Studio Stories from our WAOW Artists
Brenda Morgan • Studio Stories
Brenda Morgan
Leaving a Legacy
In a world filled with so much noise and strife, art, and the creating of art is how I relax. It’s how I rest my heart and mind. It is my therapy.
All genres of art have that ability, music is one of them. It enables me to relax and get lost in my work (my art). Some songs on my playlist are so beautiful that I listen to them every day as I paint.
Laurie Pace • Studio Stories
Treasures of the Heart
This morning I wasn't searching for a painting. I found myself searching for the artist I was at that time.
Back in the early days of blogging, around 2006, I was painting almost every day as part of the Daily Painters movement. While many artists were creating small daily works, I found myself filling larger canvases—18 × 27, 24 × 30, even 30 × 40—and sharing the journey through my blog.
Those years became more than paintings. They became books. Every year I gathered my artwork and the stories behind the different collections documenting my work and my life as a mom, a wife and an artist.
Deborah Allison • Studio Stories
It's a beautiful time of the year in Santa Fe, New Mexico! And it is also the time when Santa Fe artists open their studios to the public. There will be about 95 studios participating this year in one of the largest art communities in the US.
Though #38 is a small studio, I will have loads of artwork on display and for sale during the two weekends at the end of June. It is the perfect opportunity to see how I work and to ask any burning questions about my methods, color choices and inspirations. I will have my palettes, sketches and demonstrations on display as well.
Debra Keirce • Studio Stories
Debra Keirce
The team at Fine Art Studios Online asked me to be a guest speaker in a recent webinar. I write monthly articles that they share, about sales and marketing in the life of an artist. So, I was at once, happy to appear on their show, but also wondering what I had to say that I don't already write about.
Then it came to me - why not talk about the exact things I never write about? Why not have a discussion about all the things that artists don't say out loud? We are all thinking them. I'm sure of it. Yet, we never post or write articles about them.
Judy Thompson • Studio Stories • Iowa
Judy Thompson - Iowa Artist - Studio Story
Two of my paintings, Stars and Stripes and Prairie Pathfinders, have been selected for Still Becoming: America 250 at the Center for Western Studies, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States.
This exhibition explores the landscapes, histories, cultures, and identities that continue to shape the American experience.
Painter Destiny Bowman
My studio is my favorite place to be. It’s where ideas flourish, problems get worked out, colors move on the canvas, and my many objects that I’ve collected gets put into my paintings. I have collected skulls, bugs, vases, books, bowls, flowers and contraptions to use in my still life work.