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 3, 2017 – Gifts from last year
My painting as it is today. I took a full week off from painting, which was nice. I'm back to it now. Last week, just after finishing my post I drove up to Sonoma County to see my friend Cathryn Couch. Being on the cusp of a new year, on our walk she asked me what...
December 27, 2016 – The futureless present moment
The two paintings I'm working on - as they are in this moment. At the end of last year – 2015 – I made a promise to paint every single day this year. And I did, until mid-June when I missed my first day. I felt terrible, I reported in to you and re-committed. ...
December 20, 2016 – The light of Christmas
Bo and U cozied by the tree on Sunday afternoon. I am more seriously tempted this morning to “re-run” a post than I have ever been. At this time last year, I wrote one I called, “Being Christmas” that received quite a bit of appreciation. I just re-read it which has...














