I’m honored to be included in Lake Oswego’s Chronicle Exhibit this year. As a new twist to culminate the Festival’s 50th Anniversary, Chronicle Artists were asked to invite another artist who has influenced the development of their art. I would say that most of the artists in this exhibit have influenced my work in one way or another. Artists...
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I am thrilled to be one of the eight new artists accepted to exhibit in the Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery this year! Please join me for the opening reception: Friday June 21, 2013, 5-8 p.m. at the Rental Sales Gallery: 1237 SW 10th Ave. at Jefferson Street, Portland, Oregon If you can’t make the reception, you can always stop in to see my...
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Artists are often asked to donate work for charitable causes, and there are many different opinions (here and here) on how and why we should or shouldn’t. I have a policy of only donating art once or twice per year, and I try to vary the organizations that I support. My husband and I support several charities with personal donations, and my small art business...
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This slideshow requires JavaScript. I returned on Sunday from a long weekend in Dallas, Texas for the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies’ 38th Annual Exhibition. I went as the delegate from Oregon, and I was thrilled to represent our organization for such a prestigious show. 120 paintings are on display at the Irving Arts Center in Richardson, TX through...
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Welcome to the 5 year Anniversary post for Art is Truth I’m sorry if you’ve received this post twice… I made a mistake and pushed ‘publish’ before I was finished putting in all the information for the images. So here is the completed post! Click on the thumbnails for larger images and a slide carousel. Thank you to the many artists who...
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I met with a group of artists last night, and as usual was stunned that some of them had not heard of Robert Genn and The Painter’s Keys. If you are interested in art, his newsletters are always thought provoking. In a recent post, Genn talked about the art of negative thinking. He highlighted a study that showed artists who are self-critical are more successful...
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Another new painting in the “Down on the Farm” series. This painting began with two ideas: bluegrass (the crop) and bluegill… both were some of my favorite parts of summer, walking through the fields and fishing in the small creeks and ponds surrounding our home as a kid. As the painting progressed, the colors shifted toward the greens and golds,...
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A new painting in the series “Down on the Farm.” This painting was inspired by the colors of spring on my parent’s farm: Trillium, lambs, new grass, tulips, cool river, clouds and blue sky. I’m wondering what words you would use to describe it to someone who couldn’t see it? Leave me a comment! Share...
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This is another plein air sketch from Boskey Dell Nursery last month. Our weather here has rapidly progressed to summer, and I’m missing the crispness of spring! Getting out and painting with friends is one of my favorite ways to spend a day. This quotation sums it up for me: In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into...
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Here is a new painting I finished on Tuesday, just in time for a deadline. It is funny, I’ve known about the deadline for a whole year, but still waited until the very last minute to decide to pursue it, and to finish the work. It took some determination to power through it, since the weather has been so beautiful, calling me outside. And I’ve been immersed...
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I want to put out another call for entries to my online gallery of artists who read Art is Truth! Be sure to send in an image of your work. Read more about it here. Garden Companions will be on display for the month of May at West Linn Lutheran Church. The exhibit is titled “Rooted in Grace, Branching Out Boldly.” I usually don’t participate in group...
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This slideshow requires JavaScript. Next time I’m going through rejection depression, someone please remind me of this month! Yesterday I received an invitation to exhibit in November at the World Forestry Center in the Sitka Invitational. If you haven’t been before, this is a big honor. I love being part of a show that celebrates our connection to the earth,...
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It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures. -Vincent van Gogh As I did a couple of years ago, I’d like to celebrate blogging and the connections I’ve made here, by hosting an online art exhibition! June will mark...
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On Turning Ten The whole idea of it makes me feel like I’m coming down with something, something worse than any stomach ache or the headaches I get from reading in bad light– a kind of measles of the spirit, a mumps of the psyche, a disfiguring chicken pox of the soul. You tell me it is too early to be looking back, but that is because you have forgotten the perfect...
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By Popular Demand: In the comments of a recent post I had a request for showing how one of my abstract paintings develops, from conception through completion. It is a bit difficult for me to remember to stop and take photos along the way, but here is my best effort. I’m not certain that this painting is at its final state, but I’m stopping for now. I started...
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Yesterday was a good day to work in the garden, but also a good day for painting. I had started this painting by smearing color left over from painting centerpieces for the Watercolor Society of Oregon Convention on a full sheet of watercolor paper. Yesterday, I continued developing it, using some of the techniques I learned in Judy Wise‘s Cold Wax online class,...
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Reading blogs this morning, I came across this question on Grace Carol Bomer’s blog: “Are you a person that prefers to believe in things that always make sense/things that you can see? Or are you a person that prefers to believe in miracles/take things on faith? There are no right or wrong answers–just an opportunity for introspection.” . The question was...
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Winter in Oregon is most often mild, but dreary, with rain, fog and floods making up our typical weather. Those who live here often need a break from all the grey by about February or March. This painting explores some of the subtle colors of the winter fields. Layers of color and mark making simulating the shifts of atmosphere and water covering everything, like a haze...
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I’m currently preparing some of my work for exhibit through the Clackamas County Arts Alliance program. You can view seven of my paintings at the Development Services Building of Clackamas County, March 14 – June 13, 2013, during regular business hours. My work will hang in the 3rd floor gallery space, opposite the elevators. The Development Services Building...
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I’m thrilled that juror Mary Ann Beckwith has selected my painting “Meanderings” for WSO’s Spring Exhibition in Albany, Oregon. I grew up going to school in Albany, and I’m looking forward to an exhibit in my hometown. Each spring and fall, the Watercolor Society of Oregon sponsors an exhibition juried by a nationally recognized artist in...
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I’ve been working on this painting since December, mostly using my memory of the Oregon Coast as inspiration. Painting a realistic subject from memory is fraught with problems of perspective, lighting and more, but it does allow for wonderful color moments and mood. Those were my goals in starting this piece. It became more realistic than I intended at the outset,...
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I don’t think I’ve posted this painting before. I finished it before Christmas, and never got around to posting it, as far as I can tell! It evolved over a long period of time. It is a pleasure to work so large and acrylic offered the chance for multiple revisions. I’v just finished another large painting this weekend and will post it in the next few...
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The latest in my new series, “Down on the Farm.” I’ve used some of the techniques I learned in Judy Wise’s online Cold Wax class, including layering thin veils of color (my favorite) texturing, squeegee, and steel wool. I find it interesting how each medium informs the other, and how the series has continued to unfold. More on Palimpsest...
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Spring is in the air! Things are looking up around here. I’ve been working in the garden and in the studio, but don’t have anything that feels ready to show. I was thrilled to find out that my work was accepted for the 38th Annual Western Federation of Watercolor Societies’ show which will be held in the Dallas, TX area in June! Here is the painting...
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It can’t be a week already since my workshop on color started! Last week’s class included wonderful students from Roseburg, Corvallis, Salem, Lake Oswego & West Linn! Since then, I’ve been down with a stomach bug, not able to do much but enjoy browsing the internet and watch bad movies. *Students! I wish I had thought to take photos of your work...
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