by KLR | Feb 15, 2023 | Bird Art, Inspiration, My Travels, Painting
Not all those who wander are lost. –J.R.R. Tolkien A Steller’s Sea-Eagle and Daniel Smith Gouache Meet in my Sketchbook I wanted to test Daniel Smith’s new line of gouache paints for this blog post. I had not decided on a subject as of last week. And then an...
by KLR | Jan 24, 2023 | Inspiration, Painting
It’s the first few weeks of the first month of a new year… what to paint next. Starting a new painting is always an uncertain time for me. I have so many images in my mind’s eye that I want to paint. There are exhibition deadlines on the not-so-distant horizon, but...
by KLR | Jan 1, 2020 | Inspiration, Painting, Tales from TuckerWoods Farm
…don’t take any sh*t. I said goodbye to my beloved cat Emmylou yesterday, on the last day of 2019. Emmy was diagnosed with a very aggressive type of mouth cancer at the beginning of December. I had two other cats pass from the exact same cancer, so I knew we didn’t...
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 | Jul 19, 2016 | Inspiration, Painting
I love reading. I love to read. I love books. Did I say that I love reading?!! I don’t remember a time that I didn’t love books and reading. One of my favorite things was going to the library for another bunch of books. I especially loved summer vacation...