Trust Issues
Looking at my last few posts, I’m starting to feel a theme. This evening I sat down to paint the background on “Learning the Ropes.” When I envisioned this, I…
Tara Choate Fearful + in the studio = a better combination
I went to my critique group on Thursday. I held onto this quote like a lifeline. “Everyone in life has a purpose, even if it’s to serve as a bad…
7 unrelated things on a Sunday
Starbucks cups now come in purple. Obviously I had to have one. 2. You can rent art at the Salem library. Who knew? 3. I got up early this morning…
Raptor Sketching
Last night I drove down to the Brownsville Art Association for their “Sketchbook Club” night because they were having live raptors from the Cascades Raptor Center come in for posing.…
Fearful and Lazy Don’t Make a Good Combination
My house is 99% put together and lately it has become apparent that free time is starting to come my way again. Tonight, I sat down and realized the dog…
Happy New (Birding) Year
Hello all and Happy New Year! Party animal that I am, I went to bed early last night and got up early to go on a hike at Minto Brown…
2016 Goal List
Painting Keep painting Write more exclusively about art in my blog Enter both WSO shows April October Enter OSA Shows June – Rose Show Do an Artbiz course Enter the…
2015 Recap
It is definitely that time of year. In the blogging world, bloggers are posting recaps and plans for the new year. Facebook is filled with “Year in Review” and “Most”…
So how’s the blogging going?
Last year I published a chart that showed this website’s readership progress. I can find the chart, but unfortunately not the Excel data that made it up. Readership does seem…