Lynda Rimke

In the first grade I colored outside the lines with all the colors I saw in the apple my teacher set before me, were shiny red striped...

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2008 I do not share a love of costumes. But in late January, the Revolutionary War drummer became his real...

2008 started out with a 10 day painting trip in Death Valley with my artist friend, Melissa Harris. We joined "Luke" and other artists...

AUGUST 28, 2007 It was the perfect day to paint out with M and the perfect scene. I got a great start at Blue Hen Falls and then, wonder...

JUNE 09, 2007 I've experienced the dessert: a series of events that hassled my passion beginning in August of 2006. The last of the...

I'm attempting to capture the Cuyahoga. This scene grabbed me last year as I drove over the bridge. I knew I had to paint it when the...

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2006 The leaves are starting to turn, but not well this year. But a week ago, there were some ash that glowed...

MONDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2006 Five paintings finished. What happened? I went away. I spread them out on a large table in the basement of <a...

What if thou make us able to make like Thee— To light with moons, to clothe with greenery, To hang gold sunsets o’er a rose and purple...

SUNDAY, JULY 09, 2006 I painted this on Thursday afternoon, July 6th and was able to call Mom just before she was prepped for exploratory...

THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2006 I am experiencing both encouragement and discouragement. I am encouraged because it is spring, and I can once...

THURSDAY, MARCH 02, 2006 In the midst of a hurricane of activity, Patrick and I got away to Columbus to see my family there, and the...

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2006 I'm taking this portrait to critique tonight, just as I had left it. I tried cropping it with a mat, and...

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2006 I grow tired of thinking about what I can't have, like the kid outside the candy store window. In an attempt...

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2006 Mary Newbold Patterson Hale was a cousin of John Singer Sargent, and related her observations in The World...

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2006 "There is no great work begun without passion and not great work completed without restraint." —Chris Blake...

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2006 Mel Stabin will be the judge of a watercolor show that I am entering today. One of my emotional "bargaining"...

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2006 Few bad painting habits are harder for me to overcome than overworking a face on a watercolor. Behold, the...

MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2006 These are days of the unexpected. Our dryer breaks. We expect to go to Home Depot and incur debt, but—...

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2006 "We may retire from our jobs, but never from our calling. We may at times be unemployed, but no one ever...