by Ruth | Jan 18, 2010 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, blogging, Critique
F79DTVSD6V8C I’ve been visiting blogs this morning and followed a link from Mary Lou Zeek’s blog to one of the artists participating in the 100 Artists show: Jessica Burke. She is an Art professor at Western Oregon State University and does some fabulous...
by Ruth | Jan 14, 2010 | Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth, My Work on Display, Uncategorized
No, I didn’t forget about the blog 🙂 I’ve just been busy unpacking from our move, celebrating the holidays with family and entertaining friends and fellow artists. Our new home was ‘party central’ for a month or so, with kids home from college...
by Ruth | Oct 14, 2009 | Art Collectors, Artwork online, Blog Art is Truth
Every once in a while, things fall into place. I recently heard from a woman in Texas who was interested in the above painting. She found my website through my friend Bonnie Taylor Talbot’s website, I Paint Pictures. To make a long story short, I made a sale...
by Ruth | Sep 23, 2009 | Blog Art is Truth, Books I'm Reading, creative process
Last Saturday was our son’s moving day – his first apartment. Of course it was the only day for pouring rain too! When we finally had everything loaded in the pick-up and trailer and tied down, there wasn’t room for me! I had to let him go with his...
by Ruth | Sep 11, 2009 | Blog Art is Truth, creative process, My Work on Display
Maybe it is the craziness of getting ready for the show plus getting the kids prepped to move to their first places, but I’m having a terrible time thinking of a title for this painting. I want something that implies the bird as messenger or muse. All true...