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
June 7, 2016 – 10,000 Hours – Sticking with it
Here's where I left it today. I'm so glad to have more time to get it done. [Note: I will return to recording next week - I promise!] It’s late. I’ve not started a post this late on a Tuesday since I started writing every week. I’m working against a deadline on this...
May 31, 2016 – Love what you love
The soft animal of MY body is in plumeria heaven on Kauai. [Note: I’ll resume recording when I’m back home from vacation.] When I was four years old, my older brother Joe (who was 5 at the time) and I were on the Bay Area Romper Room TV show. We rode in the car over...
May 24, 2016 – Healing places, healing spaces
"A glimpse from the plumeria tree that I see when I'm painting here. [Note: I’ll resume recording when I’m back home from vacation – at the latest.] Joe and I are over on the island of Kauai. This year I’m here for 15 days – a good long time (by most of our...














