I was thinking the other day about something my Mom told me. I was probably saying something like, “I can’t draw stick people” as a way of saying I could never be an artist. She said, “anyone can become an artist, you just have to work at it”. What she meant was this: the majority […]
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Happy Festivus! You will know this quote if you were a Seinfeld fan. Otherwise I’m sending warm best wishes to all during this time of where so many people celebrate, feast, contemplate their own meaningfulness at this time of year. For me, as I get older, I find the allure of the Christmases of my
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For those of us on the west coast of Canada, Fall and Winter are perfect seasons to stay inside guilt-free and pursue any kind of creative venture. I say this because when I’m painting indoors in my studio on a nice day I can still hear echoes of Mom saying, “go outside to play, its
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Happy October! I wanted to share a few further thoughts on inspiration for creating art! Lately, Ive been finding that working in a series has been fun and seems to help my brain generate new ideas. After finishing Louise Fletcher’s https://www.louisefletcherart.com/ 10 week Find Your Joy 2021 course I was filled with JOY! yay! and
Hello from Courtenay on Vancouver Island! Well, we are hurtling quickly into the Fall with cooler, damper weather, leaves falling and folks firing up their woodstoves (cough!). And the increasing darkness. By winter we wake up with the dark and by 5 pm its dark again. Here are a few of my favourite trees in
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Summer is hot, not just temperature wise but it can be a wild flurry of busy activity at times. For me this year I’m trying to maintain a small veggie garden, do some hiking and camping and spend time with my partner and other friends and family. Plus it has been really, really hot here.
Just a quick note today to say how exciting to have my artwork starting to be shown out there (other than all the social media stuff I do). It’s hard work getting work organized and completed. And the biggest challenge is getting past self doubt! So I’m just diving in and will keep making art
On one of my last camping trips we played a game, sitting around the campfire. Ian would say a word and I’d try to write a short poem, whatever came to mind. Well it was really fun. And the cool part is that it reminded me of the painting process….the more I could get out
Just a quick note on Inspiration today. I was thinking the other day about what inspires me to make art (or for that matter doing anything, but that’s a whole other topic or maybe a different blog!). So today I wanted to start thinking and writing about artist’s inspiration. What inspires artists to pick up