Gwen Fox's Blog: Where creativity unites with success

CHARACTER

I had a dream the other night that caused me to pause.  In my dream a question was raised asking “What is the most important element a painting should have?”  The answer surprised me as the answer was…..CHARACTER. Character?  I could have thought of several other answers that would be more meaningful!  I have been [...]

WHO JUDGES YOUR WORK?

As artists our paintings  and our ability to paint are always being judged. We submit paintings to shows for a professional artist, art critic, or professor of art to decide if our work is good enough to be selected. Our peers judge our work…we know by their “look”. Our family members rarely remain silent with [...]

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Last week was International Women’s Day…..how did you celebrate yourself?  Actually I didn’t think too much about it until I viewed this video.  Take a look and see what you think. International Women’s Day The movement started in the USA in the early 1900s, that IWD was founded as an International Day in 1910 in [...]

NORMAL COMFORT

The dream of “normal comfort” has entered my world….. the pipes in my home froze and burst last week sending a waterfall of unwanted water from my ceiling onto my kitchen floor.  After shutting off the water supply….thank goodness I knew where it was…..the work began.  I was just glad I hadn’t taken the dogs [...]

NEW YEAR…NEW LIFE

The is the start of a brand new year. Fresh, no baggage, clean, free of any mistakes and ready for you to decide this will be your best year yet.  New Year.. New Life. Just how do you do this? By deciding to be what you have always dreamed. Yes, actually “be that person….fulfill that [...]

INVISIBLE WOMAN

I was talking to my friend the other day  about the feeling of “being invisible”.  When I mentioned to my son I sometimes feel invisible he thought the idea was ridiculous. Many years ago a fellow artist friend who was twenty years older said that  one day I would walk into a room with my [...]

A NEW MAN IN MY LIFE

I have never been in love with a man  who required extra care, being fed special meals several times a day, required being watched 24/7 and  YEE GADS….. the need to be potty trained !!!!! I am not normally drawn to a man with lots of hair or one who is rather pudgy. But this [...]

TAOS STUDIO WORKSHOP

My last workshop of the year was filled with four delightful women from four different states….California, Louisiana, Illinois and Texas.  This workshop was an add-on to my schedule and I held it in my Taos studio.   My studio is great but rather small.  Four tables, four women, many stories, much laughter and lots of [...]

FOLLOWING THE RULES ?

There are lots of rules in art and then there are few. Don’t kid yourself, art and artistic expression is a political game.  Like it or not you play or you lose.  Find out the decorator colors for the season, move in the right circles,  learn color theory, be an expert in design and composition, [...]

PASTOR ON HORSEBACK

Last Sunday morning I went with my friends, Lovey, Glo and Beth, to the El Pueblito United  Methodist church in El Prado, just outside of Taos.  It was a special outdoor service as the pastor, Steve  Wiard,  rode in on horseback and shared his thoughts while seated on his beautiful Palomino, Biscuit. This is a [...]

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