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Portrait Painting
“Drawing is not what one sees, but what one can make others see.“― Edgar Degas I find this quote to be especially true when painting portraits. In the past few weeks I have experimented by painting some family portraits. My key purpose was to loosen my brush strokes, while attempting to capture the spirit of…
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Beginning a New Piece
“Every new painting is like throwing myself in the water without knowing how to swim“ —Edouard Manet Sometimes I begin a new piece with these great ideas in my head on how the painting will turn out and when I feel it is finished it is usually nothing like my expectations. I suppose this is…
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Commissioning an Artwork
You have been asked to create a piece of art for someone and I don’t know about you but the first thing that pops into my head is what if they don’t like the finished artwork. It can be intimidating to both the painter and buyer so when I was asked to do a child…
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Why I keep Sketchbooks
I have always been a doodler! I can’t help myself. It seems that when there is paper or mark making tools in my presence I have to hold myself back not to use them to create. I suppose that is the reason why I love using sketchbooks. Journals or sketchbooks are the best places to…
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How Do You Get Inspired?
Every Artist has ebbs and flows where we are either stuck in a phase or prolifically painting. During the ‘stuck’ times I often will look at courses online or scroll through artists’ work looking for inspiration. Recently I had the opportunity to take a stArtsWorkshop where the instructor guided us through a process to make…
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The Golden Prairies
I love the landscapes of Canada. We have everything from flat golden prairies to majestic mountains and all sorts of waterscapes. In this painting I have tried to depict my feelings while driving across the prairies during the summer. The colours of gold, yellow, blue and green seem to flow together. The shapes of the…
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Water Lilies
Have you ever wondered about the painter’s process? A number of my paintings are inspired by beautiful outdoor scenery and lately I have been focusing on floral landscapes in an abstract style. I normally begin my process with some sort of inspiration. Last month I was inspired by the beautiful poinsettias that are typically displayed…
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Poinsettia Legend
I have always been inspired by nature, and recently learned that the Poinsettia is the birth flower of December. Being a December baby I felt inclined to paint this beauty. I love this plant because of how its leaves transform through a process called photoperiodism. This process allows the leaves to change from green to…
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Hello Book Lovers!
Years ago, when my children were young, I wanted to illustrate some of the stories we created together. I love to read and have a vivid imagination so as I tucked their little bodies into bed, we made up stories that helped them to fall off to Lalaland. It was then that I realized I…
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