Author Archives: paulalpeterson
You Are Invited!
Come see my show at the FUMC gallery and sign my guest book! 1. Sunday morning, August 22, 2010, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., 1551 Montgomery Drive, (First United Methodist Church), just 2 blocks east of Memorial Hospital 2. Tuesday evening, August 24, 2010, 5:00 – 7:30 p.m., same location. See ya there!
Now Showing!
Ahem! Announcing: The one-woman art show by Paula L. Peterson is now up in the gallery at FUMC Montgomery! (Wish my camera wasn’t broken, I’d post pics.) And, thank you Bob Cheal for helping me hang 13 pieces this morning. I am so honored to have been asked to do this, it was a daunting [...]
Painters’ Perspective
Cool new blog started by my friends Isabelle and Christine from Napa. They invite artists to join to paint the monthly photo then, post the result on their blog. They are sooo smart! What a fun new art prompt! This is their website graphic, not the painting of the month. I wonder which one of [...]
Monday Morning Painters Video
Preserved for posterity, artist’s critique from MMP last week. And a good time was had by all! Tommorow we go to the Compass Rose off Bay Flat Road in Bodega Bay! Yay! Monday Morning Painters Potluck www.youtube.com
For Siegrid
Watercolor, gold ink, gold foil hearts and rose petals on paper. This piece was started some weeks ago for my friend Siegrid Smith who just celebrated her 5th year cancer-free. She is an amazing woman and a friend of nearly 40 years. For someone so special on such an auspicious occasion, the final result should [...]
The River of My Life
Counter-clockwise from top left: “Childhood–Wonder at things small and curious, passion for others-close. ‘The visit of the Master–In poverty: love of mist and haze; in spring: friendship between us, a dry post on the shore adds warmth to sunlight.’ Into the eddies drift my dreams & aspirations, I think I’ll fly a kite… ‘For me, [...]
My Task
The assignment was to bring in some words, prose, poetry or something like that and we, at the monthly muse meeting, would focus on what we brought as part of our meditation. Typical me, I forgot the instructions from one month to the next and brought nothing. When we meditated, all I could think of [...]
Ready for a Walk?
Another magical experience in letting the image unfold. The clown image just sort of showed up so, I added a bit of definition and put an umbrella in his hand. Note that the other hand, his left, makes the sign for “hang loose” all on its own. The quote at the top reads, “It is [...]
Monday Morning Painters
I finally made it thanks to fellow muse, Isabelle, who also went so, of course, I had to! Great fun! Katrina Small posted some pics. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2060153&id=1040003947 Copy and paste it into your browser window.