Loving the Gold "September Time"      Watercolour    Ruth Hayes       Colour!  It pulls me in- seduces me- speaks to me and casts a spell.  Rothko and Van Gogh are two of my favorite artists.   As the...

Painting Classes for Fall Sunlight beckons, the breeze in the trees is inviting and cool and I want to be outdoors enjoying the last days of official summer. I also wonder where the time goes as each day ends and I'm aware of what I intended to do and what was...

Painting Art Camp for Grown-Ups Summer Painting in Toronto It's called Art Camp for Grown ups.  If you missed out on summer camp as a kid or your're still a kid at heart and would love to have a week of creative fun painting indoors or outdoors once again art...

Water  "Rocky Beach"      Watercolour by Ruth Hayes      15"x 21"  Working in a series is not something that was planned or even thought about a great deal but it seems to be the way I have recently found myself working. Many...

Playing with Mixed Media  Ruth Hayes   "New Growth"  Mixed media   $500.      Working with watercolour over many years it has felt important to learn the  rules and different ways of working with it. There are many...

Love of Colour "Evening Light"    Watercolour     R. Hayes   13"x20"    I love to apply colour like words that shape poems like notes that shape music.                    ...

Ending and Beginning       At one point in my life winter was to be endured and hated. There are still moments when it is like that do but it helped a lot when I started finding the beauty in it. That can be said of almost anything in life. It helps to...

 Painting Exhibition at Essentia INSPIRED by COLOUR  Warm vibrant colours in loose, contemporary abstractions and landscapes. A warm invitation is extended to view recent watercolours and acrylics during the month of November.  location: Essentia -...