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Ruth has a large collection of ceramic and wooden chickens. There are even roosters on her tablecloth, curtains and throw rugs in the kitchen. Ruth says that she had to tell family and friends, "No more roosters!!" as she was running out of room to display the colorful pieces.

A few of Ruth's roosters

For a while Ruth made ceramic animal dolls. She would paint the heads and paws and stitch and stuff the clothes to coordinate. Once she even tried her hand at making a porcelain doll. Ruth wasn't quite happy with the face so she enlarged the eyes. The instructor was taken aback, that on her first piece, Ruth was changing the face. The finished doll won a ribbon at the Indiana State Fair.

Ceramic animal dolls by Ruth Howell

Ruth enjoys painting an occasional landscape or animal picture, but prefers playing with the color and design of an abstract work. Many of her paintings are done on gesso coated board, rather than watercolor paper, because the paint does not soak in and the colors remain rich and brilliant. Ruth admits that the hardest part of an abstract is to know when to stop and not overwork the piece. One of Ruth's paintings was not pleasing her, so she chose the areas that she did like and drew circles and geometric shapes around and between those spaces. Ruth then painted the background so that the pleasing areas were featured.

A Gift - 20 x 20 - Watercolor

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