No, I didn't misspell that. It was a dream and kind of an odd dream. I had apparently been taking a class. The teacher left us an assi...

Painting is in incubation as I observe both an imaginary grid from earth to sky with a third dimention grid  from foreground to the vani...

  I am going about managing my paints like the Tibetan monk I met in 2002. Like the monk my  tools are made of materials in my easy re...

by Rain Trueax This is supposed to be about why my contemporary books haven't done well. It will be but first-- Happy Birthday to ...

The flowers in our front yard are fun to groom this time of year. Summer weather is here and it is time for a change in my blog posts. ...

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...

  DISTURBANCES IN THE FIELD, a novel by Lynn Sharon Scwartz was well worth the difficult read. I was up to my chin in attempting to keep ...

Swallows, oil, 11' x 14" Movement in a painting is not enough to have ch'i My research on the principle of ch'i in...

Morning is my peak time for inspiration just as I am waking up, the most imaginative solutions occur to me. Like a couple of days ago I vi...

Aquabord allows the watercolorist to paint on a surface that can later be sprayed with acrylic eliminating the need for glass protection. ...

Lighting, atmosphere, color and linear gesture are important considerations in both my paintings and flower garden. My "laissez ...

Interestingly my studio has all paintings that satisfy me and the rest of the house has more unfinished work that I  like seeing from many...

by Rain Trueax Dreamscope app using one of our photos of the desert Let's talk depression. It's one of those things I hesitat...

From time to time I like to go through my old work especially when I need to consolidate to make room for new work.  I cropped the late e...

by Rain Trueax Recently, we watched a three part series on Netflix-- [ Five Came Back] . Take the time to watch it as it was excellent...