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
January 24, 2017 – Holding on to Humanity
"I'm swimming in pink and red paint as I work on these hydrangeas." My commitment to show up here at my computer, open up Word and start writing every Tuesday morning has shifted the way I operate the rest of the week. As I do the rest of my life there is now an...
January 17, 2017 – What’s next?
"Promise - my little rose and Reverence - the one I just finished." The last couple of weeks in our regular groups I’ve spent time with several disconcerted artists who were at a bit of a loss about what to paint next. There are a few things I notice about what I’ve...
January 10, 2017 – Orienting towards beauty
I'm making progress on the leaves in this hydrangea painting and just the final details to go on this little one of a rhody. I’m so fortunate to have all the support – incredible support - in this life I’m living. It comes in the form of several wise elders – people...














