Art Blog for The Inspiration Place

by @schulmanArt, Miriam Schulman

Color therapy is one of the fastest growing trends in holistic medicine. Different colors turn out to have strong influence on people's moods dues to the different light frequencies they emit. Find colors that influence you positively to help with mood swings. The aim of color therapy is to balance the...

by @schulmanArt, Miriam Schulman

Floral Art, pink & yellow roses art matted watercolor print

You don't have to think so hard to come up with a great Mother's Day gift idea. Really, this is what she wants. I know. I am a mom, I have a mom, and I know lots of moms and guess what? I haven't met a mom yet the world over who doesn't want these treats for their special day....

by @schulmanArt, Miriam Schulman.

 

Lately I have been having fun by taking "completed" artwork and adding additional layers of visual interest. In the current series I am working on, I have been taking art and adding inspirational quotes as text directly on top of the artwork. 

This painting started...

by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt.

In order to be creative you have to let go of fear. You have to be fearless of making mistakes. I am always telling my watercolor students that the mistakes are the best part. Of course that could be a bad thing if you do not know how to recreate a mistake that you like!

Detail of  Insect Art

For this...

SchulmanArt: Patty, you are one of the few artists I know selling on line who was trained in art school. How do you think your art training has helped you as an artist?

Dave Yust, one of my painting professors at CSU (Colorado State University) taught me so much about color. He gave us great assignments to...

by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt.

When I was a little girl-- and also not such a little girl-- my grandfather would take my sister and I fishing in the gray waters of Sandy Hook in New Jersey. We rented a motor boat and cast our lines out into impossibly deep water. As our sun burned under the August sun, and we munched on our chicken...

Every Spring the Burr Homestead transforms from an historic home to a exquisite art gallery as the Junior League of Eastern Fairfield County hosts its Annual Art Show. This...

New Art by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt

The painting depicts tangerine orange and gold koi fish swimming in a cockatoo turquoise blue pond. The art has been given a coat of protective acrylic varnish. There are mixed media collage elements of art papers, tinted piano sheet music and watercolor paper as well as acrylic paint, There is also subtle iridescent gold...

by Miriam Schulman, @schulmanArt

This original watercolor paintingdepicts the charming beach town of Wellfleet in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Hatch's Fish Market is in the center of Wellfleet and a must stop for any beach goer to pick up fresh fish and produce to cook up at the end of a sun burnt day enjoying...