July 10th, 2016
REGISTER HERE! CLASS SIZE LIMITED TO NINE STUDENTS BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED STUDENTS WELCOME. Working with moist watercolor on Arches cold-pressed paper, Liza will guide you in the exploratory process of using brush and color to release the image that waits within the washes. Discover shape and form by working in […]
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September 24th, 2015
Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone. -Robert Allen. Standing in a public place working on my paintings all day? Making decisions, trying them out, then trying something different? With everyone watching??? (gulp!!!) Art is a conversation. I make a mark, the painting responds. I hear my muse telling me the next step. […]
Posted in acrylic painting, painting, Santa Fe, Southwest Art, True West Gallery Santa Fe, Visionary Realism, Wildlife Art | 2 Comments »
March 6th, 2015
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~Henry Ford There were a few obstacles along the way. Time, distance and injury, among them. (it’s really hard to paint when your dominant arm is in an immobilizing sling) But somehow, despite the obstacles, the goal was accomplished. Canvases […]
Tags: goals, obstacles
Posted in Acrylic, Art, Bird nest, Birds, Ganna Walska, Gardens, Lotusland, Success, Uncategorized, Visionary Realism | 2 Comments »
June 23rd, 2013
Now that I’ve delivered the work to my show at Gallery in the Woods in Brattleboro, VT. I can get back to some other art I’ve been wanting to share. I’ve blogged about Joseph Raffael before, but this artist does NOT disappoint. Earlier this spring I went to NYC again to see his work at […]
Tags: birds, painting, Robinson Crusoe, watercolor
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June 5th, 2013
I have an exhibition opening this Friday night in Brattleboro, Vermont. The Gallery in the Woods is eclectic and lovely. All of the work is top notch. I’m very pleased to have been invited to exhibit there. It isn’t in the woods at all, it’s at 145 Main street, right downtown. This is First Friday […]
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June 5th, 2013
I have an exhibition opening this Friday night in Brattleboro, Vermont. The Gallery in the Woods is eclectic and lovely. All of the work is top notch. I’m very pleased to have been invited to exhibit there. It isn’t in the woods at all, it’s at 145 Main street, right downtown. This is First Friday […]
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January 1st, 2013
I love my studio. The lights are bright, the space is airy and it doesn’t matter if I spill buckets of paint on the floor. Which I often do in the process of pouring the multi-layered backgrounds I often put on the work. Since Tropical Storm Irene hit us head on a year ago it […]
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