by Ruth | Aug 26, 2013 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, blogging
I just returned from Salt Lake City to the good news that “Vessel” was accepted to the Watercolor Society of Oregon’s Fall Transparent Watercolor exhibition in Bandon. I will be excited to see the show, which features 80 of the best examples of...
by Ruth | Jul 29, 2013 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, creative process, down on the farm, Paintings
Here is another example of a painting going through its final transformations. My friend, Sue Martin, wrote on her blog this week about a painting’s “birthing pains” and how some paintings seem to slip easily into the world, and others take more...
by Ruth | Jul 26, 2013 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, creative process, down on the farm, My Work on Display, Paintings
One of the things I love about blogging is how it records the creative process. Often times a painting goes through either radical or subtle changes before it feels complete. Sometimes a change occurs even after I feel the painting is complete. This can be because I...
by Ruth | May 27, 2013 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging
Welcome to the 5 year Anniversary post for Art is Truth I’m sorry if you’ve received this post twice… I made a mistake and pushed ‘publish’ before I was finished putting in all the information for the images. So here is the completed...
by Ruth | Apr 22, 2013 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, creative process, dealing with rejection, My Work on Display
It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures. -Vincent van Gogh As I did a couple of years ago, I’d like to celebrate...
by Ruth | Mar 21, 2013 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, creative process, down on the farm, Paintings
By Popular Demand: In the comments of a recent post I had a request for showing how one of my abstract paintings develops, from conception through completion. It is a bit difficult for me to remember to stop and take photos along the way, but here is my best effort....
