ArtWench

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Art is my passion. Art is my profession. Color is my medium.

You may have figured out that I love my colors bright and juicy. I hate muted colors; to me they look like a mixture of watercolors gone wrong. I get the urge to wipe the palette clean when I see murky colors grouped together.

But, even worse are "earth tones".... Yikes! If you take a close look at dirt you will find a myriad of rich beautiful colors all mixed together in a joyful jumble. It is the combination of these colors that create what we percieve as brown, beige, tan, etc...

When I create these colors with watercolors, I layer pure colors in delicate washes which creates colors with depth. You will not find a flat brown or beige in an painting of mine.

Sigh... I love the vivid, straight from the tube colors which are nearly impossible to mix on an artist's palette. All the rest just look like watercolor palette dribble to me.

Also... Who says that mature adults have to be so constipated in their color choices? Geeze! I may be over 40; but, I sure as hell am not dead yet!





Here are a few of my personal favorites: