The Art of Kathleen Ralph

I'm so excited that my limited edition prints and artists proofs are now available for sale at Akonye Kena.  I donated my painting "Harvest" to the foundation to help support education and self-sufficiency  projects in Uganda.The Artist's Proofs, Limited Edition Prints and cards are for sale r...

I'm as guilty as anyone for having a lot of colours squeezed out on my palette...

Once or twice (OK, maybe a few more times than that) I have felt that I would have to stop making art.  My heart fails me, I am over taken with sadness, and I don't feel like I can create anything.I know that some artists thrive in melancholy, they make their best work from that deep dark well of ...

I was meeting my husband for lunch on Day 127.  I usually try to get downtown early so I can watch people and draw them....

I spent my hour of art on day 125 working on a charcoal study for a painting I have half finished in my head.So many people who are important to me are leaving, and even though I know there are ways to keep in touch, things will never be the same, and I'm grieving those relationships and feeling a...

Day 126 was working on the mechanics of drawing.I decided on silverpoint as a medium, but in the end I wasn't satisfied with the rendering of the fabric drapes in the delicate medium.  I think that I will re-do this exercise in a more robust medium like charcoal, or ink, or paint.I did like ...

I've decided to shut down my Cafe Press shop in it's current incarnation.  The last day for shopping is November 30 after that all the stuff that is in there will be "gone with the wind"!...

Day 124 was another pastel drawing.  This time partly from life and partly using a photo reference....