Standing at the easel painting is inherently a solitary activity. But the art of art has its cooperative elements as well. The Lafayette Studio, where I paint on Mondays and Thursdays and where I learned my craft from mentor/teacher/guide Marcy Wheeler, also is a community of like-minded painters. Seven of us are holding Open Studio… Continue reading It Takes A Village
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.
Makes Me Laugh
This painting makes me laugh. I chuckled my way through painting it. Now, I smile every time I see how I’ve captured my own attitude in that stance. And I want more of my paintings to inspire a giggle. Another layer: It’s entered in the special theme category, “Split Second,” in the El Cerrito Art… Continue reading Makes Me Laugh
A Man and His Tractor
One in a series of paintings of my father with his old tractor (from a photo, circa 1959) will be shown at Walnut Creek Library, Sept. 15 – Oct. 13. It’s part of a Lamorinda Art Alliance show which also includes works by my teacher Marcy Wheeler and two of my fellow Lafayette Studio artists,… Continue reading A Man and His Tractor
Joanne Taeuffer 