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
July 19, 2016 – Holly
Holly's bright smile - last summer when painted out at Susie's in Inverness. In the fall of 2011, when I first tiptoed out through my fears to lead watercolor groups, Holly was one of the early joiners. She wasn’t there the very first Tuesday, but within the first...
July 12, 2016 – Our immortal creations
"Holly's hand working on a painting of her son, Toby" Our hearts are full and heavy, as we mourn the loss of one of us. Yesterday morning our sweet, kind, gentle, beautiful and courageous Holly passed on – as her best friend Marilee said - to be with the angels. It’s...
July 5, 2016 – The choice we DO have
The two paintings I'm working on. I'm loving having this rose to paint when I just want to play. The other is of an apple, I'm planning for the 2017 calendar. This morning as Bo and I were taking off down our street to head up the hill, we ran into Ed – a neighbor –...














