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 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 [...]
Posted in New Paintings, Uncategorized on May 11th, 2010 4 Comments »
“Oregon Dawn” 18″x15″ As promised, I’m sharing a few images that I did a couple of weeks ago in Santa Barbara. I was pretty happy with some of these paintings. It makes such a difference to be able to focus only on painting for a whole week! Try as I might, I can’t seem to get [...]
Posted in Art Classes, My Work on Display, New Paintings on Mar 31st, 2010 8 Comments »
It all started with the orchids 812 Emily Dickinson A Light exists in Spring Not present on the Year At any other period — When March is scarcely here A Color stands abroad On Solitary Fields That Science cannot overtake But Human Nature feels. It waits upon the Lawn, It shows the furthest Tree Upon [...]
Posted in Artwork online, blogging, creative process, New Paintings on Mar 1st, 2010 6 Comments »
I’ve been busy this past week painting, getting photos taken of the new work, planning my framing strategy, writing my artist’s statement, and generally worrying whether my paintings are looking their best. It’s kind of like the frenzy of getting ready to give birth! Amidst all this activity, spring has arrived here on the farm. [...]
Posted in creative process, Uncategorized on Jun 21st, 2009 4 Comments »
It is always difficult to decide what to enter in a competition. Some artists try to guess what a juror or judge will like, perhaps from entering previous entries in competitions judged by the specific juror. Other artists try to submit something very unique, unusual subject matter for a painting or an unusual technique. Still [...]
Posted in Books I'm Reading, creative process, Critique 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 Art Collectors, blogging, creative process, Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2009 9 Comments »
I apologize for the long pause between posts. I know it drives me crazy when I go to one of my favorite blogs frequently, and then the writer takes an unannounced vacation! I am always wondering, what is happening in their studio!? After my server debacle, I thought maybe I would wait until I (hopefully) [...]
Posted in My Work on Display on Jan 23rd, 2009 3 Comments »
My painting “Grace & Mameo” was juried into the Beaverton Arts Commission Showcase, set to open February 7 with an artist’s reception from 7-9 pm. The show will be at the beautiful Beaverton Library, 12375 SW 5th St., continuing February 8-21. Artists display the work that was juried, plus they can also exhibit up to [...]
Posted in Fun with Art, My Work on Display, Recently Viewed Art on Oct 10th, 2008 6 Comments »
I spent the better part of the day today at Mary Lou Zeek’s Gallery in Salem. My part of Edward Hopper’s “Cape Cod Morning” is now complete. It was nice to see a few patrons come by and to enjoy the company of the great gallery girls It was a good day to focus on art [...]
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