Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Artists that inspire me: Ruth Shively

Today's artist is from Portland in the United States. She got her bachelor of fine arts degree at the University of Nebraska.


Her favorite materials are oil paint, pencils and charcoal.

I LOVE this picture! The expression on the girl's face, her posture, .... So well done!

She is fascinated with people and the story from their faces ....

Therefore her work focuses on portraiture and figures in landscapes.

I like how part of her paintings always seem a bit blurry and vague

There's not so much information I can find about her on the net. She has a blog, but her last post is from 2012.

She does have a Facebookpage, and is on Pinterest, Etsy and Flickr.

If you want to see more of her work, have a look at her website. Lots more pictures there! Hope you enjoy her art as much as I do.

Thanks so much for visiting! And don't forget: it's only a few more days that you can sign up for the Etsy-promotion (where did April go!?). Go ahead, just do it! Here! There are 26 people on there already!

I'll be back on Friday for the Paint Party. Hope to see you then! ♥
Posted by at 15:25
Labels:

8 comments:

  1. Marianne24 April 2013 at 16:34

    Ja prachtige portretten.... Ik zou willen dat ik dat ook zo kon, maar dat kan ik dus niet hahaha. Oh ja en poetsen kan ik ook voor geen meter. :-) Reminds me of the quote: "A clean house is a sign of a wasted life".
    Bedankt voor je bezoekje aan mijn blog en voor je altijd leuke reacties!!
    Liefs,
    Marianne

    ReplyDelete
  2. lee25 April 2013 at 00:41

    I for sure am going to check her out, her work looks amazing, thanks for putting us on to her.\\

    lee

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anjas-Artefaktotum25 April 2013 at 13:36

    Thanks for sharing the wonderful paintings.
    You askes in your lovely comment if the girls are stamps. Yes they are from Zettiology, here is the shop
    Have a nice day,
    hugs Anja

    ReplyDelete
  4. Renee Dowling25 April 2013 at 23:54

    Her art is really stunning and thought provoking. They all seem a little unfinished, maybe symbolic of life, undetermined and incomplete...never knowing where things will lead.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Tammie Lee26 April 2013 at 02:11

    thank you for sharing a wonderful artist with us.
    i love the second one, the expression is fab!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Unknown26 April 2013 at 21:31

    Beautiful inspiration.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Viola27 April 2013 at 01:17

    Oh yes! These were really lovely! something dramatic.. and I like that! :)

    ReplyDelete
  8. Ana M.F.3 May 2013 at 10:35

    these are great, thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for taking the time to comment! I love hearing your thoughts about my work. Because I am getting too many spammer comments, l have to use Captcha, sorry. Hope this is not a problem for you !

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)