Louise's ARTiculations
“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
Quick and easy beaches and bugs. Summer weather has settled in our area and I have little motivation to stay indoors and paint. The best projects are those that I can work on in short spurts. They must not require … Read More
Cheddar and Azara: one-of-a-kind gifts. Cheddar loves having his photo taken. He seems to know which poses might even be worthy of being photographed. Previously, I published Azara, another pet portrait commission. Both cats live with the same owner … Read More
Life is the most difficult exam. Many people fail because they try to copy others, not realizing that everyone has a different question paper. (myimagequote.com) This post was first published in 2017. (revised in 2024)
