Infinite
“Comparing Mythologies, no.8″; oil & collage on canvas; 8″ x 8” Imagination is the door to infinity. Open it up and anything can happen....
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- 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...
- Nov 2, 2017
- 1 min
October is done
October was a busy month. Long days and short nights. It was exhilarating and exhausting. I have finally caught up on lost sleep, am...
- Sep 16, 2017
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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...
- Sep 8, 2017
- 2 min
“A beautiful trip”
Yesterday (or maybe the day before, all days running into each other recently) I heard an awesome interview on q (CBC radio arts program)...
- 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...
- Aug 19, 2017
- 1 min
Long ideas
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...
- Jul 24, 2017
- 2 min
Alone with all of us
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...
- Jul 22, 2017
- 1 min
Where
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...
- Jun 28, 2017
- 1 min
NYC – A bite of the big apple
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...
- Jun 15, 2017
- 1 min
Twiddle Dee & Twiddle Dum
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...
- Jun 4, 2017
- 1 min
Constructing composition
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...
- Apr 4, 2017
- 1 min
Suppose We Do
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...
- Apr 2, 2017
- 1 min
At the Orange Gallery in Ottawa
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...
- 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 14, 2017
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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...
- 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...
- Dec 3, 2016
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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...