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I started a new painting yesterday.  I was having a lot of fun with the colours.  Unfortunately I had to leave it in the height of ugliness, but I have high hopes that it has good bones and it's headed somewhere good.  I'll keep you...

This is one I was working on maybe a  month or so ago.  I liked bits but it wasn't coming together like I hoped.  On the actual beach on Thormanby Island there was so much detail in the water trails and seaweed and sand but overall there...

My crew heading to check out this amazing piece of public art, Freezing water #7 by Jun Ren, in Vanier Park, Vancouver.The colour of the grass is proof of what a glorious warm dry summer we've had.  Not everyone's cup of tea but isn't it pretty against...

Still working on this one.  I know, I always say that.  And most of the time I never go back and finish things.  But that's because my little brain is racing around so fast trying to figure this stuff out!  Always so many things I...

Had a chance to get away with my youngest and enjoy the company of some dear moms and daughters.  A lovely rejuvenating time.  Enabled me to meet two new beaches which both took my breath away.  I loved how greens found their way into almost...

Thought I'd have some fun just playing with colour.   Originally this was going to be a study of pinks but the whites and creams came on strong (An old dry-ish tube of white paint was my best friend, both adding a lot of texture and...

I don't want to use the slump word or anything, especially since I've had my head down with other painting and no time for this type, but I'm stuck on this one.  Too much middle.  Much more layered than I usually do but it's all...