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
Category Archives: painting
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
A Look At Art History, Mine
I recently visited the home of one of my collectors. It had been a long time since the last visit and I was amazed to see a history of my work over a long time. The time period stretches back to the early 1980s. I was glad that my reaction was a positive one and … 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
New Paintings
The summer of 2015 was a good one. A new series emerged. Pictured a few of the paintings.
Encaustic Workshops for October 2015
One-Day Encaustic Workshop Sunday, October 18, 2015 1PM – 4PM Helen DeRamus Studio Artisan Resource Center 585 Cobb Parkway, Suite L-1 Marietta, GA 30060 770/378-9003 Register at http://www.helenderamus.com This is an introductory workshop with all supplies included in the fee. It is an opportunity to create several paintings using encaustic medium and learn the basics … Continue reading
Studio Life
I took photos of my place of work this morning and since it is a space without central heat, I am waiting on the space heaters to begin their difficult task of raising the temp from a lowly 44 degrees. And believe me when I say I am not complaining when I know the NE … 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
Deep Water
I am spending days in the studio this week working on paintings I had hidden from my view so that I could think about them in the abstract, so to speak. When I turned them around to view them on Monday of this week, I had a renewed interest and began to find a way … Continue reading
Creative Risks
Moving on to Blogathon Day 10, I have no problem talking about risks since that’s what I do everyday. When I enter the studio in the morning, it is all about risks. The images made here are not always risky per se but I’m sure you face what I do when you stand in front … Continue reading
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