by Ruth | Aug 9, 2016 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, cold wax, creative process, Fun with Art
Creative Arts Community Last week I taught a workshop for CAC (Creative Arts Community) at Menucha, a beautiful retreat center in the Columbia River Gorge. Each year this group brings together fantastic workshop instructors and interested adults for two weeks of...
by Ruth | Jul 25, 2016 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, contest, creative process, Farm Life, Fun with Art, My Work on Display, Oil Paintings, Paintings
The hot weather we are expecting makes me long for Petrichor: the smell of earth after rain. The title of this painting evolved as I worked. I knew I wanted to contrast the delicate, shimmery texture of the pastel areas with something dark and heavy. The brilliant...
by Ruth | Jul 20, 2016 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, Paintings
“I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. “Flotsam and Jetsam” – my newest painting- has a...
by Ruth | Jul 11, 2016 | abstract art, Art Marketing, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, cold wax, My Work on Display
“Holiday” Oil & Wax on panel 12″x12″ ©Ruth Armitage Enter to win “Holiday” – a new Oil and Wax painting I’m getting my paintings ready to deliver to the Street of Dreams, including the work above. I had been...
by Ruth | Jul 7, 2016 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, cold wax, creative process, Fun with Art, My Work on Display
Another new abstract painting – “Stairway to Heaven” below. This piece will also be on view at the 2016 Street of Dreams, July 30 – August 28, 2016. I had been thinking about a quote that my friend Margaret Godfrey found on our trip to Denver...
by Ruth | Jul 1, 2016 | abstract art, Blog Art is Truth, cold wax, My Work on Display, Paintings
“Undertow” is a new painting intended to form a triptych with two other oil & wax paintings: “Necessary Current” and “Crossover.” After seeing house #4 at this year’s Street of Dreams, I realized that I would need a third...
