by Ruth | Dec 2, 2011 | Art Classes, Art Collectors, Blog Art is Truth, creative process
For some reason I thought the weather was going to be sunny again today, and I had planned to work in the garden. I have some bulbs that need to go in the ground… grape hyacinths and snowdrops. I want them to have plenty of time to soak up all this RAIN and...
by Ruth | Aug 17, 2011 | Art Collectors, Blog Art is Truth, Fun with Art
“A Great meal is like a fireworks display, nothing remains.” – Paul Bocuse I beg to differ with the comment above! Last weekend I had a wonderful mini-retreat with three artist buddies: Judy Wise, Jenny Wentworth, and Melinda Bloom. We met at...
by Ruth | Jun 1, 2011 | Art Collectors, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, contest, Farm Life, figure paintings, My Work on Display, Paintings
“I intend to find out something of the nature of the world through seeing. Or maybe I only intend to prolong my delight in seeing.” -Gretna Campbell, Painter I apologize for my long pause between posts, but it has been extra busy around here with farm life...
by Ruth | Sep 23, 2010 | Art Classes, Art Collectors, Blog Art is Truth, Farm Life, My Work on Display
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...
by Ruth | Sep 17, 2010 | Art Classes, Art Collectors, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, Fun with Art, My Work on Display
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....
by Ruth | Oct 14, 2009 | Art Collectors, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth
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...