My first Juried Success!

September 8, 2015 by
Curiosity

Curiosity

My coffee painting, Curiosity, was accepted and will be shown in a Silent Auction Exhibition at Art Works Downtown.  A Night at the Casa Azul

The week before it will be included in San Rafael’s 2nd Friday Art Walk. September 11, 2015 • 5-8pm
This is fun and just what I seemed to need to get back into my groove. It’s exciting to still be connected and involved with ArtWorks Downtown. It’s where I had my first opportunity to get my feet wet and has taken me to places I didn’t dream of. Now I am anxious to arrange for my next Coffee Painting Workshop.

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Coffee Painting entries

August 27, 2015 by

There’s a new show coming up at ArtWorks Downtown and I’ve decided I must give it a try. It’s kind of full circle because it’s about this time last year that I entered my first competition there and I was rejected. I was happy to realize that I really felt OK with that news and went on to experience many surprises of accomplishment and exposure thanks to ArtWorks Downtown. Perhaps I felt better or different about last year’s entries. This time I am on a sort of slow-slope. I feel like calling the root painting my Self Portrait rather than Get A Grip. I guess either title works right now.

My three Coffee Paintings

My three Coffee Paintings

Filed Under: coffee painting, Lingering Logs, WordPress

The winner is Squarespace

July 31, 2015 by

I think one of the key strengths of Squarespace is the customer support provided. At this point I have spent a lot of time comparing Squarespace and WordPress.org. At my low point I gave up on both of them and just figured I’d never design websites again. But, I couldn’t leave it alone because there is such a need for custom websites to be designed for artists. Artists need to showcase their work on a website that actually reflects their creativity. If they want to be involved in the design and ongoing maintenance Squarespace is affordable and user friendly.  I’m on the finishing touches of my first Squarespace  website. The Art of Coffee.

The links below are to websites I have designed with various platforms

I’ll just call Squarespace Door #3 for now and get back to my hands-on art.

Filed Under: Lingering Logs, Squarespace, Websites for Artists, WordPress

Blogging for Art – Unplugged

July 16, 2015 by

Ok, I’m back! My art block gave me an overview of what I still want to do.  Back to the Drawing board and realizing I don’t have to re-create the wheel. I still want to continue most of the things I that have already launched. They just need some revision. This is good news!. Plus, I need to follow up on my attitude adjustment.

Joshua Tree watercolor

Joshua Tree watercolor

It’s clear to me now that I want to continue website design and development for artists. I’m getting more comfortable with Squarespace but also see its limitations. I guess it’s a case of Good News and Bad news. It’s going to be Squarespace vs WordPress for awhile and I may find that I will need them both.

This blog/website is created with WordPress.  I want to give it some new energy and see what, if anything, happens. Since the beginning I have been comfortable knowing few people ever look at it. That safety has allowed time for lots of experimenting and learning. Now I want visitors and I want it to be interactive.

    First Steps to improve my blog
  • Add original artwork
  • Prioritize basic blog categories
  • Set up Links

The section most visited is Watercolor Painting and I am going to add new paintings to that page.

Filed Under: Lingering Logs, Websites for Artists, WordPress

Lost — Looking for Found

July 7, 2015 by

When simplified what I am feeling is just Artist’s Block and I don’t want to let it get the best of me.  I will simply keep it simple and wait for it to fade. A little break, a natural part of the ebb and flow. Without change there can be no movement forward to new places. If I stop for too long I will be stuck.  Maybe I have to stop and just be still so can find a new place to start again. A rest rather than a pitfall.  I miss my enthusiasm.  I was so easily fueled with creative energy—riding on the flow and everything falling into place.

Rose Bud drawing

Rose bud Illustration. It could be that my “block” is because I have gone back to “work”and am once again freelancing. The rose became very personal and a perfect opening to new possibilities.

 

“How will you go about finding that thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you?”

I stumbled upon Dani Shapiro’s blog and found these ancient words that seem to speak to the place I am experiencing now.

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Full Circles & Continuing Directions

June 15, 2015 by

The second Coffee Painting Workshop was just as satisfying as the first and now I am encouraged to continue down this road. I love seeing how well the students do once they let go of their long held  “stops” and just get started. It really doesn’t take long before they are seeing art happen before their very eyes and it’s theirs. This is a good thing! Now I’m going to fine-tune my lesson plan and find more ways to reach out to people that would benefit from taking a workshop.

Now is also the time for me to get back into whatever is going to come out of my website exploration and development. I sure go around and around with this subject.

Filed Under: coffee painting, coffee painting workshop, Lingering Logs, WordPress
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