ME BEING KOI

Koi
Pastel on Canson
Pastel Paper

MILESTONE

I started this blog a few years ago with no real thought of where it might go or how long I would stay with it. I just had a desire to share my love of art (and music). I just noticed that it has received over 23,600 page views. Wow...that was unexpected! People from all over the world have visited the blog and I have made some wonderful friends along the way. Me in the technology world, never saw this coming.

MISTAKES

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."  ~Scott Adams~

Pickin'
Watercolor
This one isn't
a keeper...but
it was fun!

FIND YOURSELF

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."
~Thomas Merton~

Beach Boy
Watercolor
John Brisson

ART AND MUSIC

EXPRESS YOURSELF

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way...things I had no words for."   ~Georgia O'Keefe~

Drama
Reduction Linocut
John Brisson

WISE THOUGHTS

WATER MEDIA

Stephen Quiller has been one of my favorite teaching artists for a long time. He just splashes on paint here and there and within a short time, a beautiful painting emerges!!

B.B. Fire
Acrylic on Arches paper
John Brisson

 

SVAY TENG DENIS

I enjoy pastel work so much and found an artist that makes it look so easy. Svay Teng Denis does portraits in a beautiful free style that I only wish I could do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uvxdbdUzRk

Levi
Pastel painting
John Brisson