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 10, 2015 – Where do ideas come from?
Right now I’m working on a new, big (it's 40”x40”) painting that is very different from anything else I’ve ever painted. It’s a collage based on an image of me standing in front of one of the clocks inside the Museé d’Orsay in Paris, the beautiful museum in the...
March 3, 2015 – Putting down the sword
Bo, up near the top of the hill on our morning walk today. The San Francisco skyline is barely visible in the center at the horizon. As any of you who have been reading these posts for a while knows, most weekday mornings I take our dog Bo up the hill that is on the...
February 24, 2015 – A season for everything
Wild irises from my hike up the hill with Bo this morning after writing - a bit early this year. When I was in my very early 20’s my brother Matt and I did the EST training. Our parents had gotten involved with EST and wanted for – I assume all four of us - to benefit...














