Nature colour wheel
Things have been very quiet on the art front around here this summer. I wish I could get some painting in, but when I look back, I seem to do art in a pattern, primarily in the fall and winter. … Continued
Purity progress
I added some more detail to this painting last weekend. Not really sure what else I will do to it, so I will probably leave it for a few months 🙂
Watercolour painting
I can’t remember the last time I did a watercolour painting that didn’t involve collage, sewing, or other mixed media. I started watercolour when I was 18, and for a few years it was my only medium. I was stuck … Continued
End of June art day – Yellow Door collage
It’s been a month since I’ve had a chance to work on any art. I’ve been thinking about it – my little scraps of paper, how I’ve missed them. Many are hand-painted papers I’ve made, others are found from the … Continued
Beginning of flower painting on mixed media surface
I remember when I made the background of this painting. My husband and I lived in Vancouver in a tiny basement-level apartment on a grand, tree-lined street near Commercial Drive. I was working full-time, as I am still, in Fort … Continued
Creative progress: Boom Town 2
In April I started a new canvas themed after my collage called Boom Town (see it here). I just got back to it last weekend. I don’t often do a study and then try to recreate a similar painting in … Continued
Collage progress & Kids art
It was good to get some “studio time” this week: read “home time.” I made a little progress on my collage. I mounted it on white water media paper, which gave it a bit more substance as artwork. Tentatively began … Continued
The Kiss, woodcut print on paper
I forgot about this, about the printmaking class I took seven years ago when I was pregnant and finishing up my Emily Carr certificate. I carved this out on a piece of wood, based on a photo my husband and … Continued
Collage on paper
After the “Scary Lady” fiasco described in my last post, I thought I’d try to go for something a little softer, more feminine. I have several scraps of blue paper that were torn from a vintage school workbook. One of … Continued
Not everything turns out
As an experimental artist, I’m now well seasoned in having things not turn out as planned. It used to really upset me when paintings didn’t work. Now, I usually just let them sit until enough time has passed that I … Continued