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 looking [...]
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 Critique, Recently Viewed Art, creative process on Aug 20th, 2009 5 Comments »
Last weekend my sister and I spent some time with our friend Michele who was house-sitting near Otis, Oregon. It was the ultimate girls’ weekend… laughter, wine, great food, peace & quiet…. We hiked what I would consider the ultimate Oregon coast hike: Cascade Head. I’ve lived in Oregon all my life, and never knew [...]
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 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 way to [...]
Posted in Critique, creative process 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 still [...]
Posted in Critique, Uncategorized, creative process 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 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 a [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, Critique, Fun with Art on Dec 6th, 2008 No Comments »
This first week of December is full to bursting with social engagements. For an artist, who usually spends most of her time alone in the studio, it is a welcome chance to connect with friends and fellow artists.
The day after Thanksgiving, we started right in…. cut the Christmas tree & decorated with the kids, visited [...]
