If you read Desert Inferno, you will know that its hero, Jake Donovan, was sure Rachel O'Brian would fall for the handsome federal ag...

This week, because I had been asked to answer questions, plus provide a few images for an interview, I went looking for some paintings I had...

This blog will be carrying on the last topic about heroes. There, I discussed qualities of heroic men and woman. The code they live by is im...

  In a time where we might find ourselves on the brink of a third world war, when we discover there is so much hatred in the world for one e...

  by Rain Trueax Despite the calendar telling us that summer doesn't begin until the Solstice, in the Pacific Northwest, it begins ...

  by Rain Trueax   'Tis the season for holidays. A good time of the year, if you can forget about politics and just concentrate on your ...

by Rain Trueax July's Thunder Moon Because of our times, I wanted to put a warning here. I am going to discuss some cultural issu...

by Rain Trueax the Strawberry full moon Friday morning. I woke up Friday morning trying to decide what to write for this blog. We ar...

At Portland State College I was given important lessons in practicing art. They were to look and see for yourself, have confidence in your i...

by Diane and Rain     Arizona sunset 12-4-19 With Diane taking a break until 2020, due to her need to be there for her husband he...

by Rain Trueax Now and again, I talk about serendipity and how I welcome such times. Well, everybody welcomes such times since it means...

by Rain Trueax Rain Rock Casino-- Yreka, California Holy Mackerel, what is going on with time? It seems we just got home with a blog...

My personal story: I learn positive values of aging from my art making.  My golden years are an empty canvas or book that I fill wi...

  Exhibits at the Corvallis Arts Center open up fascinating Lunch Box Artist Talks facilitated by the talented curator Hester Coucke. Janu...

Cinevardaphoto is the second film of Agnes Varda reviewed here. The first was "The Gleaners", December 12.  As the words "c...

Gleaners are everywhere sifting through harvested fields and looking through dumpsters to name two gleaning sites. But I had not thought ab...

by Rain Trueax Do you think about how the world is doing? When you read the papers do you lose hope or feel more optimistic? I do a lit...

The removal of cataracts is rejuvenating my vision and I enjoy more beautiful, bright vibrant colors.  The future holds some welcomed cha...

In general an artist is defined as someone recognized as the maker of art. OK? Well no!!! Several problems occur to me in this definition...