by KLR | Dec 28, 2018 | Inspiration, My Travels
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…” For starters, the Sound of Music is one of my all time favorite movies (I just watched it again last week.) My sisters, my niece and I went to Austria and spent a few days in Salzburg; we spent one day on a...
by KLR | Dec 21, 2018 | Bird Art, Botanical Art, Inspiration, My Travels, Wildlife Art, Works-in-progress
A daily drawing practice – something an artist should be able to do just like that (sound effect – snap of the fingers), right? Well, only partially right. Artists face the same daily pressures as anyone else, both external and internal. Busy schedules and unexpected...
by KLR | Dec 19, 2016 | Inspiration, Painting
The beauty and benefits of an artist/art career coach relationship… We all need a helping hand sometimes but we also need to give ourselves permission to seek out and accept that helping hand. A little over a year ago, I enrolled in Gwenda Joyce’s Art Ambassador...
by KLR | Sep 28, 2016 | Inspiration, My Travels, Painting, Photography, Wildlife Art, Works-in-progress
A place can be many things – somewhere you go in your own mind to remember, revisit or relax, or a physical place you experience in person. I go to many places near and far, both in my mind and on my feet. I prefer natural places and get outside as often as I can, to...
by KLR | Sep 1, 2016 | Bird Art, Botanical Art, Inspiration, Photography, Works on Vellum, Works-in-progress
The month of August was full of hummingbirds, raccoons, great blue herons and generally, birds! Despite a very hot & humid month, I still managed to get outside with my camera and simply enjoy being outdoors. On my easel during the month of August… Great Blue...
by KLR | Aug 2, 2016 | Inspiration, My Travels, Photography
‘A picture is worth a thousand words’; a trite, somewhat overused phrase but how true for me! Spending time outdoors I am a natural history painter; painting what I see out in nature. I spend a lot of time outside experiencing nature, both in my backyard...
