by Ruth | Nov 2, 2010 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, Books I'm Reading, Farm Life
It has been a while since I’ve posted, mostly since I’ve been busy catching up on chores that went on hold while I was working on open studio stuff. It’s always a juggling act to fit everything in. Farm life has been in full swing. We’ve added...
by Ruth | Oct 15, 2010 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, Books I'm Reading, Farm Life
Yesterday I celebrated autumn with a huge bonfire of some of the yard debris we’ve created since moving to the farm. I wish I’d gotten a photo of the conflagration at its peak… the heat near the fire and the cool air away from the fire were like...
by Ruth | Jun 29, 2010 | Blog Art is Truth, Books I'm Reading, creative process, Farm Life, My Work on Display
Summer is in full swing here… and with it I have become highly distractible. I feel like I’m running in many different directions at top speed. This post is titled in homage to one of the books I’m currently reading: Why I Wake Early, poems by Mary...
by Ruth | Feb 1, 2010 | Blog Art is Truth, Books I'm Reading, Critique, My Work on Display
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...
by Ruth | Jan 20, 2010 | Blog Art is Truth, Books I'm Reading, Critique, My Work on Display
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...
by Ruth | Sep 23, 2009 | Blog Art is Truth, Books I'm Reading, creative process
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...
