CMYK
I had this design brewing in my mind over the last couple of days, and tried sketching it out a few times. I imagined it in realistic colours, but when I went to paint it I decided to use cyan, … Continued
Watercolour sketches and pigment from Roussillon
You’ll recognize the top sketch from my out-the-window snapshot from my last post. The botto one is a scene I drive past every day on the way to work. Since I started taking notice of it a few months ago … Continued
Out the window snapshots
Despite being married to a professional photographer, I am still a point-and-shoot photographer. And sometimes my favourite pictures are those taken out the car window. There is something about the motion blur and lack of control that I enjoy. I … Continued
daily landscape
I have completely abandonned my former route home for the more scenic route along the Fraser and through the countryside.It adds only a couple minutes to my commute, but this rural landscape has been restoring something in me that celebrates … Continued
Old Nova Scotian Quilts
A few years ago at a library sale, I picked up a book called “Old Nova Scotian Quilts. For some reason I was drawn in by the photographs of antique quilts, remeniscing of my maternal grandmother, who spent many of … Continued
Sunshine, and lovebugs all over the place
I haven’t posted much lately, because I haven’t been feeling very well, and as a result, I haven’t been making art really since I finished the painting streak right before the art show. Today was different, dare I say “springlike” … Continued
Hang out with a stay-at-home-Dad today
Another preschool morning wraps up and my four-year-old daughter eagerly watches for her Daddy – yes, her Daddy – to pick her up. The other parents, mostly moms, chat in small groups, plan meet ups, and discuss next year’s Kindergarten … Continued
Snowy showy week
What a strange week we had, with heavy snow, a candle-lit evening with no power and howling prairie-style winds, and a little freezing rain to top it off. And after exactly one week of this, it was about +7 today … Continued
Eve of first art exhibit
There have been times in my life where I thought being an artist involved being scatterbrained, disorganized, and probably addicted to some kind of substance. Since I’m generally pretty organized and straight-laced, I thought it might bar me from being … Continued