Go small and go home
You hear, “Go big or go home” all the time, but I think the lesson I need to learn is to go small AND go home. Last night, not knowing…
Tara Choate Surrounded by water, I’m searching the skies
So this silly hurricane is taking its sweet time. It’s having some effects, but so far it hasn’t “arrived” yet. I got up this morning and checked all the reports…
I have that effect
Back home, babysitting the granddog, my mom is gritting her teeth (and not exclusively about the dog.) Just before my first trip to Kona in September of 2012 (second trip…
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…
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…