Posted in Artwork online, Books I'm Reading, Farm Life on Nov 2nd, 2010 5 Comments »
It has been a while since I’ve posted, mostly since I’ve been busy catching up on chores that went on hold while I was working on open studio stuff. It’s always a juggling act to fit everything in. Farm life has been in full swing. We’ve added a few new critters, subtracted one rooster, and [...]
Posted in Artwork online, Books I'm Reading, Farm Life, Uncategorized on Oct 15th, 2010 2 Comments »
Yesterday I celebrated autumn with a huge bonfire of some of the yard debris we’ve created since moving to the farm. I wish I’d gotten a photo of the conflagration at its peak… the heat near the fire and the cool air away from the fire were like night and day, like the cool mornings [...]
Posted in Art Classes, Art Collectors, Farm Life, My Work on Display on Sep 23rd, 2010 3 Comments »
Autumn is one of my favorite times of the year, when all the hard work a gardener has done over the year culminates in wonderful flavors and colors and textures and scents. I’m always at my busiest, most energetic self at this time of the year. The bustle of back to school, fall planting, harvest, [...]
Posted in Farm Life, My Work on Display, Recently Viewed Art on Sep 9th, 2010 4 Comments »
Fall is officially here, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised to find my work included in another juried exhibition, this one is the Watercolor Society of Oregon’s 45th Annual Transparent Watercolor Exhibition in Salem, Oregon. The exhibit opens October 2 and runs through October 29 at the Elsinore Framing and Fine Art Gallery, 444 Ferry St. SE, [...]
Posted in Farm Life, Recently Viewed Art, Uncategorized on Aug 23rd, 2010 4 Comments »
This past weekend, my husband & I celebrated 24 years of marriage! We were so lucky to be invited to share an evening of wine tasting and a winemaker’s dinner by chef Philippe Boulot – winner of the James Beard Award of Excellence Best Chef of the Pacific Northwest. The setting was The Grand Cru [...]
Posted in Farm Life, Fun with Art, My Work on Display, New Paintings on Aug 17th, 2010 7 Comments »
When I was growing up, my parents ran their farm business from our kitchen table. It was not unusual to awaken to the sound of friends or strangers drinking coffee – gallons of coffee- and to have to pass them in the dining room on our way to the only bathroom in the house. It [...]
Posted in Farm Life on Jul 26th, 2010 12 Comments »
Thanks to everyone who came out to see my work at the Salem Art Fair this month! I had a successful show & I’m getting ready to take work to the galleries this week. After the frenzy of getting ready for the Fair, things have slowed down a bit here on the farm. We are back [...]
Posted in creative process, Farm Life, My Work on Display, New Paintings on Jul 13th, 2010 3 Comments »
I’ve been working on new paintings for the Salem Art Fair and getting them framed this week. The painting above is larger than my usual work, which means it is more difficult to frame. I feel like I’ve made a breakthrough though, in that I finally figured out how to cut mat that is oversized on [...]
Posted in Farm Life, Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2010 9 Comments »
An Aerial view of the project We had a lot of feverish activity in the garden over this long weekend. Our forcast calls for extreme heat this week, and the weekend was long and cool, perfect for working on the hillside in progress. I wanted to set in all my new plant purchases before the [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, creative process, Farm Life, My Work on Display, New Paintings 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 [...]
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