I had some fun the last few months taking a painting class in an old house that has been repurposed into a teaching studio and is right on the beach! When my partner-in-crime artsy friend Monika asked if I was interested in this class I...
I first saw this guy --no, not that creepy guy in the back, the cutie closer up-- in the food store parking lot way back in January or so, when windows were still grimy with salt and winter....
Good morning moon.Why so blue?...
I've been finding the nicest emails in my inbox lately, from people who have bought paintings and then are kind enough to send me a note telling me why. Such nice things to find. Always puts a huge smile on my face.Last week I was...
Well I'll show this painting again when I've finished it, for now I've sort of roughed out the surface the shell is sitting on and am figuring out how to add some punch, but I've been staring at it on my easel all week, wishing...
Something about pears.These pears started as paddles.No, it's OK. I know they're awful. I worked and worked and used tubes of paint trying to get this somewhere. It came from a picture that I'd taken that I liked a lot.Man, I like that picture. Those...
This is what I look out my window to see every morning in my neighbour's backyard.Yup. Looks like a kangaroo to me too.I live in Canada. Not a lot of kangaroos.Can't tell you how much I love looking out and seeing this guy. Very surreal...
Had a chance to get away a few weeks ago to Savary Island up the coast. The perfect break from it all.Two ferry rides and a last quick boat ride across to the island and we felt appropriately removed from all of that regular life...
School started this week.I know. I feel the same.Just before that I took some time to paint on the long weekend. This big painting had been sitting since June but I added the coral inside bits of the fish and a bit more. Done!And just...
The race to get back to the marina before it closes for the night....