by Ruth | Jun 14, 2017 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth
I have been interested in the idea of intention for years. It indicates focus, committment, and drive. I have not thought of it as an agent of growth before though. I have been looking back over the history of my website and blog this month. It’s my 9th year of...
by Ruth | May 10, 2017 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth
I love this quote by Mary Oliver about patience and fulfillment, shared by one of my students in last week’s ABC’s of Abstraction workshop. I think adult learners often forget the years of practice that art-making entails. “The hour of fulfillment is...
by Ruth | Apr 20, 2017 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, My Work on Display, Recently Viewed Art
Art supplies are magic. They can make even the most unimaginative artist want to pull up the nearest easel and start creating. Like the smell of a new box of crayons at the beginning of the school year, new art supplies really stir my soul. If I’m in an artistic...
by Ruth | Jan 25, 2017 | abstract art, Art Classes, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, Farm Life
Oregon has had its share of ice this winter, and I took advantage of this unusual weather to do a bit of ice crystal painting. I wet a sheet of 300 lb. Fabriano soft press watercolor paper, took it outside into the freezing cold, and dropped fluid acrylics and acrylic...
by Ruth | Nov 1, 2016 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, Books I'm Reading, My Work on Display, Publications
Two shows this week: Art for Everyone – Sitka Invitational! Please join me to celebrate the release of Art for Everyone, a new textbook created by the Faculty at Chemeketa Community College to help alleviate the high cost of textbooks for art students....
by Ruth | Sep 29, 2016 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, Critique
Teaching art workshops is gratifying beyond belief. It is a joy to watch the students in my workshops receive a challenge with open arms and run with it in completely different ways. “Art Enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”...
