Rita Barton

There are certain blogs that I love and visit with regularity.  They are all "big" established blogs that have large followings a...

Yes, it's certainly been a long time since my last post.  Last year I got a job teaching art to elementary school children.  It was v...

Very late post but back in August I painted this scene of a favorite surf spot for a friends birthday.  I used a picture he posted on Ins...

I've been an unwilling witness to a life falling apart on social media. A beautiful artist that I know. Watching her personal chaos h...

The frame Here is part 2 of the project my daughter and I did this week.  In part 1 we created pretty pictures of poppies with crayons...

I've volunteered in art class at my children's elementary school for many years and pondered the idea of teaching my own art to kid...

A couple of months ago there was an algae bloom off the coast of Santa Barbara that turned out water from it's normal blue to a brilli...