I would like to share with you more of my color studies in green and red. Intention My intention is to get in the habit of daily watercolor and ink studies. I am inspired by the work habits of artist James Gurney. If you read his blog, you realize this person is constantly drawing or […]
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I have been working with watercolor and ink lately. I find it enjoyable and I have a little project stirring in the back of my head: daily studies in watercolor and ink. This week being Christmas week, I thought I’d do some red and green studies. This one if of a pair of Japanese wooden
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Greetings. I thought I’d share one of my recent watercolor and ink studies. I thoroughly enjoy working with watercolor; its almost surprising when a painting emerges. With this particular study, I was working on seeing the still life as a simple light and dark pattern. Over the last few months I’ve been following the
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Meet Go-Go. I created this small painting of Go-Go the poodle as a thank you for special friends Betty Jo, Vic, and naturally, Go-Go. The three helped my husband Robert and me when our truck was in for unexpected maintenance in Boise, ID, during our recent big trip. We had a hole in our radiator;
In drawing and painting there are “rules” or suggested conventions that help artists organize their creations. I find many of the rules useful, though I find it helpful to remember that rules change with time. Also, not everyone agrees on the rules. In this small painting, I have broken a rule that I generally follow.
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I’ve been itching to do watercolor studies of local places. Why haven’t I? Priorities! But, yesterday an opportunity presented itself and I jumped on it! My husband and I visited his favorite park – anywhere! Lithia Park in Ashland, OR. It was a lovely morning and I was happy to take the opportunity to sit
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About the Video This is a video of an art show presentation I gave on 1 July, 2015 to the residents of the Rogue Valley Manor (RVM). Location was the Deschutes Gallery, Skyline Plaza Building. In this video, I give the audience a brief outline of my background, including such classical influences as Picasso
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Say What? Three kitties, six faces? How? You guessed it, Cubism. Cubist Influences I would like to tell you a little about my Cubist-style cat paintings. So, lets begin at the beginning.
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Green Painting Retrospective #Four Time to throw in a green kitty. I'm continuing on with my green in March painting retrospective.
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Continuing on with the theme of green, this is a small watercolor painting I did in 2006. The subject is a valley in Southern Oregon and is based on a drawing I did on location. I liked the long view in front of the buildings across the valley. And, typical of this area, I like
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