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
July 19, 2013 – Starting to paint the leaves and flowers…
Spent a couple of days out in Bolinas with my dear Sister Mary and worked on this painting in the peace of the foggy mornings.
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...
July 12, 2013 – Roses in a green glass cup – starting on the glass
I'm taking it really, really slowly, seeing all the layers of color and contrasts in the values. Though it's far from done, from a distance, it's starting to read. It's easier than it seems - really! - to paint glass. It's a process of taking it slow and painting what...














