Posted in Books I'm Reading, Critique, Fun with Art, Uncategorized on Aug 28th, 2008 4 Comments »
Ok.. picking up where I left off last night. Several people have asked what happened with the Salem Hospital commission. Well, the bad news is they chose another artist, Alison O’Donoghue . When I read all those descriptors, though, hers was the work I thought of. The good news is, they paid me to do the [...]
Posted in Critique, Uncategorized on Aug 8th, 2008 2 Comments »
I took another shot of this painting last night, trying to get the exposure right. Sometimes the photography is more challenging than the painting. I’m hoping to enter this in the Northwest Watercolor Society’s Membership show. You will recognize it as being very similar to the painting in this post. I like the sense of [...]
Posted in Critique, Fun with Art on Jul 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
Here is the gang in Kathy’s studio, just getting ready to critique my painting. They look friendly, don’t they? Just kidding… they had some great suggestions for my paintings. Thanks guys! If I could figure out how to post more than one image in each post, I’d post them here… but alas, I am still [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, Critique, Uncategorized on Jul 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
I’m planning a trip to Olympia to visit fellow ‘Splash’ critique group artist Kathy Bethurum. She’s hosting us all at her waterfront home for an overnight art retreat. Thinking about this trip to Puget Sound has made me remember the book The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch. I loved his descriptions of living on the [...]
Posted in Critique, Recently Viewed Art on Jul 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Bruce & His painting Originally uploaded by Artistruth Last night I attended the opening reception for Salem’s Mayor’s Art Show. This is the second annual exhibit. The show was the idea of friend and gallery owner, Mary Lou Zeek. She wanted a way to acquire and exhibit public art in Salem, Oregon. The venue is [...]
Posted in Critique, Fun with Art, Recently Viewed Art on Jul 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
John Originally uploaded by Artistruth We had a nice surprise at critique last night! John had brought his pipes (since we were way out in the country and wouldn’t be disturbing anyone). He played a couple of great songs. One thing I learned is that bagpipe music isn’t written… it’s all memorized! This critique group [...]
