by Ruth Hayes | Apr 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Art is indeed not the bread – but the wine of life. Jean Richter What inspires me to paint? It could be anything. Light on a hillside. The colour of Fall leaves, children on a beach, a deep unanswerable question within the soul. To paint perhaps to...
by Ruth Hayes | Apr 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Just Ask Art is neither a Hobby nor a Profession but a way of being. Frederick Franc Tree of Life The Beach Studio Tour is coming up the weekend of May 2nd and this tour our web site was redesigned. Participants have been asked to answer three questions about...
by Ruth Hayes | Feb 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
CONTEMPLATION “There is no Art without contemplation” Robert Henri In teaching I love to use artist quotes about the creative process. They come from painters, philosophers, scientists, poets…etc.. I sometimes...
by Ruth Hayes | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Christmas is a time of sharing. Artists share what comes through their vision but also what is seen through their hearts and spirits and that is what makes it scary at times but also exhilarating. In keeping with the season you are invited to an open house on December...
by Ruth Hayes | Oct 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Colour Fantasy Mixed media We live in a time when anything goes especially in art, to the the point where we all might find ourselves questioning. In teaching painting the question of realism vs. abstraction comes up again and again....
