by Ruth | Jan 16, 2018 | abstract art, Blog Art is Truth, cold wax
ungapatchka: Yiddish word to describe something ridiculously overdecorated, excessively ornamented or kitsch. This summer I learned a new word from one of my students. Ungapatchka caught my ear for two reasons: firstly, it is so much fun to say, and secondly, the word...
by Ruth | Mar 3, 2017 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, cold wax, creative process, Fun with Art, My Work on Display
If you’ve never experienced Art Extravaganza, you’re in for a treat! Sponsored by the Clackamas Art Alliance, this vendor trade show is an opportunity for artists, educators, students and all art enthusiasts to test, try and buy new and favorite art...
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 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...
