Art Is Truth

Mini Buebird on wood block 1 1/2″x  2 1/2″   I had some wonderful news today! The biopsy on my breast was clear… no sign of cancer What a relief – phew! Thanks to everyone who emailed or commented with fingers crossed and good thoughts for me. The image above was a little warm-up painting [...]

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Thanks to everyone who commented about the choice of backgrounds for my blog. I’ve spent the evening trying to alter the code for my page to make the background light & everything else show up right. I can’t for the life of me figure out how to remove the dark bar below the date line [...]

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I love art collectors. This is, of course, an understatement. But I don’t see it as a self-serving relationship, rather one of shared passions. It struck me recently that many art blogs focus on the art, rather than the connection with the art collector. So: I’ve decided to profile one of my favorite collectors among the [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I’ve been thinking about something I’ll call the ‘chalupa effect’ lately…. My husband and I were lucky enough to go see the Blazers play basketball here in Portland a few weeks ago… It was a very exciting game, with Portland scoring over 100 points… And every time the Blazers score over 100 points in a [...]

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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 [...]

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Margaret Godfrey, a watercolorist from the Eugene area, has taken me up on the offer of an interview. You can see my questions to her, and her answers, on her blog MSGodfreyArt.  I find it interesting to hear what let people to pursue art, and find out more about the glimpses we get of each [...]

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It has been an emotional morning, watching the coverage of Barack Obama’s inauguration as 44th President of the United States. I found his speech inspiring, moving and sobering as he charged Americans to live up to the responsibilities that our citizenship in this great nation require. It is amazing and inspiring to see his strength, [...]

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I spent yesterday digging out the clutter of Christmas in preparation for hosting my critique group here today. It feels so strange to have nothing to show to my peers. My only production in the studio has been my project for the 100 artists show at Mary Lou Zeek Gallery in Salem, Oregon. That had [...]

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