Resolutions vs. Goals – Doing Less
Today I enjoyed my last day of unemployment / stay-cation by playing golf, getting a massage, and running a few errands. I’m now packed up for the first day of…
Tara Choate Stay-cation or unemployment?
I’ve been quiet on the blogging front the last week because I’ve been focused on projecting a facade of a reasonable, sensible adult. It’s hard on the best of days,…
Native plant tour
I am sure I am not the only person who finds all sorts of fun things to do on Facebook and has a hard time following up on them. For…
Marbling Workshop with Liz Walker – Day 2
Today was the second (and final) day of the marbling workshop and the entire day was devoted to creating our own marbled papers. First, Liz demoed the correct techniques for…
Marbling Workshop with Liz Walker – Day 1
Today I took the day off work to go down to Brownsville to attend a marbling workshop with Liz Walker. I have admired Liz’s work for many years, particularly her…
Delivered
At 11:00 this morning I delivered my paintings to the Clackamas County Development Building and met Sue Allen for the setup of my show. Sue was so wonderful, helping me…
At the 11th hour
I have finished “Shoes & Shadows.” I have ten paintings packed up and ready to go. But UPS has failed me and the last piece won’t go because the “glass”…
About 8/10ths sane
With two days to go until I have to deliver the paintings for my show through Clackamas County Arts Alliance, I can honestly say I am about 8/10ths sane. This…
5 things to catch up on an eventful week
Aside from a variety of interesting painting happenings this last week (supposedly what this website is about…) my life had a variety of non-art but still interesting developments that I…