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
2005 – Plumeria out of the plastic bag
This painting along with Bud the Dog, Blue Door, Roses for Annie and Full Circle were in a plastic bag stored under my bed for a a long time, maybe a couple of years. My girlfriend Brenda told me to get them out and get them framed! She said that I had something and I...
2004 – Full Circle – before it was framed
I had this paiting banging around in my life for so long before I protected it with a frame. I had it in the window sill of my studio, as part of an altar in the pink room. I had no idea that I was really an artist and that anyone would find this precious enough to...











