A Bear, a Pug, and a Flower.
A bear, a pug, and a flower have this in common. Since this is January, a slow month for me, I am checking off some of the goals I set for myself in my journal at the beginning of the … Read More
Lost your creative spark? 12 ways to find it again.
Have you lost your creative spark? Have you been in a creative slump lately? The other day, an artist friend posted that she hadn’t painted anything in over a week. She felt miserable but didn’t have any ideas at all … Read More
Do you have the Monday morning blues?
Do you have the Monday morning blues? Just say to yourself…it could be worse! Monday mornings are always tough especially when there are still two more months of winter left. (First published in January, 2018 this post has 100 pins … Read More
How little dots add up to a complete portrait.
Thousands of little dots add up to a complete portrait. (Mixed media: Pointillism with various Micron pens and collage (2017). Light wash with Gelato in the background on watercolour paper). Read about this portrait here. Revisiting dot art to create … Read More
Cornish Rex and Tabby Portraits.
Cornish Rex and Tabby Portraits -Two Last Christmas Commissions New additions to a young Ottawa couple’s family, the Cornish Rex and Tabby are the last two portraits I painted as commissions in 2022. The Cornish Rex. Like me, you might … Read More
Ten Thousand Truths.
Ten Thousand Truths? There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousand truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and … Read More
Cats on Easels Displayed all Year.
Two cats on easels are displayed in bookcase. Cats on easels, Kiwi and Papaya (with Clarence and Gary – to be published later) were gifted by the client when she met her adult children after Christmas. While I don’t have … Read More
The glow of a new year awaits with its infinite possibilities.
The glow of a new year and infinite possibilities… “Celebrate endings – for they precede new beginnings.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie, author. First published in 2016, this sketch was completed in one of my many sketchbooks, the Strathmore Visual Mixed … Read More
Golden Doodle Painted on Ornament.
Chewy, the Golden Doodle, is painted on an ornament. On a day when we are snowed in (for now), I am listening to the morning report on the radio and hearing all the traffic issues out there – and … Read More
Benji Goes Home for Christmas.
Benji is ready to go home for Christmas. Benji is painted on a 10 x 10 gallery wrapped canvas which doesn’t need a frame. He arrives home ready to hang on the wall next to his pal, Riley, painted in … Read More
