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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...

October was a busy month. Long days and short nights. It was exhilarating and exhausting. I have finally caught up on lost sleep, am...

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...

Yesterday (or maybe the day before, all days running into each other recently) I heard an awesome interview on q (CBC radio arts program)...

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...

I started work on a big project: two 3’ x 10’ paintings. It’s a shape I would never have imagined myself using. But a friend was selling...

Last weekend, July 14, 15, 16 that is, I was part of the Peggy’s Cove Festival of the Arts. That meant I had Open Studio Friday, Saturday...

When I was in NYC recently, my grandson, who is an extremely accomplished musician and composer, was asked if he worked with a plan in...

After a week in NYC, I’m home to my own quiet jungle. New York was lovely. A strange word to use to label that city. But it felt very...

So . . . I’ve been working on a new group of paintings, started in the last month or two. Because I had a three month hiatus, didn’t...

Last week when I was walking in the woods with a neighbor and our dogs, I mentioned that I had been awake part of the night planning the...

The last exhibit I had at the Orange Gallery, I called Coincidentally. The current one is Suppose We Do. These phrases are born from the...

Before the crowd arrived. Just got back from an awesome trip to Ottawa. Well, actually I came back a week ago but it has taken a week for...

At ten months, Romeo is a beauty. My opinion! #Animals #Dogs #Image

One of my constant obsessions has been thinking about what makes something beautiful. People tell me my dog is beautiful. He’s just a...

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...

“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...

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...

(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...

(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...