Who knew
“Who Knew, no. 3″; 36″ x 36”; oil & collage on canvas You know that feeling when you say, “Yes, That’s It!“ This morning, as I was about...
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Jan 11, 20171 min read
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...
Dec 3, 20161 min read
Revising revisions
(A Poem That You Wrote, no. 3; 60″ x 72″; oil & collage on canvas) I have one of the paintings from the Saint Mary’s exhibit hanging in...
Dec 2, 20161 min read
A Poem You Wrote
(Coincidentally, no. 1; 38″ x 46″; oil & collage on canvas) I had an exhibit up for three weeks in Halifax at the Secord Gallery. They...
Sep 29, 20161 min read
What’s the story
Here I am trying to explain the unexplainable. Not easy but interesting to try. Abstract art is non-verbal communication, not about...
Sep 25, 20161 min read
Beautiful Baddeck
Came home Tuesday from a week in beautiful Baddeck, Cape Breton. I was teaching a four-day workshop on abstract painting. There were...
Sep 20, 20161 min read
Chaos
There has been so much talk lately about minimalism, paring down, purging, simplifying. I too bought a book on decluttering, organizing....
Aug 28, 20161 min read
Because of the Duck
(“Because of the Duck, no. 13″; 12″ x 12”; oil & collage on canvas) Because of the puppy and the fact that I will be teaching in Baddeck,...
Aug 14, 20161 min read
Glory
According to Proust, “Artists are people who strip habit away and return life to its deserved glory.” I’ll go along with that! Definitely...
Aug 1, 20161 min read
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...
Jul 26, 20161 min read
Beautiful Watch Hill, Rhode Island
Three of my paintings have recently traveled to beautiful Watch Hill, RI. On the walls now at the Lily Pad Gallery, they represent a new...
Jul 15, 20161 min read
It’s that time of year
The Peggy’s Cove Area Festival of the Arts Studio Tour is on for the next three days. Studio Tour invitation. It’s from 10 am to 5 pm. My...
Jul 3, 20161 min read
Got the blues
Lately, I’ve been struggling with blue. Again. I have several blue paintings on the go and each of them seems to have a different problem...
Jun 13, 20161 min read
Living the toreador
I love a challenge. Keeps me on my toes. Of course, painting is that, always. As well, I’ve been having a great time lately teaching....
May 27, 20161 min read
Suppose we do
Yesterday, when painting, I had a major insight about how to work with the color field. I have been working on some blue paintings, not...
May 10, 20161 min read
Amazing
On April 30, Jacinte Armstrong, dancer, Sageev Oore, composer and pianist and Nick Halley, percussion, danced and made music in dialogue...
Apr 29, 20161 min read
More thoughts on not thinking
Novels are usually about people’s lives. They take me into what other people experiences, feel, how they think and solve problems. When I...
Apr 27, 20161 min read
It’s Not at all about What You Think
Last Sunday I gave my “Artist’s Talk” at Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery. It went well, lots of good questions. Actually, I opened it...
Apr 15, 20161 min read
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 13, 20162 min read
Talking about art
My trip to Ottawa was great: the work is beautifully presented at the Orange Gallery, the opening reception well attended and enjoyable,...
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