'Ghost Ranch I' 8x10 pastel ©Karen Margulis painting available $150 |
It was intense. We painted from sun up to sun down every day. Somehow it all started to make sense. I painted with my heart. It just flowed. It was such a high. I came home with a stack of paintings. I will keep most of them. I want them to remind me of what it was like to paint with wild abandon! I also would like to paint many of them larger in 2015.
I have been asked why I choose to go to workshops. I am a teacher why do I still need to go? I go because I am also a student. I want to continue to grow and stretch myself. I want to learn from others and allow it to all trickle down until it becomes part of me. I also meet the most wonderful artists in a workshop. I wouldn't trade these experiences for anything!
Below are two of my favorite little 5x7 plein air paintings from Abiqui. I can't wait to paint them larger!
I am amazed at how rich and beautiful your desert scenes are. Deserts that to me were bitter, inhospitable and dry where I couldn't breathe, you find so much light and life and color in them! Wonderful painting!
ReplyDeleteI can understand why you constantly challenge yourself with workshops. I've seen you grow over the years too, it makes you a better teacher. There is so much to learn that art is never a zero sum game.
This spring I'll get out and paint, I mean to get out of my room this year and actually do some paintings in the park. Not near as big a journey but it's in my reach.