Louise's ARTiculations
Pet Portrait Techniques to Loosen Up. Towards the end of last year, I started painting on flat oval ornaments and discovered that I preferred that substrate to the birch slices I have been using. The recent portraits are less detailed, … Read More
Vintage postcard offers a story from the past A vintage postcard found on Pinterest and some time spent painting this young girl made me think of a story she might have to tell. As I paint, I let my imagination … Read More
When the innocence of childhood is lost too soon… The Victorian children I painted and published earlier this week have much in common with children this century. I could not let this theme go without looking back to other portraits … Read More
Skates are an iconic Canadian symbol. Although I don’t have statistics to prove my argument, I am certain that if you are a Canadian, you probably have had skates on your feet at some point in your life. (first published … Read More
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
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? 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
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 -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? 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
