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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.

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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. 

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July 28, 2013 – in Tahoe working on chocolates

July 28, 2013 – in Tahoe working on chocolates

Finished the cup of roses. I decided to call it "Summertime" - check it out in the gallery under roses. Off on vacation in Tahoe and decided to pick up this piece I'd started last spring. Lots of brown! Mixing ultramarine blue and burnt sienna or fired gold ochre...

July 15, 2013 – I think the glass is about done… not sure

July 15, 2013 – I think the glass is about done… not sure

I've come to think that it's a lot easier to paint highly detailed cut glass like in Blush than this one. There's a lot of subtlety and shades of green that are giving me a challenge! Time to move on to the rose on the fence rail and see how what I've done her sits...