This week Marcy gently encouraged me to put aside my current project and try an “alla primo” self-portrait. Since my birthday is the 14th, it seemed appropriate to give myself the attention. And now I think it might make a nice birthday tradition. Here I am…or at least a version of me: Jerry says I… Continue reading Birthday Art
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.
Lessons From A Legend
The Wayne Thiebaud Retrospective at the San Jose Museum is an inspiration. Here’s what I learned: Easter egg colors as a valley landscape are magical. I’ve got to get (or mix) more beautiful colors – rosy pinks, lemon yellows and sky blue. Any content can be a painting…it’s all about composition. A lesson worth relearning… Continue reading Lessons From A Legend
My Home Town
One of my paintings of Healdsburg, CA, my home town, is currently in the annual member show at Healdsburg Center for the Arts. It’s part of my “Night Life” series, which explores the bright lights in dark darks. In the show you’ll see my small work, “Summer Evening on Matheson Street,” shown here with other… Continue reading My Home Town
Joanne Taeuffer 