soul Tag
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....
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...
16 Aug Rush hour
The race to get back to the marina before it closes for the night....
12 Aug Crossing paths with seals
A seal swam into the swimming bay last night, much closer than usual. At first I thought it was an old grey dog, and wondered who it belonged to, but a voice at the back of my head was saying, "I don't think so." A...
13 Jul Smart
Isn't summer exquisite?I've been working very hard lately, very little time for painting.That's OK. My time will come. Have been avoiding blogging here a bit as I am supposed to be a painter and that's hard to blog when I am painting so little but...
07 Jul Critter tale
All right. It's time.A few years ago one summer night the cat who sleeps on my bed leaped on with such a big thud that it woke me up. This in itself worried some far off, sleep-dim part of my brain since she usually comes and goes...
02 Jul Sass
Whew. Not much time for painting or keeping up lately. This weekend though was a long weekend, with Canada Day on Monday. we had the first full burst of summer weather. I got up and painted Saturday and Sunday morning, first time in weeks, and...
17 Jun Oh June, you nutty month
Well hi. This is the closest I've gotten to painting recently and it's been sitting on my easel like this for about three weeks. Humph.And you know what's weird? It's all blue. I'm sure I didn't paint it that way. It was my nice creamy...