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...
by Ruth | Jun 27, 2016 | abstract art, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, My Work on Display, Paintings
Here is “Golden Shore” a new abstracted landscape. I enjoy sharing new artwork here, knowing that my readers will provide feedback. This painting took a long time to mature. It began as a classroom demonstration, and sat unfinished for weeks. This past...
by Ruth | Jun 24, 2016 | abstract art, Blog Art is Truth, My Work on Display
Thank you readers of Art is Truth! I’m celebrating my 8th blog anniversary with a giveaway! I was looking for something all readers, both artists and collectors, might be able to use. So, I thought, everyone needs to look at a pretty calendar, right? It is just...
by Ruth | Jun 22, 2016 | abstract art, Art Collectors, Blog Art is Truth, My Work on Display, Paintings
‘What is art? Art is Soul plus Intent. What is soul? Soul is inner certainty. What is Intent? Intent is outer certainty, a plan. If I can make an artwork that has as much as possible of both, then I might make something interesting.’ – Felicia van...
by Ruth | May 26, 2016 | abstract art, Art Classes, Blog Art is Truth, creative process, down on the farm, Paintings
We’ve been working with color in my class at Oregon Society of Artists these last few weeks, and a couple of weeks ago, I demonstrated using a limited palette, randomly selected. The idea for this lesson came from a facebook post by fellow artist Aimee...
