Art Blog, Ruth Buchanan

My Twelfth Year and Olympic Efforts

First published Tuesday 12th January 2021 2012 I was off on my travels again in March of 2012, this time returning to Dubai to stay with...

Jan 12, 20217 min read

Eleventh . . . drawing into my second decade

First posted Monday 11th January 2021 2011 While the year had started cold and snowy again, it soon cleared and I was back in the studio...

Jan 11, 20216 min read

Totally 10 Years . . . Really?

First published Sunday 10th January 2021 2010 I started the year painting as usual, and one of my favourite pieces ‘Touch’ was a...

Jan 10, 20215 min read

2009 - The Whole Nine Yards

First published Saturday 9th January 2021 2009 My favourite painting from 2009 is 'Allrounder'. Many people think that this is my horse,...

Jan 9, 20215 min read

My Eighth Year . . . one of mud and ice

2008 The subtitle for 2008 could have been a line from a poem that my grandmother used to quote: Whether the weather, whatever the...

Jan 7, 20214 min read

Seven Year Itch?

First published Thursday 7th January 2021 2007 My seventh year of business started as usual with me painting in my studio, along with...

Jan 7, 20215 min read

Six Years and Counting . . .

First published Wednesday 6th January 2021 2006 My sixth year of working as an artist started with me furiously painting for my Solo...

Jan 6, 20214 min read

Revving It Up in my 5th Year

2005 This was such a busy year! By now I had given up my design work to fully focus on painting full-time. I started my career as a...

Jan 5, 20214 min read

Four Years In - 2004

First published Monday 4th January 2021 2004 The year started with me working away in our (rather cold) conservatory, before taking a...

Jan 4, 20213 min read

My 3rd Year - 2003

First published Sunday 3rd January 2021 2003 By my 3rd year of business, I was running out of space at our house in Leeds, and we had...

Jan 3, 20213 min read

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My musings on my life as an artist, my processes in drawing and painting horses, the healing connections between horses and their humans, life drawing, figurative art and the business of being an artist.t.