I was watching House Hunters International on HGTV yesterday (a guilty pleasure.) The house hunters where seeking a home in Florence, Italy. As they arrived for a meeting with their realtor, they passed a carousel that caught my attention. “I know that merry-go-round,” I thought. I knew the shape and colors of the “crown” around… Continue reading That’s MY Merry-Go-Round!
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.
Outside In
Last week I took an outdoor painting workshop at China Camp with Marin County painter Tim Horn. It was clearer than ever that I don’t enjoy painting in “plein air.” There are technical problems: my acrylic paints dry too fast in all that air, so I struggle with unfamiliar alternative paint types. But that’s not… Continue reading Outside In
Can’t Get Enough Of Them Cats
I’m a lot like YouTube. The viewers there can’t get enough of them cat videos and I can’t do enough of them cat paintings. Here’s the latest, a portrait of Rufus, the cat who owned my sister and her husband for many years. Crossed eyes and all. This was my brother-in-law Michael’s birthday gift.
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