Artist Ruth / Art Is Truth
Ten reasons to visit the Salem Art Fair this Weekend!
Ahhhhhh Summer! Time to get yourself to Salem to take in the Art Fair! Why? 1. To see all the new art I've created in the past 2 years (Booth 10- say hi!) 2. Art from other artists from across the region 3.It's the largest and oldest art festival in Oregon 4. To enjoy...
Postcards
I'm mailing out postcards tomorrow! Everyone likes to get real mail, right? I ordered some postcards to get people excited for the art fair coming up in just one week.... Hopefully everyone is planning to be there or be square! This year I decided to provide a little...
Salem Art Fair Preparations
I'm starting to feel the panic, and that is a good thing. I've been steadily working toward getting paintings ready for the Salem Art Fair, but today I am officially 2 weeks away, and feeling the need to crank it up a notch. This past week I have only finished one...
New Etsy Treasury
I've been learning all the cool features on Etsy, the online venue I signed up with this month. One of the coolest features is the ability to create 'Treasuries' of some of your favorite items. These groupings often follow a theme. Getting one can be a challenge,...
Walking the Path
Yesterday, Donna Zagotta's art blog had a great essay on creativity that began with this quote: “If we are able to stay with a situation, it will carry us to a new place.” Shaun McNiff I hope you'll check out her blog for the entire article... This is something I...
Choosing a Painting to enter for Competition
It is always difficult to decide what to enter in a competition. Some artists try to guess what a juror or judge will like, perhaps from entering previous entries in competitions judged by the specific juror. Other artists try to submit something very unique, unusual...
Kids Home for Summer and a New Etsy Shop
It has been a busy weekend... our last two kids came home from college... I just about wrote 'teenagers', but our oldest just turned 21! How did that happen? Seems like just yesterday I was driving her to pre-school! She and I share the studio space for the summer, so...
Opening Reception at the Firehouse Gallery
I got an email tonight about the opening reception of the "Perceptions of the Past" exhibit. Apparently we made the local news. Here is a link to the video about the exhibit on The Daily Courier's Website. My painting is the first image shown in the video 🙂 The...
Knowing and Giving to art
You paint the way you have to in order to give, that's life itself, and someone will look and say it is the product of knowing, but it has nothing to do with knowing, it has to do with giving. -Franz Kline I love the above quote by Franz Kline... for me it is one way...
Choices
In literature, as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. -Andre' Maurois How do other artists deal with rejection? I tend to cocoon... after getting a 'declined' notice this past week, I found myself wanting a nice little mini-vacation. It could also...
Paintings with Emotional Content
I apologize for the long pause between posts. I know it drives me crazy when I go to one of my favorite blogs frequently, and then the writer takes an unannounced vacation! I am always wondering, what is happening in their studio!? After my server debacle, I thought...
Web Host Troubles
I am truly sorry if any of you have had trouble contacting me in the past week. My web server crashed, leaving me without website, blog or email for 5 days. ;( I finally switched to a new host today, and after spending the better part of the day getting the switch...
Good News
Mini Buebird on wood block 1 1/2"x 2 1/2" I had some wonderful news today! The biopsy on my breast was clear... no sign of cancer 🙂 What a relief - phew! Thanks to everyone who emailed or commented with fingers crossed and good thoughts for me. The image above was a...
We have a Winner!
Thanks to everyone who commented about the choice of backgrounds for my blog. I've spent the evening trying to alter the code for my page to make the background light & everything else show up right. I can't for the life of me figure out how to remove the dark bar...
May Art Exhibits and More
Wow, it has been a busy week! I am excited to say, I have begun work on my door for the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery's Door#4 Show! She is putting together the brochure this year with photos of artists with the works in progress. Here I am, just beginning my door on the day...
Okay…. finally!
Well, it has been a roller-coaster here... literally up one moment & down the next. Where to catch up? How to begin? I have finally, finally restored my blog! Yay! My host's server crashed last week, and all data was lost. Luckily I had recently saved everything....
Perceptions of the Past
I had a wonderful weekend in Newport Oregon last weekend. My husband and I along with my sister & her husband went for the Seafood & Wine Festival. We ended up just having our own little food & wine fest at the house, cooking and tasting and watching...
Art Collectors
I love art collectors. This is, of course, an understatement. But I don't see it as a self-serving relationship, rather one of shared passions. It struck me recently that many art blogs focus on the art, rather than the connection with the art collector. So: I've...
Happy Valentine’s Day
I had a hard time sleeping last night... worrying about a recent breast exam. Nothing concrete to biopsy, but they want me to come back next month for an MRI... I hate that! So instead of stewing, I got up & finished my most recent obsession - I mean read....
Finishing a Work of Art
An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it. ~Paul Valéry I woke this morning to more snow! It wasn't anything that could stop a person from getting out & about, just a light dusting, and so pretty! We had our critique group meeting at...
