Posted in Art Classes, blogging, contest on May 31st, 2010 3 Comments »
June 5 will mark the two year anniversary of my blog, and this post will be my 101st post! I thought it would be nice to mark the occasion with an interview with Donna Zagotta. Donna is an accomplished artist & instructor, and she has been one teacher whose class has made a big impact [...]
Posted in Artwork online, blogging, creative process on May 13th, 2010 4 Comments »
I’m on my way to Salt Lake City for the Western Federation of Watercolor Society’s Annual Exhibition, but I wanted to share a site with you that is featuring my art and writing today! http://katherinetreffinger.blogspot.com/2010/05/ruth-armitage-art-and-meaning.html Katherine Treffinger has been compiling different responses about what art means to the artists that make it. Each response is unique [...]
Posted in Artwork online, New Paintings, blogging, creative process on Mar 1st, 2010 6 Comments »
I’ve been busy this past week painting, getting photos taken of the new work, planning my framing strategy, writing my artist’s statement, and generally worrying whether my paintings are looking their best. It’s kind of like the frenzy of getting ready to give birth! Amidst all this activity, spring has arrived here on the farm. [...]
Posted in Artwork online, Uncategorized, blogging, contest on Feb 8th, 2010 185 Comments »
I have decided to participate in the blog giveaway One World One Heart this year! The idea behind this giveaway event was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the [...]
Posted in Artwork online, Critique, blogging on Jan 18th, 2010 5 Comments »
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 work! Check out her blog! Also, Mary Lou has posted some of the [...]
Posted in blogging on Aug 10th, 2009 2 Comments »
I have been playing with my blog this morning, trying to get it set up to play youtube videos on posts. I was inspired by Casey Klahn’s posts of music to go along with his artwork on his blog The Colorist (one of my favorites). I am always intrigued by what other artists include in [...]
Posted in Artwork online, My Work on Display, blogging on Jul 9th, 2009 10 Comments »
I’m mailing out postcards tomorrow! Everyone likes to get real mail, right? I ordered some postcards to get people excited for the art fair coming up in just one week…. Hopefully everyone is planning to be there or be square! This year I decided to provide a little extra incentive for people to purchase… a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, blogging, creative process on Jun 25th, 2009 4 Comments »
Yesterday, Donna Zagotta’s art blog had a great essay on creativity that began with this quote: “If we are able to stay with a situation, it will carry us to a new place.” Shaun McNiff I hope you’ll check out her blog for the entire article… This is something I believe in, and have been [...]
Posted in Art Collectors, Critique, Uncategorized, blogging on Jun 15th, 2009 8 Comments »
It has been a busy weekend… our last two kids came home from college… I just about wrote ‘teenagers’, but our oldest just turned 21! How did that happen? Seems like just yesterday I was driving her to pre-school! She and I share the studio space for the summer, so I had to do a [...]
Posted in Art Collectors, Uncategorized, blogging, creative process on Jun 4th, 2009 9 Comments »
I apologize for the long pause between posts. I know it drives me crazy when I go to one of my favorite blogs frequently, and then the writer takes an unannounced vacation! I am always wondering, what is happening in their studio!? After my server debacle, I thought maybe I would wait until I (hopefully) [...]
