Artist Ruth / Art Is Truth
And the Winner is…
It's time for the grand announcement in the One World One Heart Giveaway. I've been overwhelmed by the outpouring of wonderful comments on my blog! This has been such a surprise for me... I thought since I joined at the last minute and had never done it before, it...
One World One Heart
I have decided to participate in the blog giveaway One World One Heart this year! The idea behind this giveaway event was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to...
Nourish and Sustain
OK everybody! This is it! It will be a big week for art openings for me. Wednesday from 5-8 pm the 100 Artists Show at Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in Salem has its artist's recpetion. The first chance to bid on pieces though is tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. when they open....
The Whistling Season
I've been getting lots of comments on my last post, many of them questions about the show based on Ivan Doig's The Whistling Season. I forgot to put the information about the show into my post! Here is the press release regarding Lake Oswego Reads 2010! Hear the...
The Whistling Season, A new exhibit scheduled, and more 100 Artists Links
Yesterday was a good full day in the studio. My first project to tackle was a painting for our Splash Critique Group show next month. Each artist will interpret the Lake Oswego Reads book The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig. I didn't want to miss doing this exhibit...
Instant Art Critique
F79DTVSD6V8C I've been visiting blogs this morning and followed a link from Mary Lou Zeek's blog to one of the artists participating in the 100 Artists show: Jessica Burke. She is an Art professor at Western Oregon State University and does some fabulous work! Check...
100 Artists 2010
No, I didn't forget about the blog 🙂 I've just been busy unpacking from our move, celebrating the holidays with family and entertaining friends and fellow artists. Our new home was 'party central' for a month or so, with kids home from college and their friends (old...
Olympic Sculpture Park, Chihuly and Bobbie
I finally dug out the charger for my camera and was able to upload some photos from the past couple of months! Exciting photos to share: First from my trip to Seattle with art-buddy Mary Keefer. The slide show below is from our meet-up in Seattle... the Olympic...
Catching up – a quick summary
Wow... I can't believe it's been over a month since I posted here! It has been incredibly busy and I guess I just got out of the habit. Since last I wrote, I've attended the opening of the NWWS Waterworks show, spent the day at the Seattle Art Museum with my friend...
Getting Organized
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. (20th century abstract expressionist painter Hans Hoffman) Getting ready to move is an exercise in getting organized, and I need it badly! People often look at the volunteer...
Moving Along on Getting Moved
I haven't posted about our upcoming move, since everything has been in turmoil, and I felt strange saying anything until I was sure what would happen. On October 1st we backed out on our offer on the house I mentioned in this post. We had been trying to resolve the...
Recent Art Sales
Every once in a while, things fall into place. I recently heard from a woman in Texas who was interested in the above painting. She found my website through my friend Bonnie Taylor Talbot's website, I Paint Pictures. To make a long story short, I made a sale from my...
Upcoming Watercolor Exhibition – Acceptance
This has been a week for good news! First, I learned on Saturday that my painting 'Explorer' was accepted for the Northwest Watercolor Society's Waterworks Exhibition coming up next month. The juror was Christopher Schink. This painting is a departure for me, but I...
Moving Day #3 and Doing Art in your Sleep
Last Saturday was our son's moving day - his first apartment. Of course it was the only day for pouring rain too! When we finally had everything loaded in the pick-up and trailer and tied down, there wasn't room for me! I had to let him go with his father & best...
BLT’s and Manners
West Linn Arts Festival This Weekend
Maybe it is the craziness of getting ready for the show plus getting the kids prepped to move to their first places, but I'm having a terrible time thinking of a title for this painting. I want something that implies the bird as messenger or muse. All true artists,...
Expectations, Glass Half Full
It's raining today. Not the best Labor Day weekend weather. We were planning a trip to the coast, but decided to stay home instead and get some things done around here. I have lots to do to get ready for next weekend's West Linn Arts Festival. And it is kind of cozy...
Moving Day #2 – Mixed Emotions
I made my second trip in 2 days to Salem today to deliver forgotten items and a huge futon to daughter Amelia. Her room is looking so cute! I brought her a poster from my husband's uncle's 50th wedding anniversary party... Uncle Bill & Aunt Carol add a certain...
Moving Day #1
Today was the first of many moving days for our family this fall. We collected a trailer load of furniture & home goods for my daughter's first place in Corvallis. I've been busy this week re-furbishing an antique sewing machine cabinet for her to use as a desk....
The pull of the Land
Last weekend my sister and I spent some time with our friend Michele who was house-sitting near Otis, Oregon. It was the ultimate girls' weekend... laughter, wine, great food, peace & quiet.... We hiked what I would consider the ultimate Oregon coast hike: Cascade...
