Marybeth Heikes

Paintings in Watercolor & Mixed Media

Posts Tagged “Ottumwa”

BNSF Seven

BNSF Seven

September 16, 2013

Lately it seems to me that I have been working on a locomotive series. When I was in Ottumwa last month, I took photos of this engine sitting briefly on the tracks and I took the opportunity to get a variety of photographs, even though it was cloudy. I prefer the morning sunlight and strong […] more »

Ottumwa’s Walk on Art Street

Ottumwa’s Walk on Art Street

September 9, 2010

Last Saturday was a great day for the outdoor Art Festival in Ottumwa. Sunshine, little winds, and temps in the mid 70’s — we couldn’t get better weather! I really appreciated this since this was the first time I set up my new ProPanels display. Most of the artwork I brought were my acrylic collages […] more »

Walk On Farmers Market

Walk On Farmers Market

September 10, 2009

Hello! Thank you all for coming to Ottumwa’s Walk On Art Street festival last weekend — the weather was perfect and art lovers were out in full force! I enjoyed talking with old friends and meeting new ones. [...] more »

Art in the Parks

Art in the Parks

June 27, 2008

I spent the week of June 16 in Ottumwa serving as the artist-in-residence for their Art in the Parks program. I began the day at 9am each day at Pickwick schools teaching a collage class to 4th–6th graders. I reviewed how to begin a design using simple shapes and explained about the variety of different […] more »