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 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 | 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 | 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...
