Autumn is generally wonderful weather here and for the past couple of months it has been so nice that I’ve had a really bad case of spring fever! The leaves just started to turn about ten days ago and now we’ve just had the first freeze. When the vegetation is mostly of the desert variety, colorful […]
Author: Jean
Pomegranate on Blue Willow
I called this blog Painting Habit since I try to paint in the studio every day. Often I’m working on large pieces but these small ones can be finished more quickly so it’s easier to do one each day as I was doing leading up to the Praxis Collective show, Indra’s Net. I promised to post the […]
Indra’s Net installation
The recent show at the Las Cruces Museum of Art featured our collaborative piece, Indra’s Net. The work consisted of artwork done by the six members of the Praxis Collective artist group. You can see more about the installation on the blog, Praxis Collective. Now that the show is down I’ll be posting the 50+ […]
Free print contest
There are three days left to sign up to enter my free print contest. I’m running this contest to encourage subscribers to my new newsletter that I just launched. You can see the first one here. To sign-up for the print contest, head over to my Studio-Views blog for more details or signup here.
Mango on silver candlestick
Mango on silver candlestick by Jean Reece Wilkey, oil on panel, 4 x 4 in. | SOLD I’m an artist living in New Mexico, primarily working in oil paint and drawing media. The blog on my website already features my work and that of some other artists, but I created this blog with the intention of sharing some […]