Louise's ARTiculations
The “dog days of summer” bring to mind the hottest days when, with parched tongue hanging out, dogs amble about, searching for a shaded spot under a tree to sleep the day away. First published in 2021 and updated in … Read More
Batch painting on brown paper bags. Sketchbooks aren’t the only place to try new ideas. A much cheaper alternative is available at many grocery stores: brown paper bags. In No Stress Batch Painting Florals (Aug.5), I wrote about the importance … Read More
“A bird in hand is worth two in the bush”. This whimsical painting is based on an old expression that isn’t often heard anymore. While toying with ideas in my sketchbook, my mind wanders and remembers such sayings. Idiomatic expressions … Read More
“A Little Bird Told Me So.” This whimsical painting is based on an old expression that isn’t often heard anymore. While toying with ideas in my sketchbook, my mind wanders and remembers such sayings. Of course this idiomatic expression means … Read More
Batch Painting Florals. Why batch painting? Inspired by American floral artists Wendy Brightbill, and Amanda Evanston, I am spending time with my sketchbooks this summer. There is no one way to paint flowers so I am in full exploration and … Read More
Sea Kissing Shore – Remembering holidays by the water. Painting a bird’s eye view of a seashore was a refreshing and meditative experience. Consequently, the title was easy to find which is not often the case with my paintings. … Read More
Flower child, remembrance of times gone by. Maybe flower children are born and not made by the decade in which they grew up. We all have a bit of the flower child in us. (This post was first published in … Read More
A strange kind of beautiful is inspired by this quotation: “What strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is good.” ~Leo Tolstoy. This post was previously published.
A garden feeds the artist’s soul. When in a slump of any kind, artistic or otherwise, how can we not be uplifted by a well-tended garden? On a very scorching and humid Sunday morning in eastern Ontario, a friend and … Read More
Miles and Bobby: custom portraits on wood slices. Miles and Bobby are painted on a 3″ diameter (approx) Canadian Birch wood slice. The owner will display the ornaments all year long in her home. I chose a lime green background … Read More
