Wow, the word “postscript” has 5 consonants in a row. Today’s post is borrowed from Jon Acuff, who borrowed from Steven Pressfield. I’m not sure of the exact etiquette of this borrowing business but think it is okay if credit and links are provided. This was so timely and so in line with my thoughts […]
Why I Make Art, #5
This is a painting of poppies on an antique window. (Thank you for asking, Carol!) You can read about it here: April 29 May 23 June 7 Reason #5: I make art because it beautifies spaces. Real life is messy. Artists get to clean it up in 2 ways. We can draw and paint in […]
Why I Make Art, #3
Reason #3: I make art because it is my job. (Duh, hunh?) Some people make art because they feel like it or because they can; I make art because if I don’t, there is nothing to sell. Being an artist is a great way to earn a living, even if it is not always easy, […]
Why I Make Art, #2
His Other Car Reason #2: I make art because I feel compelled to do so. When I was a child, I would get this overwhelming urge to make something. “Mom, I feel like making something.” She probably dreaded those words. She’d send me to Highlights to find a project. We NEVER had the materials, even […]
Why I Make Art
This is the first in a series. Reason #1: My art freezes a beautiful moment of time. The camera is my best friend, because my visual memory isn’t photographic and my techniques in drawing and painting are slow, slow, slow. When I see something beautiful, I feel compelled to capture it, to relive it, to […]
Always learning
If you’ve been reading this blog in the last week or so, you are aware that I have a large, nay, HUGE (I refuse to accept “ginormous” as a word), nay, ENORMOUS project underway. There is much to be figured out, tons, freak-me-out amounts. (Deep breaths, deep relaxing breaths. . .) One of the things is […]
Let Us Spray
This is what drawing student Gerald said to me when he finished his drawing. “Spray?”, you are asking, even as you read this. (Yes, I can hear you.) Spray fixative is one method of preventing the finished drawing from smearing. Framing is another; workable fixative is a third. I’ve been told it adds “tooth” (that […]
Blog tutorial
Lemons VII, oil on wrapped canvas, 8×10 If you are on my email list, about every week or 2 you receive an email from me. It mostly says hello and this is what is in my blog and here is the link. People ask me about these emails when they haven’t heard for awhile. Some […]
Don’t You Get Bored Working Alone At Home?
Grapes V, 6×6, oil on wrapped canvas, sold Nope. Look at the things I could/can/should/am/will do: draw paint blog update website photograph work sort through photos and refile those used/stacked/piled/contemplated plan for upcoming shows package notecards and reproduction prints sweep the dead scorpions and spider webs from the studio write another bio for the upcoming […]
Daily Painting
This is a movement, or perhaps a trend, or maybe even a fad in the Artworld. I’ve considered it for several years, but seem to have too much work to be slamming out extras. And I would be “slamming them out’, because layered and detailed is my preferred way of painting. But, I can and […]