New Year’s Day Painters
I brought in the new year working on several paintings, and taking the children on a very long walk in the wind to the playground. Trudging up steep hills pushing both of them in the Phil & Ted’s was enough … Continued
artist block broken
Finally, I painted. I haven’t touched this painting for about two months. As usual my painting stalled halfway through. I lose the initial vision, become attached to things and am hesitant to change things. I put it up on the … Continued
Clean wintery abstracts
I came across this painting by Michelle Ross on the Oregon College of Art and Craft Library blog. It reminds me of everything I love about abstract painting, but haven’t been able to achieve yet in my own paintings. Clean, … Continued
A handful of Vancouver artists
I wanted to highlight a few more artists who caught my eye as I skimmed through the Mergatroid Building and 1000 Parker on the weekend. Shari Pratt‘s posters showing this painting led me to her studio. I was drawn in … Continued
Rainy day creativity
For the past three weeks I haven’t touched my in-progress painting. But today I woke up with a three-day weekend and nowhere to go on a rainy stormy sort of day. Being Remembrance Day I thought perhaps I should take … Continued
Duck Farm Barns – mixed media painting
I finally finished this painting that I started in 2007. I had started by painting the whole wooden panel yellow, and doing a photo transfer of the old barns that used to stand on our family farm. I also tried … Continued
Updated art site
I finally got around to updating my art website, which we first built 6 years ago. I haven’t made too drastic of changes but am excited to have some of my more creative projects featured in the new “Creative” category. … Continued
Thoughts on loss
My experience with grieving is fortunately quite limited. I have lost all three of my grandparents since moving to British Columbia in 1999; all of them having lived full, long lives, with the final loss of my paternal grandmother on … Continued
Landscape of my memory
A few pictures of my painting in progress. If it weren’t for this fever and cold, I would probably finish this painting in record time for me. I often spend up to s*ix months working on one painting, hanging it … Continued
Painting process
Painting, painting, painting. I have matte medium all over my hands, black gesso under my finger nails, and a mess in my “studio” – the corner of the kitchen I call my own. I was so engrossed that I missed … Continued