Welcome
Meet Cara
I am obsessed by color. I am a sucker for the drama of striking light. I keep being drawn to the lush fullness of fruit. I’m soothed by looking at flowers. I think food can be as beautiful as anything else. I want only the simplicity of watercolor – painting pure pigment on cotton paper. I love to make these paintings.

podcast
Watercolor Conversations
For four years I faithfully wrote weekly journal entries for my blog. Now and then I go back to what I’ve written and think that some of this huge body of content could be given new life – but the impulse was to use my speaking voice this go-round.
Watercolor Conversations with Cara Brown is the result. I am re-visiting some of these journal entries – sharing the stories, seeking, and inspiration in my written words – along with whatever else occurs to me to say at this point in time.

art stories
Journal
2007 – Tropical Peaches get their start
I paint often in the evenings - even when we are on vacation. In the light of the lamp at the cottage on Kauai, making my way around the branches and leaves of Tropical Peaches.
2007 – Mid Summer Zin finished
Along side the cottage wall on Kauai - all finished.
2007 – Grapes! Painting on Kauai
Joe and I stayed several times at the sweetest beach cottage in Poipu, called Brenneke's Cottages. I loved staying there - walking distance to the beach, private backyard, just nice enough and just funky-beachy enough to suit us. I discovered I love painting grapes -...











