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
March 30, 2015 – “Eternal” – two videos
The last 10 minutes of painting - hear me talk about painting technique - and a bit of the story behind how it came to be: https://youtu.be/hioY34rZ97M?si=L8hiGwU11391Vbt4 Now, watch as I painted "around the clock"...
March 24, 2015 – Creativity and Tension
The first time I ever painted was in June of 1992. My mom and I took a Saturday class - painting flowers in watercolor. I painted a somewhat awkward blue iris - and I fell in love - with the playing with the colors and the texture of watercolor paper. I’d been...
March 17, 2015 – Renewing my appreciation for work
I have been work-ing on my painting. Almost done! Families have cultures. My family’s culture surrounds two things: food/cooking and work/being productive. My dad was a high school teacher, and before my mom went to work full time when I was about junior high age,...














