It’s been a busy time:  working on new paintings.  My whole way of working has changed in the past few months and, although it is...

IMG_0787, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Today Lila and I went to beautiful McCoo’s Island with Gwen and Kiku. You can walk to the...

I was recently interviewed by Nancy Williams for her blog about adult piano students. Although I don’t think of myself as taking lessons...

Prospect Bay, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I’ve been thinking a fair bit about green, ever since taking a walk by the brook...

By the Brook, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Walking by the brook I see Spring in patches of brilliant green. It’s soft and inviting....

In painting, there’s a lot to be said for taking a second look. And a third and fourth and so on. Until it feels completely right. It’s...

BIG: 9 April 2011 , originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I was able to work on this BIG abstract painting on Saturday. It was quiet in...

Yesterday my friend Brian came by and, noticing the new direction in my recent paintings, asked if I thought working on the big painting...

Well, maybe, possibly, it could be I am not going to do anything else to this BIG painting.  I went in last Saturday afternoon planning...

I’m pretty much back in the groove of being home now. I even knew where I was when I woke up this morning. It does still feel a little...

After a long day hanging around airports in NY and Philadelphia (because of flight cancellations and delays due to fog), I was able to...

Yesterday I went to Guerra Paint to get some supplies. An amazing store. Rows and rows of beautiful colors in little bottles. I wanted...

So now I am in New York, checking it out. It’s changed a lot since I lived here. Still very noisy, busy, crowded, maybe more so.  I left...

Memphis has a wealth of museums and interesting places to see, things to do.  On Saturday morning, I was given a tour of the town.  Our...

After a long day hanging out in airports because of missing a connecting flight in Newark (because of delays leaving Halifax because of...

January 29, 2011, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I live in a place where the mailboxes are a fair distance from my house and on a...

“Chance Meetings”; 60″ x 84″, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. As of this morning, I have shipped off six boxes of paintings to...

Wednesday, 16 February 2011, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. There’s still more to do on this big one, but it feels closer to being a...

Ellen Moerschel, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. When I was visiting Tamar last October, I received an email from Ellen Moerschel, a...