July 9, 2022 A good ten years ago I had the good fortune to spend 3 years in Bermuda, when my husband was temporarily employed on that beautiful archipel of islands in the Atlantic Ocean. During my stay, I became a part of a small art group and had a lot of fun playing around with (mainly) watercolours.… Read More »
July 8, 2022 Which do you like better? A realistic rendering of a subject or an abstract one? Have a look at these two pictures and tell me which of the two peacocks resonates most with you. One is a large 24:24 inch mounted canvas of a peacock, with some irridescent paints. It was a study for a… Read More »
July 5, 2022 It was pouring art in my yard this Canada weekend – literally! Pouring paint has become really popular recently. The results are often abstract, which is fairly new for me. So I need your help to find out what it is that YOU see in these two new artworks… so that I can come up… Read More »
June 16, 2022 In the last few days I felt like doing some small projects. I am getting ready for a new large wildlife portrait of a feathered friend. So I decided to get my brushes wet with some small bird projects and practice for it. My photo archive contains so many bird photographs, that I had trouble… Read More »
June 15, 2022 I recently vacuumed and organised my artspace, so that I would have a clean start after my recent artshow. Now the studio was safe again for the cats. They love to come to the basement, but I hardly ever see them. No idea what they are up to. But today was different. Suzi, our ginger… Read More »
June 14, 2022 If you want to meet royalty, come to Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre in Oakville – one of my newest paintings, ‘His Majesty’ will be in the ‘Friends of Joshua’ art show from June 23rd 2022 – August 28th 2022. He will be happy to spend some time with you and nod regally… And he… Read More »
June 12, 2022 This week Google presented me with ‘a memory’ and it was of a picture I took some years ago at low tide on a beach of the Atlantic coast. I remember that it was a cloudy day, a little bit glum, and I was the only one out there, because nobody seems to appreciate the… Read More »
June 9, 2022 Some paintings flow naturally from my brushes, others engage me in a veritable struggle. A while ago someone suggested that I could use my extensive travel experiences as inspiration for paintings. It was a good idea and the first thing that came to mind was a scene I witnessed in Nepal. During my trek to… Read More »
June 5, 2022 As promised, here is my recent painting, entitled ‘His Majesty’.I worked hard to get him ready to show before yesterday’s ‘Art in the Garden’ event opened in Mississauga. It was great to hear so many of the visitors and fellow creative souls compliment me on it. As all artists, I can be very critical of… Read More »
May 20, 2022 I am working on a new piece of art, which will get its first appearance at the Art in the Garden Show on Jun 4, 2022. You will have to wait until then if you are curious about it. All I will say is that it is a portrait….