I'm back.

 Well,  we've been super busy!  I have taught in Tucson, AZ.  .  .  Emerald Isle, NC.  .  .  Raleigh, NC. .  .  Atlanta, GA.  .  . Santa Barbara, CA  and next stop Paso Robles, CA.  When on the road I love my iPad!  I got the app "Brushes" and it is amazing.  I sketch on it all the time.  I figure out compositions or just play.  By the way, my iPad was a Christmas present from our son, Rex. In fact he got each one of us an iPad.  That's 5 iPads!!  The top sketch I did in Morehead City, NC while sitting in my car eating lunch.  This was the view from the parking lot.  The middle sketch was while Ray was driving. I did sketches of the various cars in front of us!  That and played solitaire.  Bottom sketches are "Memory sketches."  I sketch in the evening from memory, what we did paintings of in the workshop.

Ray wins the Gold at the California Art Club's 101st Annual Juried Exhibition!

I am so proud of my husband, Ray Roberts.  He knocked himself out on this painting and it won the honor of the Gold Medal.  I wasn't able to be there at the event but our daughter, Alexandra, was there and got to join in the festivities.  She had a blast and said she met so many great people!  Ray was thrilled and is honored to be a member of the California Art Club.

From the Kiln!

I have been taking a ceramics class again this semester at our local junior college.  I love the process of working with slabs.  More organic feeling.  It's always a surprise when they come out of the kiln.  I am still getting to know some of the glazes.  I like the low fire colors to choose from.  Still incorporating the figure which I love so much to draw.

Value/Color System Forms

Ray and I are working madly on this and we are a little behind!  I stopped to take some pictures of the production line and thought they made some nice images.

Inspiration.

I've been working on a series of ceramic containers with figures attached to the surface.  I found this amazing painting hanging in the Saks Fifth Ave. Shoe Dept. in NYC and I am going to let it inspire me for new pieces.  I love this painting and don't know the artist.

Past illustration life!

I used to be an illustrator. I had some great reps in L.A. and New York.  Did a lot of editorial for magazines.  Before I stepped into the freelance world I worked for Doyle Dane Bernbach as their only staff storyboard and comp artist for about 8 Art Directors.  I drew everything you can imagine! Hands down was the best staff position I've ever held!  They treated me like a queen.  Stayed for 4 years and then went freelance.  

One painting process.

Just gives you an idea of how I start some paintings.