A warm thank you to all who commented on the previous post with encouragement and love. I’m so grateful to each of you who read this blog, and am humbled by your friendship.
Painting is cathartic for me. It offers time to think, to create, to correct, and to begin again, and again, and again…each layer covering over the old, but revealing something of what was there previously. A painting is the sum of its parts; the accumulation of all the strokes, textures, colors, and movements of every moment up to the last. Sometimes the unobscured messy layers that lie beneath are what make it a work of art. Not unlike people.
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Ok Ruth, once again you amaze me. For Christmas I want to ask Santa for a chance to just come over and watch you do your next painting. I know I would learn so much.
Amazing! It’s breathtaking!
Dear Ruth,
Thank you for the encouragement these past few days. You’ve been providing my nursing-in-the-middle-of-the-night (and the day) literature this week.
I am a young mommy of two boys (2.5 years-old and 6-month). The beauty that shines through these paintings, the faces of your boys, your website — is inspiring indeed. Thank you.
Again, with joyful tears, and deep thankfulness…….
Your proud Mama
from North California
Ooooh, love. I wish Calla could take some painting lessons from you…she seems to have some artistic ability. Maybe someday.
I love each of your paintings better than the last one.