Artist Ruth / Art Is Truth
A Special Visitor
Last week (I can't believe how the time just seems to EVAPORATE) I had a special studio visit from one of my favorite people, Mary Lou Zeek. Mary Lou is the creative force behind Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, and many other innovative art projects in the Salem, Oregon Area....
Hyland View
View with the Magic Magnifier on DPW This was another unfinished painting that I left to return to as a jump-start. It was inspired by the view from Hyland Estates where I showed my work earlier this year. I added more intense color in the foreground and the distant...
Bluebird Summer
Click Here for the DPW Auction It feels good to be getting back to some semblance of routine after my long trip. I often like to leave some unfinished work on the table to help jump-start my creative process when I return from an extended absence in the studio. This...
Fire and Water
I'm getting ready to ship this baby off to the Aquarius 2012 Pacific Regional Exhibition, sponsored by the Central Coast Watercolor Society. August 30 – September 30 2012 Studios on the Park 1130 Pine Street, Paso Robles, CA Gallery Hours Thursday-Sunday 12-6...
Stone Creek
I'm back from an extended trip to the east coast, and truly enjoying being back in the studio. My trip offered the double luxury of scads of art exposure and time with my beautiful daughter. It was so nice to be with someone who has the same passion for art. We took...
Art Swap Hints
The painting "Garden Break" is now happily hanging in its new home after my friend Jenica and I made an art trade! She knit me a beautiful wool sweater in exchange for this art. I've made some great art swaps over the years, including orthodontics for my kids, art in...
Filling the Well
Click Here to Bid I'm getting ready for a big trip, and looking forward to seeing some inspiring art while I'm away. My daughter & I plan to fly to NYC this week, spending a few days and then traveling to Washington, D.C. We are celebrating her graduation from...
Lazy River
Daily Paintworks Auction On Monday I spent the day with my daughter & art buddy Randall Tipton at my mother's farm near Albany. We really lucked out with the weather... cool breezes, sunshine and temps in the upper 70's. It was the perfect day to paint on...
Guest Blogger!
Today I am being featured as a guest blogger for Judy Wise! She is one of my very favorite artists, and has agreed to feature me in order to promote the "Putting it on Yupo" class I'm teaching at Art & Soul in October! I hope you'll hop on over & take a peek!
Soft Light
A new one for Daily Paintworks; Click here to bid in the auction I've been working for several days on a very large canvas, 36x48", so my most recent posts have been from paintings relegated to the flat files. I hope to have the new canvas finished by the end of the...
Sunny Steps
SOLD
Back to School
SOLD
Buried Treasure – Art is a Priority
Click Here to Buy This post is a reblog from April 22, 2011. Seth Apter at The Altered Page has an annual event in which he invites bloggers to share a post from the past. This is what Seth has to say about Buried Treasure: So many blogs...so little time. With so many...
Red Umbrella
Available on Daily Paintworks I've done some revising to the umbrella on this painting. You can see the earlier version here. Sometimes a painting has to sit a while for necessary changes! I've just returned from a fabulous vacation on the Wild & Scenic section of...
Bryant Woods
An image from a cool Oregon forest to temper the heat today!
Summer Tea
Now that warmer weather has arrived, it's time for lazy afternoons on the porch swing, sipping sweet tea! This was a demonstration painting in my "Creative Spark Session" last fall, but she seems ready for summer! I think these soft colors would be easy to live...
Winter Forest
Song
This image is from my archive, not a new work. Now that I revisit it, I am enjoying the broad hat brim and her thoughtful expression. I am looking forward to getting into the studio this weekend! And I still have more new work from my show at Hyland Estates to post....
Marsh in March
There is a large wetland near my friend Tangie's house that always attracts me. The day I took the reference for this image, an enormous flock of wild swans was feeding here. I tried to imbue this painting with the grace and mystery of their calls and movements...
Autumn Vineyard
This acrylic was inspired by an evening with friends and family at Solena & Grand Cru Estates Vineyard in Yamhill county, Oregon. I love the rolling hills of the area and painting this took me right back to that beautiful evening. It is painted on a cradled...
