Posted in My Work on Display, Recently Viewed Art on Feb 24th, 2009 5 Comments »
I had a wonderful weekend in Newport Oregon last weekend. My husband and I along with my sister & her husband went for the Seafood & Wine Festival. We ended up just having our own little food & wine fest at the house, cooking and tasting and watching movies, which was much better than standing [...]
Posted in Art Collectors, Fun with Art, My Work on Display, Recently Viewed Art, Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2009 No Comments »
I love art collectors. This is, of course, an understatement. But I don’t see it as a self-serving relationship, rather one of shared passions. It struck me recently that many art blogs focus on the art, rather than the connection with the art collector. So: I’ve decided to profile one of my favorite collectors among the [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, My Work on Display, Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2009 No Comments »
I had a hard time sleeping last night… worrying about a recent breast exam. Nothing concrete to biopsy, but they want me to come back next month for an MRI… I hate that! So instead of stewing, I got up & finished my most recent obsession - I mean read. Consider this my valentine to [...]
Posted in creative process, Critique on Feb 10th, 2009 1 Comment »
An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it. ~Paul Valéry I woke this morning to more snow! It wasn’t anything that could stop a person from getting out & about, just a light dusting, and so pretty! We had our critique group meeting at Tangie’s, and lucky for me, the swans were [...]
Posted in creative process, Critique, Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2009 No Comments »
It has been a busy weekend, and today was a nice chance to get back into the studio and back to a routine. I’ve been working on a painting based on a snapshot of my mother holding me when I was about 2 months of age. It is a rather iconic image of Mother & Child… trying [...]
Posted in Art Classes, Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2009 No Comments »
I’ve been thinking about something I’ll call the ‘chalupa effect’ lately…. My husband and I were lucky enough to go see the Blazers play basketball here in Portland a few weeks ago… It was a very exciting game, with Portland scoring over 100 points… And every time the Blazers score over 100 points in a [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, Fun with Art, My Work on Display, Recently Viewed Art, Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2009 7 Comments »
One would think that I wouldn’t have had any trouble staying in a positive frame of mind today. The sun was out, and it felt positively spring-like! My crocus popped their heads up this morning on the east side of the house. Such a wonderful harbinger of the coming warmth. I took a few minutes this [...]
