Meet Elizabeth Courtney
Elizabeth Courtney, artist in residence at Main Street Arts during the month of May 2019, is working in one of our two studio spaces on our second floor. We asked Elizabeth some questions about her work and studio practice: Q: Tell us about your background. Hi I’m Liz. I’m super excited to have the opportunity to […]
Phyllis Bryce Ely: A Landscape Revisited
A Landscape Revisited: Onaping Falls, Canada For this “Fifty Landscapes” blog I’ve chosen to share my experience painting “Onaping Falls, Canada” included in this exhibit. This oil painting is an example of how I often paint landscapes multiple times, first en plein air and then again in the studio using my plein air works, sketches, […]
Kari Ganoung Ruiz: Small Bits
I’m back! Thank you Main Street Arts for inviting me to offer my thoughts in another blog entry; this one corresponding with the opening of the Fifty Landscapes exhibit which includes 4 of my paintings. As nature awakens after its winter slumbering, so to does the painter feel the pull of nicer weather. Spring is an […]
Phyllis Bryce Ely: Look Out the Window
“Look out the window.” My mother said that to me again and again. If I was bored, she would say, “Look out the window, what do you see? Make something to tell me about.” If I complained of long trips in the car she would say, “Look out the window.” Over time we drove and […]