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‘The Moody Monk’ and me at ‘The Red Show’ in Port Stanley

Click here to read the article Peri Hayes wrote about me in the local ‘Hometown’ magazine of St Thomas…

New blog post: Doggy charms…

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  • Doggy charms… meet Sarge!
    December 3, 2025 Every painting has a story. So does this one. Every now and then a friend shows me a picture and it awakens an urge to paint the subject in that picture. That happened when a fellow St. Thomas artist was proudly showing me an image of his new doggy friend Sarge. I was instantly charmed… Read More »
  • Love being in ‘The Red Show’ at the Port Stanley Windjammer Inn! Come see them!
    November 29, 2025 No sooner did I get back from a short trip to The Netherlands, than I dropped off two of my paintings to a show called ‘The Red Show’ in the Windjammer Inn in Port Stanley, the beach community at Lake Erie I love so much. This show has been happening for 12 years now, it… Read More »
  • Article in local magazine
    Oktober 2025 I thought you might be interested in this interview, that appeared in the local magazine ‘Hometown’ of the city of St. Thomas. It came too late for the Elgin County Studio Tour and then Canada Post went on strike, so many may have missed it. Thanks to journalist Peri Hayes for making the interview into a… Read More »
  • After the Studio Tour…
    October 23, 2025 I can’t believe it has been a month since I posted last! After the busy times leading up to the Elgin County Studio Tour, I have taken a few moments to catch my breath. I welcomed about 100 people to Art Studio Happy Cat, located in my house. And had the most lovely conversations with… Read More »
  • HAIR!!
    September 29, 2025 That is right. HAIR! That is the main subject of an art project I finished a while ago… I was eager to share this piece, but I also wanted to keep it as a surprise during the Elgin County Studio Tour that happened in the last weekend of September. But now I can disclose it… Read More »

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