Summertime means spending more days and long, warm nights at our country house in Healdsburg. This view of Plaza Street from the Plaza (that’s John and Zeke’s with the archway entrance) communicates the hominess of my hometown. This summer we’re sure to see some old friends and make some new ones, get a little sun… Continue reading Celebrating Summer
Author: Joanne
Joanne Taeuffer is an expressive painter. She lives in the Berkeley Hills and Healdsburg, CA, with her husband and their black cats, Oscar Wild and Percy.
‘California Shades’ At Orinda Library
California Shades, paintings of the Golden State by the Bay Area Studio Artists, is on exhibit at Orinda Library through May 31. Don’t miss seeing these paintings by Joanne and five of her artist colleagues. You can see the show during regular library hours: M – Th 10 – 8, F & Sat 10 –… Continue reading ‘California Shades’ At Orinda Library
Paint Like A Millionaire
My friend Penny had an art mentor who would walk through the studio encouraging students to squeeze out more paint on their palettes. “Paint like you were a millionaire,” he would insist. Lately I’ve adopted a more millionaire-like style, using paint thickened with mediums and slathered onto the canvas with a palette knife. Sometimes I… Continue reading Paint Like A Millionaire
Joanne Taeuffer 