Regina Calton Burchett – Pastels & Drawing

  So close to ready for the Grand Opening on Friday, April 12th! That will be followed by the Clearwater Artist Studios new Second Saturday event, where musicians, other artists, car clubs, all types of creative and fun people will be coming to join us!

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I am moving into my new studio space at Clearwater Artist Studios! This is a large space – 1280 sq.ft., that I will be sharing with a sculptor friend. We’re hoping to have our Open Studio on April 12, which is the same day as the Art Walk in Concord. This group of buildings has [...]

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I had two pieces accepted into the Pastel Society of North Carolina Annual Exhibit at Ambleside Gallery in Greensboro, and delivered those on February 23rd. When we went to the show the following Friday, March 1st, one of my pieces had sold – “Kerrville Clouds”! It was my first competition with PSNC, and I was [...]

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On Saturday, November 19, 2011, I’ll will be giving a demonstration on painting skies and clouds at the Texas Pastel Society. The meeting will start at 10-12 noon at the Tobin Library, 4134 Harry Wurzbach, in San Antonio. Here is the final painting, after the demo and after I finished it in my studio. The [...]

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My friend Jo Castillo sells a variety of items from her Cafe Press shop – I have a great rooster apron from her! I opened a shop there back in 2006, but have not done much with it. Since I’ve completed a few of my jungle animals, I decided to try it again. So here, [...]

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Katherine Tyrrell of Making a Mark blog had a great post of the most wanted paintings on the web, a study done about 15 years ago. The study had different results for different countries, but apparently for the USA, if you are painting medium-large historic-appearing landscapes of wild animals near a lake, you are good [...]

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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, [...]

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Since it would be good to make back some of my cost for art supplies, and for those who like my art, I’d definitely like to make it affordable….  I decided last Thursday to add my work to Etsy, a website for handmade items (including prints of artwork) and vintage things.  My new shop is [...]

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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, [...]

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