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21 May Dog in the window
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....
24 Jan Fish problems
Hmmmm. Been a while.(Just jump in Jenn.)Happy new-year-a-while-ago. Hope it was a good time and 2014 is treating you well.I had a restful break, just what was wished for, and then sort of a busy jumping back in time. My little needlepoint business is sort...
11 Dec Sitting
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...
05 Dec Some thoughts on water
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...
28 Nov Paddles to Pears
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...
22 Nov Painting grins
Well I'm having a pretty good day! Last night the Anonymous Art Show in North Vancouver opened and this morning I woke up to two really wonderful emails from people who had purchased two of the three pieces I have in the show. Both had delightful...
18 Nov Next door
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...
10 Sep Sea dog
I was planning on doing some more work on my painting of this beautiful black sea dog whose hair-- I was told -- only curls when she's wet. The water really was that blue that day.It was still fairly chunky and I thought I'd go...
08 Sep First week down
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...