by Ruth | Apr 4, 2016 | abstract art, Art Classes, Art Collectors, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, creative process, Farm Life, Paintings
My Art Means…. Talking about what art means can be a slippery business. Each work of art has two lives: a public life and a private life. When an artist puts the work out for public viewing, whether online or in person, the work automatically gains the meanings...
by Ruth | Jan 5, 2016 | Art Classes, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, creative process, down on the farm, Farm Life, Fun with Art, Paintings
The New Year always gives me a feeling of great potential. I spend time going over the past year’s accomplishments and deficits and setting goals for the coming months. This weekend we woke to a blanket of white over everything. It makes the land look fresh,...
by Ruth | Sep 23, 2015 | abstract art, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, My Work on Display, Paintings
How do artists come up with ideas for a series of paintings? The painting above is just one of my series ‘Down on the Farm,’ which has been in process for the past 3 years. My series is based on memories of my parents’ farm, growing up on a farm and...
by Ruth | Jun 23, 2015 | abstract art, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, contest, Fun with Art, Recently Viewed Art
It’s my blog’s Anniversary! First, I’m celebrating by doing a Giveaway of my original painting, below. And, the Winner is: Kristen Hamilton! Congratulations Kristen! 🙂 Way back in June 2008, I started an adventure in putting my ideas on the World...
by Ruth | May 1, 2015 | abstract art, Art Classes, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, creative process, down on the farm, Farm Life, Fun with Art, Paintings
Gardening has taught me so much about painting. Here are a few kernels of advice for all you budding (get it?) artists and gardeners. You know how it is when you come home after 10 days away and some of the little things have changed drastically? Yeah, that happened!...
by Ruth | Mar 3, 2015 | abstract art, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, creative process, down on the farm, Farm Life, Fun with Art, Paintings, Recently Viewed Art
“In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate desire of pleasure; the other, an acquired judgment which aspires after excellence.” (Socrates) Don Gray’s...
