Welcome
Meet Cara
I am obsessed by color. I am a sucker for the drama of striking light. I keep being drawn to the lush fullness of fruit. I’m soothed by looking at flowers. I think food can be as beautiful as anything else. I want only the simplicity of watercolor – painting pure pigment on cotton paper. I love to make these paintings.

podcast
Watercolor Conversations
For four years I faithfully wrote weekly journal entries for my blog. Now and then I go back to what I’ve written and think that some of this huge body of content could be given new life – but the impulse was to use my speaking voice this go-round.
Watercolor Conversations with Cara Brown is the result. I am re-visiting some of these journal entries – sharing the stories, seeking, and inspiration in my written words – along with whatever else occurs to me to say at this point in time.

art stories
Journal
March 29, 2017 – Why make art?
I'm back to the painting of apple blossoms I started last spring - it's the perfect thing to paint - and be in love with - in this moment. I spent the day last Tuesday sitting on the jury for this year’s Sausalito Art Festival. It’s a big honor - to be asked to...
March 22, 2017 – Desiderata – things desired
"The painting of plumeria started last month on Kauai is done. I'm just not yet sure what its name is..." It’s all gotten to me lately – the state of the world, especially as depicted by the news media, the political situation, the divisiveness and outrage that seems...
March 15, 2017 – Getting Personal
The succulent in Adrienne's garden. In January I took this picture of a succulent growing in our neighbor Adrienne’s front planting bed. It was moist with dew with the light catching the edges just so. I cropped it square and posted it on Instagram. ...