by Ruth | Aug 14, 2013 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, Fun with Art, Paintings
The season is here for back to school preparations: parents, kids, teens and teachers are gathering school supplies, shopping for school clothes, decorating bulletin boards, dreaming up dorm room layouts, and getting organized to prepare for the first day of classes....
by Ruth | Jul 22, 2013 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth
“Sometimes I arrive just when God’s ready to have somone click the shutter.” – Ansel Adams The universe has its own quirky sense of timing. You can never predict how things will work out, but they usually do! A while back, I sent information to the Emerald...
by Ruth | May 7, 2013 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, Books I'm Reading, landscapes, Paintings
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...
by Ruth | Nov 9, 2012 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, Farm Life, Paintings
I’m teaching at Keizer Art Association this week. Trying to encourage the idea of painting in a series, choosing a subject that is important and personal. What fascinates me about doing this, is that each painting in this series has taken on meanings that I...
by Ruth | Jul 26, 2012 | Art Classes, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, Farm Life, landscapes, Paintings
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...
by Ruth | Sep 20, 2011 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, figure paintings, New Artwork, Paintings
Saying goodbye to summer is never easy, but I love the cool crisp weather and the return to routine. The image above is not the best shot of this painting… I’m not sure what happened to the photograph, but you can’t really see the calligraphy in the...
