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  • This Painting or That One?

    I think all artists need a mean streak. When we produce a body of work we need to be able to take something that has been worked on, long and hard, and turn around and end it. Maybe even destroy all evidence of it’s existence. This may sound harsh. Anyone watching will find it hard…

  • Artists, stay safe!

    This week I went back to the studio in town to paint for the first time in months. It’s a big bright airy room that I use when I want to paint on canvas with acrylic paint. I like to use mediums to change the surface qualities and/or create textures and have enjoyed exploring the…

  • A New Day for Social Media ?

    With all the fuss about Twitter, Elon Musk, Zuckerburg, Facebook and the change to Meta, it’s easy to forget how much social media has become a part of everyday life. Like many others I am leaving Twitter, and though I still use Facebook I have always limited my time there. Facebook holds relatives and friends…

  • The worst is over. . .

    Well I am finally feeling settled in our new home. Moving took months and I hope to never have to do it again. So any kind of creative efforts have taken a back seat to getting settled into small town life outside of Edmonton Alberta. At this point I am not sure what comes next.…

  • In living colour

    About a week ago I watched a quilt trunk show where a presenter came and showed a collection of her quilts to an audience. Then just yesterday I shared a photograph of a cat in the forest on social media. I think it works well as a photograph, but it reminded me of how often…

  • Baby it’s cold outside!

    It is January in Alberta, and until today I felt incredibly fortunate to be able to enjoy mild winter days for several weeks. Today that all changed. It was minus 18 celsius when I got up this morning and felt more like minus 25 with the wind chill. Tomorrow will be the same and next…

  • Red Flower’s Dancing

    Many years ago (and here is where it is important to remember to document your work especially if you, like me, don’t like to put a date on the front your finished work) I created this mixed media drawing called ‘Red Flower Dance’. The best record I have comes from a digital image of this…

  • Inktober and Twitter

    I started using Twitter mainly as a news site, as well as a way to promote my art and to pursue far too many interests all at once. So it goes without saying that during these times it might not seem like that has worked out all that well for me. Especially when politics seems…

  • About 2021

    In 2021 it seemed that covid and more covid once again ruled the air waves and our minds. It was a year of loss for many. Loss of loved ones and loss of health, loss of social contacts and for many of us a loss of trust. I can only hope that things will get…

  • The AI algorithms and me

    Tags ‘It was a dark and dreary day, but I didn’t let it stay that way’. That should be my caption for the photo above. I am always drawn to this view but the day and the time of year does not show that. So the image below is what I changed it into; And…