Posted in Books I'm Reading, Farm Life, My Work on Display, New Paintings, creative process on Jun 29th, 2010 7 Comments »
Summer is in full swing here… and with it I have become highly distractible. I feel like I’m running in many different directions at top speed. This post is titled in homage to one of the books I’m currently reading: Why I Wake Early, poems by Mary Oliver. Her work focuses on the small daily [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, Critique, My Work on Display on Feb 1st, 2010 5 Comments »
OK everybody! This is it! It will be a big week for art openings for me. Wednesday from 5-8 pm the 100 Artists Show at Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in Salem has its artist’s recpetion. The first chance to bid on pieces though is tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. when they open. There is usually [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, Critique, My Work on Display on Jan 20th, 2010 8 Comments »
Yesterday was a good full day in the studio. My first project to tackle was a painting for our Splash Critique Group show next month. Each artist will interpret the Lake Oswego Reads book The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig. I didn’t want to miss doing this exhibit because I absolutely loved that book. I’m [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, creative process on Sep 23rd, 2009 3 Comments »
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 father & best friend to get [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, My Work on Display on Jul 3rd, 2009 9 Comments »
I’m starting to feel the panic, and that is a good thing. I’ve been steadily working toward getting paintings ready for the Salem Art Fair, but today I am officially 2 weeks away, and feeling the need to crank it up a notch. This past week I have only finished one painting >:( because of [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, Critique, creative process on Jun 8th, 2009 11 Comments »
You paint the way you have to in order to give, that’s life itself, and someone will look and say it is the product of knowing, but it has nothing to do with knowing, it has to do with giving. -Franz Kline I love the above quote by Franz Kline… for me it is one [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, My Work on Display, creative process on Mar 16th, 2009 6 Comments »
Wow, it has been a busy week! I am excited to say, I have begun work on my door for the Mary Lou Zeek Gallery’s Door#4 Show! She is putting together the brochure this year with photos of artists with the works in progress. Here I am, just beginning my door on the day 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 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 [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, Critique, Uncategorized on Dec 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
I had a call last night when I got home from Christmas shopping. An art friend, a talented woman who was wise and generous and gifted has passed away. It was not unexpected, but still a blow. I will miss Satsuko, as I know many others will. Several years ago I painted this image from [...]
