Seven years of change
At the Harrington Brown Gallery in Memphis, TN, March 2011 Seven years ago, in 2011, I had an exhibition at the Harrington Brown Gallery...
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- Jan 22, 2018
- 2 min
The Black & White
My first house in Nova Scotia was in a small fishing community. I bought an old house and renovated it. I had a big studio and two...
- Jan 3, 2018
- 2 min
Ask Me Anything
As a New Year gift, CBC had three of their top radio hosts be the ones to be asked questions. These hosts, and most of the broadcasters...
- Dec 9, 2017
- 1 min
Color for what
A couple of days ago a friend asked, via text, what my favorite color scheme is. She is poling people and wouldn’t tell me why. So I’m...
- Dec 2, 2017
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Devotion
Romeo, my pup, likes to invent games for himself. This afternoon, after we had been playing fetch for a while, he took his ball and...
- Nov 11, 2017
- 2 min
Is It Luck?
I certainly feel lucky when I look around me, look at my life as it unfolds its daily trek to the unknown. I have a beautiful house on a...
- Sep 16, 2017
- 1 min
Surprise!
Some days seem to have a surprise built in somehow. A friend recently mentioned how there are days when he wakes up in the morning but...
- Aug 25, 2017
- 1 min
What he had to say
I like the rawness of the beginning process, but it is not enough. Nevertheless, I still long for it as I continue.But if I were to stop...
- Mar 11, 2017
- 1 min
Handsome
At ten months, Romeo is a beauty. My opinion! #Animals #Dogs #Image
- Mar 9, 2017
- 2 min
Beauty
One of my constant obsessions has been thinking about what makes something beautiful. People tell me my dog is beautiful. He’s just a...
- Feb 6, 2017
- 1 min
Under the bed
Impossible Possibilities, no.9; 42″ x 42″ Recently I was visiting a friend who has a couple of my paintings in his living room. As we sat...
- Jan 11, 2017
- 1 min
Starting
After a long hiatus from painting due to health issues, I am finally back at work in my studio. For the first time since I started many...
- Oct 8, 2016
- 1 min
Dog-Time
I live in a neighborhood where almost every house has a dog or two, all ages. I can think of five pups under two years just within a...
- Sep 20, 2016
- 1 min
Chaos
There has been so much talk lately about minimalism, paring down, purging, simplifying. I too bought a book on decluttering, organizing....
- Aug 1, 2016
- 1 min
Tidbites
You’ve heard of sound bites, right. Tidbits of sound. Well, I’m into painting bites. Tidbits of time to paint. It’s working though, doing...
- Aug 1, 2016
- 1 min
Happiness is . . .
Romeo and I went to Martinique Beach yesterday. Five kilometers of crescent white sand beach. It was his first visit to the ocean. He...
- Jul 12, 2016
- 2 min
Here’s Romeo!
He’s an eight week old Portuguese Water Dog. I brought him back home last night after two days of travel to the other end of Cape Breton...
- Apr 15, 2016
- 1 min
The necessity of art
Yesterday morning, Steve Reich was talking about his music on CBC radio program q. One powerful comment he made, loosely quoted, was...
- Apr 10, 2016
- 1 min
April in Nova Scotia
I woke up to this! The weather from Ottawa followed me home. I don’t mind, I guess. It’s Sunday and I don’t have to do anything, not even...
- Apr 6, 2016
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April in Ottawa!
Bad joke! Up until today, the weather was cold but clear. I’ve had enough snow for a few years now. Not that I have much to say on the...
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