Your Brain on Art

05/28/2024

Day One of an oil painting workshop with Ovanes Berberian. So much to learn! Lovely setting and challenging still life set-ups.

09/11/2023

Took some time to try my little paint set and water pen in the nature journal. Higgins Point, beautiful day. It was pretty nice not toting a wet oil painting home, just put the journal into my backpack.

08/02/2023

Painting once more before the plein air competition deadline. Paintings will be exhibited at a booth at Art on the Green, this weekend. This is oil, but I used a quick drying medium. Fingers crossed it's dry by Thursday night...

01/08/2023

01/07/2023

08/31/2019

In further news: Greece in discussion with France about Parthenon frieze loan; ICA LA plan to become first solar powered museum

06/04/2019

How Our DNA Influences Landscape Painting by Laurie Carlson Eating a Paleolithic-style diet is popular now, based on the idea that we still haven’t evolved enough to thrive on modern processe…

06/02/2019

How Our DNA Influences Landscape Painting by Laurie Carlson Eating a Paleolithic-style diet is popular now, based on the idea that we still haven't evolved enough to thrive on modern processed food. Certainly there's nothing wrong with eating wisely and Stone Age people had no problem avoiding junk food and the health problems it creates. But beyond our food and our bodies, our Paleolithic roots affect us in other ways, too, and surprisingly one is our choice of art images. [ 2,229 more words ]

How Our DNA Influences Landscape Painting by Laurie Carlson Eating a Paleolithic-style diet is popular now, based on the idea that we still haven’t evolved enough to thrive on modern processe…

05/07/2019

Next week at Currents Gallery in McMinnville!

"Painting Skyscapes in Oil" with Laurie Carlson
Wednesday, May 15, 11 am - 3 pm
4-Hour Class: $40
+ $20 Materials fee to instructor
*All materials included; bring a painting shirt and lunch or snack.
Spend a day painting skies, clouds, and sunsets. We'll explore oil painting in a low pressure, friendly setting, with emphasis on techniques and creativity. You will paint a cloudscape and a sunset scene.
Contact Currents Gallery in McMinnville to register before class day, so I have enough supplies on hand.