Betsy's Art Blog

 I look forward to fall every year.  Of course, part of that is relief-- summers in Louisiana are brutal .  The heat plus the humidity will ...

 I have heard so many people saying the piece they were looking at was nice, but wasn't " real " art.  I have had that aimed a...

 I am primarily a visual artist .  That gives me a LOT of wiggle room!  Paints, colored pencils , pastels , collage , sculpture ...every med...

Wearing So Many Hats: The Intersection of Art and Activism in Progressive Politics In the world of art, wearing many hats is more than a m...

Art has been a political tool for centuries.   Ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt saw many examples (usually political leaders "tooting th...

Halloween sales have gone by, Christmas sales are in full swing--hey wait a minute!  What became of Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving was a BIIIIG ...

Well, it is time to be selling Halloween and Fall items while painting Christmas items (and I am doing some for Kwanzaa and Hannukah as well...