Recommended for All Studio ArtistsTag Archives: an artist’s musings
100(almost) Accomplishments in 2011: Surprised What I Learned!
Carol McIntyre, Colorado artist, lists her nearly one hundred accomplishments in 2011 and what she learned from the activity.
10 Secrets to Becoming a Better Painter
Colorado artist Carol McIntyre poses a challenge to artists and how to become better painters, ceramicists, etc.
Where is Your 50 Foot Voice?
Artist husband writes about his wife’s – Carol McIntyre – paintings asking, “Where is Her 50 Foot Voice?”
1. Life (& Art) After Jaw Surgery
“How will major surgery impact your art?” is a question several people have asked me. Curiosity captured this cat also. In fact, I was feeling some expectation that such a major life event had to impact me somehow! “It’s More Fun with Air!” 18x24x2, oil During my first few weeks after surgery, I was in survival mode and [...]
The Monet Magnet & a Great Party! – My Last Day in Giverny, France
Previous to my trip to Givery, I questioned all of the notoriety bestowed upon Claude Monet. Now I understand and agree that it is warranted. He was before his time in so many ways, and driven to pursue his dreams, despite several tragedies and hardships. Is this a door to one of Monet’s studios? At one [...]
My Pilgrimage to Monet’s Gardens in Giverny, France-Day 1
An artist begins her trip to paint in Giverny, France and at Monet’s Gardens.
“Stillness Springs” – a poem inspired by one of my paintings
Stillness Springs Steadfast grays and browns chill the bone. Lacy against the steel blues brittle in the cold. LISTEN It is still, the quiet deep below. A greater spirit slumbers knowingly. LISTEN It is born, The stillness is singing. The water Springs! LISTEN Someone fingers a flute. The yellows and warm [...]
Pet Portrait of Skjonn – Step #12
Something seemed to have “bit” me while trying to finish this Memory Portrait of Skjonn. It has been a struggle and I am not sure why. Is it her fun loving spirit and fear that I could not capture it? Or was it the color combination of being a black Labrador with both brown and [...]