Cathy Carey's Blog (5)

We took off for the month of September 2010 and traveled to Spain. From Barcelona to Majorca, then Sevilla to Marbella, spending a week in each area. On my birthday we spent the day at the Alhambra in Grenada - it was beyond words. I can only express in paint how stimulated my senses and emotions were by everything I saw.…

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Every year I return to Santa Fe to paint and teach painting workshops. As the time nears, I start thinking about all the things I love about my time in Santa Fe. I go there to paint so my first week is spent walking the streets and dirt roads looking for sights and inspiration, the hardest part being picking from all the ideas that crowd into my head. The early morning walks with my Golden Retrievers and watercolor sketchbook, as we reacquaint ourselves with the familiar sights and our old… Continue

by Cathy Carey

The beginning part of the painting process goes fast and I feel a sense of accomplishment because it looks like I got a lot done! The end part wraps it all up and again I  feel a sense of accomplishment, since it is done, but the middle takes a long time, maybe weeks, months until I feel it is ready to be finished, lots of reworking, and some days it looks like I either 1. got…

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Spring Leaves by Cathy Carey

 

I have had the opportunity to spend some extended time hiking and sketching, taking photos, and painting the Elfin Forest Reserve for the last few months. It is a beautiful place – the more I discover, the more fascinating it becomes.

The reason for my…

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Tea Party of the Gods Digital Collage by Cathy Carey

 

It’s fascinating to me how people can hold two opposite truths in their head, live in an imagined reality while another more concrete reality knocks at the door. For example, apparently a lot of people,…

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