to Stacey Riggs‘ barn to watch the second half of a foundation workshop and her “Meet the Mustang” demo. I took my sketchbook and vowed to work…