by Ruth | Oct 10, 2013 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, Farm Life, My Work on Display, Paintings
“Hide and Seek” started with a different title in my mind: Run and Fall Down One of our favorite outdoor games on the farm in early June was to run through the tall grass as far as we could go, then fall down into a magically created fort of green...
by Ruth | Oct 8, 2013 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, Farm Life, My Work on Display, Paintings
Yesterday was my first day back in the studio after a long weekend in Bandon, Oregon for the Watercolor Society of Oregon’s Fall Convention. I had left two paintings in process and near completion. After yesterday’s session, I think this one is complete. I...
by Ruth | Aug 19, 2013 | Art Classes, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, Farm Life, Paintings
I’ve just returned from a few days away, from visiting my home territory, listening to country music, visiting with family and friends. Summer is always a season of Slip & Slide… the thrills of moving fast, green grass, harvested fields, wind in...
by Ruth | Aug 2, 2013 | Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, Farm Life, My Work on Display, Paintings
As I paint this series, all kinds of memories of growing up come back to me. When I was little, the biggest event of the week was ‘going to town.’ On Sunday mornings, we would head seven miles down the road to the thriving metropolis of Albany, Oregon to...
by Ruth | Jul 13, 2013 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, Farm Life, Recently Viewed Art
I’ve been experimenting with so many different media lately: Oil, cold wax, acrylic, mixed drawing media…. that I decided to do a few paintings that are transparent watercolor only. One of the benefits of painting this way is that it allows me to layer...
by Ruth | May 2, 2013 | Art Classes, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, Books I'm Reading, creative process, down on the farm, Farm Life, Paintings
Here is a new painting I finished on Tuesday, just in time for a deadline. It is funny, I’ve known about the deadline for a whole year, but still waited until the very last minute to decide to pursue it, and to finish the work. It took some determination to...
