My sister Jean recently scanned more old family photos, which were all charming and fun. But one photo of my mother as a young woman popped out instantly as a painting waiting to happen. I’ve been thinking about all the reasons this was the photo I wanted to work from: * She’s holding a cat!… Continue reading Picking A Subject To Paint
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.
Mass Your Shadows First
Back from a three-day painting workshop with Peggi Kroll-Roberts. Six hours a day of painting. First still lifes, then clothed figure. And she makes you do value studies…no color…just light-and-dark…first, always! After she reminds you to “mass your shadows first,” she’ll say she believes in constantly experimenting with one’s art. So these pieces are about… Continue reading Mass Your Shadows First
Moraga Show Opens
My show, Chiaroscuro: Light and Shadow, is at the Moraga Art Gallery through June 4. The Gallery, at 570 Center St., Moraga, CA, is open noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday.
Joanne Taeuffer 