Regina Calton Burchett – Drawings & Pastels

The last couple of months have been spent enjoying the time I could spare creating art while wondering, yet again, why we do art – especially during slow economic times when not many people seem to be interested in buying what we spend so much time planning, drawing, painting, judging..
And the very complex, intricate, convoluted [...]

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Being a long-time computer user – I did key punch in the 70’s and bought my first computer in 1983  (Yes, a Commodore 64) – I am still a very unsophisticated rube incapable of being blasé about the Internet.
I think it is a fantastic and amazing library where I can instantly – and usually for [...]

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Yesterday, I had a perfect morning.  Sometimes we get just a few hours of what seems like perfection, and more often, just a moment.   I’m grateful for any, because they seem rare.  And to realize them, even more rare.

I was lucky enough to make one cup of very good coffee, and took it and [...]

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Finally found a little time to paint today.
Whew! Now I feel better.

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This was an experiment for me and a step away from my art comfort zone.  But I like it.

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Such nice people at the Great Outdoors Nursery here in Austin – they held an art event and I enjoyed the weekend in a very beautiful spot, talking with friends and painting pastels. These are two works in progress I started this weekend:
Great Outdoors Pagoda – Sally Fraser, Ann Seago and I collected plants, pots [...]

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Wherever you live, you probably enjoy
the shade and scent and beauty of a tree.

When I leave home and drive in any direction, there are new neighborhoods emerging – in an incredibly short time span – from the freshly razed ground.  Mature trees are now heaped into scrap piles around the perimeter.
With the construction of most [...]

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I started this tonight about 10:30 after a very frustrating day / week… it’s from a photo my friend Diana shared with me. She is doing a painting from it also. Because of a frame I already had, I decided to stretch the image somewhat, and work from that. This is [...]

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I have not had time to work on art, but love this bug.  So here it is.
What a great design.

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We visited the Congress Street Bridge (actually Ladybird Lake) at sunset last week and got some photos of the bats as they took off for the evening. I doubt that I would ever try to paint this, but it was a great sunset and so many bats it was unbelievable!  If you’d like more [...]

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