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
October 1, 2014 – The old oak tree
A week ago this morning, at 1:30 am, a huge limb from our ancient coast live oak tree (they say it could be anywhere from 150-300 years old) fell on our house, kicking off a chain of events that nearly completely took over my psyche. This tree is 8 feet in diameter,...
A new *big* painting for the spring – cherry blossoms!
It may be hard to see what's going on here, but it's the faint light of the projector on the watercolor paper after I finished drawing. It's only a small piece of the painting. Just one layer of the blue sky background in. I think it's too blue! I used three pigments...
Peonies, roses, a terra cotta pot – “Lustina” accompied me through the winter
Completed painting on 2-26-2014














