Posted in Artist Inspiration on Dec 10th, 2010
“I found I could say things with color and shape that I couldn’t say any other way- things I had no words for.” Georgia O’Keefe As a watercolor landscape artist I have to agree with Georgia O’Keefe’s observation. It is my belief that our paintings tell the stories of our lives. Color and shape tell [...]
Posted in Learning to paint on Jan 8th, 2010
The variety of our paintings is dependent on many factors. These are some areas of variety could be described as variety of shape, variety of tone values, variety in edge shapes, variety in texture and a variety in graduation. Each of these elements has a rhythmic quality of its own and it’s a long list. [...]
Posted in Gardening and Art on Apr 14th, 2009
Making art and a garden go hand in hand. The first things that comes to mind are composition and color. A composition needs a focal point, something that is smashing and eye catching. It could be a trellis with a humming bird vine trained over it. In front of the trellis, place a plant such [...]
