by Ruth | Jul 26, 2013 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, creative process, down on the farm, My Work on Display, Paintings
One of the things I love about blogging is how it records the creative process. Often times a painting goes through either radical or subtle changes before it feels complete. Sometimes a change occurs even after I feel the painting is complete. This can be because I...
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 | Jul 1, 2013 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, Paintings
I’ve been on a ‘Stay-cation’ for the past week, enjoying the pleasures of home with some special friends. First, I entertained my cooking group for dinner. I scheduled this dinner as a warm-up for hosting house guests. When the house is clean, invite...
by Ruth | Jun 11, 2013 | Art Collectors, Blog Art is Truth, down on the farm, My Work on Display
I am thrilled to be one of the eight new artists accepted to exhibit in the Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery this year! Please join me for the opening reception: Friday June 21, 2013, 5-8 p.m. at the Rental Sales Gallery: 1237 SW 10th Ave. at...
by Ruth | May 16, 2013 | Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, Paintings
Another new painting in the “Down on the Farm” series. This painting began with two ideas: bluegrass (the crop) and bluegill… both were some of my favorite parts of summer, walking through the fields and fishing in the small creeks and ponds...
by Ruth | May 10, 2013 | Blog Art is Truth, down on the farm, Paintings
A new painting in the series “Down on the Farm.” This painting was inspired by the colors of spring on my parent’s farm: Trillium, lambs, new grass, tulips, cool river, clouds and blue sky. I’m wondering what words you would use to describe it...
