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I'm Ruth - Artist, Teacher, JurorI’m glad you’re here. I offer original artwork, online classes, and in-person workshops. I think you’ll like what you see. Take a look around my corner of the web, keep in touch, and let me know how I can make your life more beautiful.
– Artist Ruth
“Ruth has so much to offer in many different aspects of creating artwork. She is approachable and respectful. She ranks well among the other excellent classes I have taken. Ruth is decisive and thoughtful with her answers. Her ability to be personal and honest yet gentle are commendable. The class was worth my time and money and I have come away with many ideas, both theoretical and practical to work with.”
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Rewards for Looking Longer
"Your work makes me think there are rewards for looking longer." Months ago I received this compliment from a viewer at Waterstone Gallery. It has stuck with me, and I think it ties travel and viewing art together. Since I've recently returned...
International Color Day
Today is International Color Day! It's a day to celebrate the joy that color brings to our lives. Color is my favorite design element. As kids, it is the first gateway drug of art - that rich box of 12, 18, 32 or 64 crayons with freshly sharpened points, arranged in...
A Delayed Reaction
"Writers do not live one life, they live two. There is the living and then there is the writing. There is the second tasting, the delayed reaction.""Wetlands Dawn" Oil & Cold Wax on Panel, 24" x 24" ©Ruth Armitage, Available at Art Decked Out Delayed reactions are...
Stone Soup: A workshop to take you beyond the obvious
November 17 – 25 2025
Just south of Portland in Wilsonville, OR
Three instructors with loads of experience and very different approaches to painting invite you to join us for a challenging and inspiring 5-day workshop.
Take this opportunity to shake things up as you make art. You will be challenged to dig deeper into your creative practice and go beyond the obvious.
Just as the characters in the Stone Soup tale came together to make soup, this workshop offers you a chance to make art combining diverse ideas, materials and ways to use them in this inspiring and supportive class.
Meet Your Instructors
