Rambling thoughts on life's journey Climbing Those Rocks!   Watercolour  Ruth Hayes     Perhaps it is a cliche to say that life is a journey but it is such an apt description. What is even scarier is that it often brings you back to where you...

Painting and the Creative flow Mist of Magic   Watercolour by Ruth Hayes 15" x 22"       I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.  Joan Miro Another year is coming to a close and I look back over...

Open House Invitation "Hint of Mystery" Watercolour  Ruth Hayes November 9th, Sunday 12:00-4:00 PM Location: 17 Fernwood park Ave. Toronto,  Beach Area You are warmly invited to drop by to see new work, small cards, matted pieces or simply share a cup of tea...

Observations on the creative process This Autumn  the decision was made to slow down a bit and focus more on  my painting. It is easier said than done. For those who see me twice a year during the Beach Studio Tour you might have noticed  I am not on...

Landscape Impressions Mist of Magic   watercolour   Ruth Hayes size 15"x22" To dream ad-midst nature-- perhaps to find colours, shapes, lines and images to light a spark that give meaning to aimless wanderings.  Living in a large urban city finding...

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 taste...

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...

 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 think I could come...

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...