Watercolors
UPDATE! ...
I'm happy to announce a BIG update here (Nov. 2024), that I have recently "hung up my teacher's hat" and will be working full-time over the next two years (???) to create the remaining illustrations for my children's book, with the goal of publishing by late 2026! Gulp! This is a big step for me, and I couldn't be more excited!
To explain more about this children's book ... as a child, I read constantly, and some of my favorite remembrances of "early reading" were the Beatrix Potter books, all about wee mice, and other sweet creatures. I've always loved illustrating mice and birds, and as a 10-yr. old, I had my own two white mice as pets: "Minnie," and "Beatrice."
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Now, in my sixties, I have other mice (called "Fancy Mice"), and I think they are sweet and beautiful! I'm the current "keeper" of 7 little mice in two "mouse aquariums," four girls in one, and three boys in the other. They are all siblings, except for their Mama "Liza" who lives with the girls. At right, "Sarah-Jane" posed for a painting that entered my head in a very surprising way just this Fall, and there's a poem that goes with this too, of course. (But you'll have to wait for me to publish my book to see that part of it!)
(I'm also currently illustrating a sweet book my younger sister Bethany Lloyd has written, about a little flute left in its case for years, who hopes of being used again! Stay tuned for more on that!)
"Tea for Two"
(13.5" x 9.5" on Arches 140#)
"Caught in a Snow-Globe"
13.5" x 9.5" on Arches 140#
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(Not for sale ... yet. I plan on having a book-signing event where all of my illustrations for the book will be displayed ... at some point in the future. Most of the paintings will be for sale at that time, so please stay tuned!)
About Ruth Andrews-Vreeland
I'm a Fine Artist working in watercolor, and I'm passionate about painting "the face," whether it's human, or animal. I specialize in painting LIGHT, as I believe all beauty comes from light.
I'm a native-born Californian, transplanted to New Mexico in 1980 when I married my wonderful husband and father of our three now-adult "kids." We have seven precious grand-children, and I've been busy teaching them to paint in watercolor too. Watch out ... these kids are definitely going to be part of the "art scene" in future years! They're "scary-talented!" (Just this biased Grandma's opinion.)
I am a strong Christian woman ... a 3X cancer-survivor ... and a faculty-member at the NM Art League [see Classes at: https://newmexicoartleague.wildapricot.org/ ], teaching watercolor portraiture (my dream job!) I'm also a "Master-Painter" Signature Member of the NM Watercolor Society, and the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies where I have also recently earned my "Master Painter" designation. I began painting in oils at the age of 10, switching over primarily to watercolor at the age of 49. I'm still learning much about this wonderful medium, but I enjoy the learning process more than I can say!
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