brnburn Studio - pottery - Hillsborough This is one in a series of posts about artists in the Orange County Artists Guild. What is your medium? Why do you love it? How did you get interested in it? I have always been interested in pottery and ceramics and decided that it should consume my life. I love it so much because it has a warmth to it that you can feel when you are holding it in all stages of its making.  Do you work in a sketchbook or journal? If so, how does it influence your process? Yes! I…

Early this spring I came upon these marsh grasses and loved how they danced in the breezes along the path. I tend to look to nature for inspiration and these colors and sounds sparked my imagination into suggesting a new series of pieces inspired by acoustic guitar or bluegrass while the grasses inspired the colors. Pulling out my favorite travel tools of watercolors, pips crayola markers, and pencil. I find a comfy chair, settle my watercolor pad onto my lap and pull up tunes featuring acoustic guitar…and begin. I start by listening to a piece a couple of times and…

As I become more aware of native plants especially with an enormous wildlife value, I tread carefully in my unmanicured backyard discovering precious gems. I have learned to observe and document them carefully in watercolor. This is blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) which actually belongs in the Iris family. It stands about 10” tall with bright blue flowers attracting hummingbirds, butterflies and a variety of iridescent insects. This is woodland poppy(Stylophorum diphylum) beautiful bright sunshine yellow. Another of nature’s gift to butterflies and bees. Let them be and they will spread beautifully. They are one of spring’s first debutantes beckoning…