By Shirley R. Kleppe, Outrageous Red ARE YOU AN ART COLLECTOR? Chances are you are an art collector! Maybe you bought or were given an original art piece from a local art fair or from an art group show. And maybe, you have purchased one or more pieces of art from a...
It is common for artists to return to the images of past paintings for new work. I have done this myself. Previously, I would make a half sheet (15″ by 20″) “study” of a finished composition to work out the problems. Later, I would do the same...
How easy is it to look and not see? The story of this painting is rooted in my early years of growing up in Sedalia, Missouri. Part of my greatest memories as a child was spent visiting the Lake of the Ozarks, in south central Missouri. My family and I would travel...
In The Beginning In ancient times before the internet, cell phones, and Amazon, my husband and I took our first trip out of the U.S.A. How did that happen? My little secret was: I filled out all the information postcards from various travel magazines...
On one of our many trips to Africa, we decided to see some different countries. We had never stayed on the Zambezi River in Zambia, so we decided to do two camps there. The first camp was Tongabezi Camp, which is only 15km from Victoria Falls. From that camp, we...
