by Ruth | Jun 27, 2016 | abstract art, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, My Work on Display, Paintings
Here is “Golden Shore” a new abstracted landscape. I enjoy sharing new artwork here, knowing that my readers will provide feedback. This painting took a long time to mature. It began as a classroom demonstration, and sat unfinished for weeks. This past...
by Ruth | Jun 24, 2016 | abstract art, Blog Art is Truth, My Work on Display
Thank you readers of Art is Truth! I’m celebrating my 8th blog anniversary with a giveaway! I was looking for something all readers, both artists and collectors, might be able to use. So, I thought, everyone needs to look at a pretty calendar, right? It is just...
by Ruth | Jun 22, 2016 | abstract art, Art Collectors, Blog Art is Truth, My Work on Display, Paintings
‘What is art? Art is Soul plus Intent. What is soul? Soul is inner certainty. What is Intent? Intent is outer certainty, a plan. If I can make an artwork that has as much as possible of both, then I might make something interesting.’ – Felicia van...
by Ruth | May 26, 2016 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, Paintings
We’ve been working with color in my class at Oregon Society of Artists these last few weeks, and a couple of weeks ago, I demonstrated using a limited palette, randomly selected. The idea for this lesson came from a facebook post by fellow artist Aimee...
by Ruth | May 11, 2016 | abstract art, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, Paintings
Two sides of the coin, two sides of the canyon, two sides of the story – what does this title refer to? I’d prefer not to answer. Maybe it refers to all of the above and more… two sides to my personality, two sides of my artistic temperament. I had a...
by Ruth | May 6, 2016 | abstract art, Blog Art is Truth, creative process
“Time is a river that sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.” – Jorge Luis Borges This painting was already posted earlier under the title...
