Some time ago, I told Marcy: “Every time I start a painting, I feel like I’m climbing onto a roller coaster I’ve never ridden before.” But more and more I’m starting to understand my own painting process. Now I feel more like I’m starting a road trip. I don’t have a specific destination, but I… Continue reading The Cigarette and Scotch Girls
Category: Art
Posts about my art and my process as an artist.
The Hungry Eye
I got an email from my old friend Kathi recently. She had visited the blog and seen my work for the first time. “The style you’re using is so you — big, bold, colorful…” she wrote. This comment made me happy but also reignited a worry I’ve had. Maybe my paintings are too lacking in… Continue reading The Hungry Eye
Beauty Is In The Eye…
Many figurative artists paint classically beautiful women or studdly young men. Others paint their families, whose faces are beloved regardless of their beauty. And then there’s me. I seem to be attracted to fat, bald old men; wrinkled old women, and rumpled, casual musicians. Let’s take a walk down my trail of less-than-perfectly-beautiful characters: There’s… Continue reading Beauty Is In The Eye…
Joanne Taeuffer 