Sauvie Island “Big” Paint Out
The idea of the big paint out is to paint on a big canvas–but that is just a suggestion, not a requirement. ~ Celeste Bergin, Alla Prima Portland I went…
Tara Choate Learning to Paint Like Tara Choate
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” ~Edgar Degas “Painting was easy, until I learned how. I have been having such angst about…
Healthy Steps – Week 34
It is a feat of personal strength that I am writing this. I went off the rails this week. Everything in the world was too much. EVERYTHING! And the only…
Deadlines inspire me
Next Saturday I need to take three paintings, finished and framed, to the Paint the Town drop off. You know me… there is nothing like a deadline to get me…
Chasing Envelopes
Last week a friend mentioned an art event just down the road (Albany) from me called Northwest Art and Air. I looked it up and it looked like fun, so…
Healthy Steps – Week 31, 32 & 33 (vacation edition)
It is back to reality for me with a thud. I did weigh in on Week 31 and didn’t write a post (up 1.8 pounds) and Week 32 passed in…
What does drawing mean to me?
As I have mentioned (lol) I spent last Saturday-Monday taking a drawing workshop with Ruth Buchanan at the Oregon Society of Artists. Recently the Artists Network published a GREAT article…
Showing off my state
For the last week I have been a blissful combination of artist and tour guide as I gathered Ruth Buchanan up at the airport and showed off Oregon (in between…
Painting with a pal
Yesterday, my friend Sandra Pearce came down to Salem and we scoped out a spot for her to demo when she does a paint out for the Watercolor Society of…