More Dancing Animals
I told a friend this week about my latest project and she said, “Tara, do we need to talk about this recent obsession with dancing animals?” No, Gretchen. I’m as…
Tara Choate Evolution
I need to announce that there is a vanishingly small chance that I have learned something. This is a red letter day! Let me explain. Back in June, when I…
Senseless
A week ago, one of my co-workers–Andrew Dutterer–was killed in an accident on I-5. To say that the death was senseless is an understatement. While all deaths are hard, the…
Moooooo-ving On
After the great cow adventure of a couple weeks ago, I had reference photos of cows sitting around all over my studio. So, obviously, I needed to paint a few…
Editing
Almost every discipline requires some kind of editing. If you garden, you have (at a minimum) weeds. If you cook, you try substitutions or variations. If you run, you try…
Tara sighs
I’m not sure what it is about short weeks that makes them feel so intense, but work this week was “petal to the metal.” When I hit the weekend, I…
Cows!
Author’s Note: To get the full effect of the title, say “Cows” like Dug says “Squirrel”. It may be a while before I live down shaving my head. I had…
Standard vs. study
This was a big week for art show notifications; I received two acceptances, both of which pleased me to no end. The first was for the Watercolor Society of Oregon…
Museum Meditations
It was a one of those weeks and I was glad to make it to the end. Friday was my day off, so I took the dog for a hike,…