Category Archives: drawing
2021 New Work in the Studio
I literally waited a year to make a post. Not sure exactly why until today. New drawings began to be a daily ritual only during the month of May this year. It started very casually with a drawing that I did before starting to paint every day in the studio. As the days went by, … Continue reading
2020 A New Year: New Challenges
I had to wrestle with how to start this post, coming late in the spring with so many new challenges due to the pandemic, I lost all reference to time, as so many others have said. So why did I take a year to post? I have lots of excuses. Painting all the time on … Continue reading
Transitions
While transitioning from sustained work on a series, I often take a break to work on smaller paintings on paper. Still using oil with cold wax medium added, I experiment and investigate color and form even using tools that I don’t normally use. They are free form sessions that help me resume larger work and … Continue reading
How to Grow Roses
I’ve been thinking about my career as an artist and because of recent interviews, I have been reflective. Most of the time I stay in the present moment and rarely do very much delving in the past, but recently I paused to think about the most important influences on what I choose to focus on … Continue reading
Spring in the Studio
Here in the Southern USA spring started early. My car and literally everything else is constantly covered in pine pollen. However, it is beautiful here with trees and flowers blooming in full. I notice that green appears on my palette as well. My studio is now blooming with new paintings. Since the beginning of … Continue reading
Gray Space in the Middle
It all started as an experiment with the new fat block of ArtGraf No.1 kneadable graphite and then the images took over, tumbling out…they are still coming. There are times when the image becomes very personal. I’m sure that is always true to an extent. Sometimes they are more intimate. Perhaps it is best not … Continue reading
Sometimes You Have to Play
The beginning of the year in the studio until now and continuing are painting commissions and exhibits to prepare for. I am not complaining. No way! But there comes a time when it is necessary to stray off the path and play. By that I mean experiment with mediums. Today was the day to play … Continue reading
Spontaneous
While continuing my series of drawings on TerraSkin, I see a new direction. I began adding color, using the many varieties of India ink even though I liked the monochromatic images. Then came the realization that perhaps they could be translated into paintings. Now comes the experimentation with larger works on board in anticipation of adding … Continue reading
The Studio
This is the studio before. I moved into this studio last March. For many years, I have had a studio at the Artisan Resource Center. So far I’ve inhabited three studios in this complex. This one the best so far since I have so much room to paint, teach, conduct workshops. What can I say, … Continue reading
Helen DeRamus Studio 