by Ruth | Nov 15, 2011 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, figure paintings, Paintings
This watercolor flew home from Golden, Colorado this past weekend, fresh from the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia show, juried this year by Cheng Khee Chee. I was happy to see it traveled safely in its cushioned box 🙂 I had been agonizing over which image to enter...
by Ruth | Nov 8, 2011 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, Recently Viewed Art
Yesterday I delivered work to the Riversea Gallery in Astoria. It was a great, uncrowded, day at the beach. I had the chance to pop in to White Bird Gallery in Cannon Beach on the way home to visit the paintings of one of my favorite Oregon artists, Randall Tipton....
by Ruth | Aug 12, 2011 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, Fun with Art
It’s been a busy and productive few weeks. As soon as I got home from the Salem Art Fair, we had two adorable exchange students from China arrive: ‘Vi-Vi” and ‘Emily’. They made the most of their few weeks here, heading for classes...
by Ruth | Jul 30, 2011 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, Fun with Art
It’s been a very busy couple of weeks, trying to finish projects at home before I head off tomorrow for Menucha. I’m getting so excited about spending the whole week making art, renewing friendships and soaking in the quintessential beauty of this retreat...
by Ruth | May 16, 2011 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, Recently Viewed Art
It has been a couple of very busy weeks for me. I had two out of town trips on back to back weekends. The first was to New Mexico, both Albuquerque and Santa Fe, for the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies. I am the elected delegate from Oregon and have the...
by Ruth | Apr 19, 2011 | Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, My Work on Display
This morning as I considered images to include with this post, I noticed that all of my recent images had one thing in common: a dominance of Red! If I look around my home there are accents of red spicing up the decor in key areas. It is a strong color that can...
