Weekly painting round up
It’s been an interesting week on the painting front around here. Monday I dropped off two paintings at the Oregon Society of Artists for their Spring Juried show and I…
Tara Choate A weekend… spent
There are some weekends that are so enjoyable you wish you could do over again. And then there are weekends like this. Saturday morning: Golf When my dad died a…
Sometimes you need to start something new
For painting night I just couldn’t face working on one of my projects in progress, so I started two new paintings… Coming Going
The “free” weekend
So, unusually, I had a free weekend. I had nothing scheduled, nothing to go to, nothing committed. For once, I wasn’t behind on some project and most things were in…
Painting nights 5, 6, & 7
Something about this month has gotten away from me and my art posts have been shamefully light. Painting night 5 (Feb 4), I have an excuse: I was sick. Painting…
Bean goose and winter deer
On Saturday I drove down to Lincoln City to see my mom. We met up at Nestucca Wildlife Refuge to join the Audubon Society of Lincoln City in their monthly…
The community of warm fuzzy friends
Today I traveled up to Tacoma, Washington, for the Madrona Fiber Arts with the Traveling Ewe. This may seem like an unusual way to spend a precious vacation day, but…
Raptor Road Trip with 2 friends
Today I headed out to Sauvie Island with my friend Arminda and her daughter, Clover, for the Audubon Society of Portland’s Raptor Road Trip. I have been looking forward to…
Randomly on my last day of being in my thirties
1. I’ve been sick with some sort of gastrointestinal malady the last couple of days. 2. Today I managed to take Finn for a quick walk. Isn’t he cute? Pretty…