Artist Ruth / Art Is Truth
Forest Song
Framed 28"x32" with Off-white Archival Rag Mat $1100 Available through Riversea Gallery, Astoria, Oregon http://www.riverseagallery.com/ 503-325-1270
Birdsong
Garden Companions
Framed size 22"x28" matted in off-white archival rag mat Available for $750 - no shipping charge in the Portland, Oregon metro area
Fall Reading
It has been a while since I've posted, mostly since I've been busy catching up on chores that went on hold while I was working on open studio stuff. It's always a juggling act to fit everything in. Farm life has been in full swing. We've added a few new critters,...
Gathering
Awarded the Swede Jensen Memorial Award - Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, Golden, Colorado 2010 not for sale
Heart of the Home
SOLD
October Inspiration
Yesterday I celebrated autumn with a huge bonfire of some of the yard debris we’ve created since moving to the farm. I wish I’d gotten a photo of the conflagration at its peak… the heat near the fire and the cool air away from the fire were like night and day, like the cool mornings and warm afternoons we’ve been having. I’ve been thinking about the dichotomy of dark and light recently
Open Studio Weekend
It has been a busy time here this weekend... primping the studio for its debut, greeting favorite clients and new friends, has kept me on my feet for most of the past few days. Here are a few shots of the studio, with the beautiful new track lights installed, my work...
"Floating" Etsy Treasury
Paula, the creative genius behind the etsy shop Paula Art, has featured my painting in this cool treasury today! A quick web search led me to a great tool that generates the html to include a 'clickable' version of the whole treasury right here... you don't even have...
Harvest Moon
Autumn is one of my favorite times of the year, when all the hard work a gardener has done over the year culminates in wonderful flavors and colors and textures and scents. I'm always at my busiest, most energetic self at this time of the year. The bustle of back to...
Autumn Studio News
It has been a week since I posted, and so much is going on, I barely know what to do first. Priorities are difficult at times like this. I have a couple of things coming up that I need to get ready for: 1. Open Studios of Beavercreek, October 8, 9, & 10, 10 a.m....
Juried Exhibitions
Fall is officially here, and I've been pleasantly surprised to find my work included in another juried exhibition, this one is the Watercolor Society of Oregon's 45th Annual Transparent Watercolor Exhibition in Salem, Oregon. The exhibit opens October 2 and runs...
Fall Color Forecast
My mornings start slowly, so this is the time I use for catching up on emails, browsing the web, and planning my day. This morning's email brought a color forecast for fall from Etsy.com This site is great about sharing ideas to help artists and crafters succeed. So...
The Ultimate Weekend
This past weekend, my husband & I celebrated 24 years of marriage! We were so lucky to be invited to share an evening of wine tasting and a winemaker's dinner by chef Philippe Boulot - winner of the James Beard Award of Excellence Best Chef of the Pacific...
Summer and Fall Watercolor Exhibitions
Just a reminder that you can view a couple of my paintings at two prestigious exhibitions in two different states this summer. The first is the California Watercolor Association’s 41st National Exhbition. The show will run July 14 through September 19 at Gallery...
Art House, Open House
When I was growing up, my parents ran their farm business from our kitchen table. It was not unusual to awaken to the sound of friends or strangers drinking coffee - gallons of coffee- and to have to pass them in the dining room on our way to the only bathroom in the...
Down Home Goodness
Thanks to everyone who came out to see my work at the Salem Art Fair this month! I had a successful show & I'm getting ready to take work to the galleries this week. After the frenzy of getting ready for the Fair, things have slowed down a bit here on the farm....
Salem Art Fair Preparations
I've been working on new paintings for the Salem Art Fair and getting them framed this week. The painting above is larger than my usual work, which means it is more difficult to frame. I feel like I've made a breakthrough though, in that I finally figured out how to...
Garden Progress
An Aerial view of the project We had a lot of feverish activity in the garden over this long weekend. Our forcast calls for extreme heat this week, and the weekend was long and cool, perfect for working on the hillside in progress. I wanted to set in all my new plant...
Why I Wake Early
Summer is in full swing here... and with it I have become highly distractible. I feel like I'm running in many different directions at top speed. This post is titled in homage to one of the books I'm currently reading: Why I Wake Early, poems by Mary Oliver. Her work...
