Summer Art Camp for Grown ups The call of Summer is here with all it's beauty and my summer art camp.  August has been full for a while but July had cancellations so there is space available. July 11-15th paint each morning by the beach or inside. My studio is...

Perhaps the winter is really gone and at last the soft warmth of the sun is to be trusted. Another real  sign of spring seems to be a creative awakening on all fronts from music to art to theatre. The human spirit seems to reaffirm itself after the cold and dark...

    There is theory which is what we study in a classroom and then real life where theory often flies out the window. So what happens when an artist loses the use of their dominant right hand? Blue Chaos An interesting exercise in my painting classes has...

Working the Dark Evening Light      Watercolour    Ruth Hayes Struggling with darks in painting, loving the dark, working the dark all become metaphor. December is the darkest time of the year and getting through the dark days of winter or...

                                            Mixed Media "Love and Light" Mixed Media   Ruth Hayes                ...

Light That Dances It's a hot Sunday afternoon as I sit near the water. Some things delight the eye and some things delight the soul but some do both and more. I  live near the lake and have seen it so many times but I never cease to be  entranced by the the...

The Gift of Plein Air Painting There is something about paitning outdoors. All of the senses are alert and heightened with the fresh air the smells, and the sound of birds. At it's best it's wonderful or I could go on about the whine of the mosquitos buzzing in my ear...

Art that Connects "Song of Spring"   Mixed Media    Ruth Hayes  It is less than two weeks from the Beach Studio Tour on the weekend of May 1st, 2nd and 3rd and I 'm asking myself if I can possibly be ready and why am I doing this?  As with...

The Mystery of ART "The Most Beautiful Thing we can experience is the mysterious........  " Albert Einstein "Tree of Life"     Watercolour  Ruth Hayes     Having always loved a good mystery must explain I think my total love of the...