The Unfurling Fern in Springtime, April’s Plant of the Month
Ferns in the process of awakening. Fern rising up from the bracken at UBC.A fern trying to straighten itself out.My acrylic painting of ‘Unfurling Ferns by a Stream‘ found on a North […]
Textures: Pixels Vs. Paint
Pixels can never truly reproduce the tactile quality of real textures created by paint; textures so delicious you want to reach out and touch them. There is however, visual texture, […]
Dragon Dancers & an Arrowhead Philodendron
Philodendrons remind me of snakes, the sinuous way they slither through the jungle winding their way up trees. And, at this year’s Chinese New Year Parade, I discovered that they […]
Messing Around with Sunset Photos
Sunset photos are always spectacular but I have even more fun when I run them through various photo apps! In fact, the original reason that I created this ‘art’ blog […]
Lemon & Lime Spring Colour, March’s Plants of the Month
In the garden, spring colour is all about acid yellow & lime green. Daffodils for sale. Daffodils in the fields of La Conner in Washington state, USA. The clusters of […]
Banff Gemstones and Fossils
A trip to Banff (and visit to one of their ‘rock’ shops) left me fascinated with Mother Nature’s ‘art’. Pyrite cubic crystals. Fossil trilobite. Fossil nautilus shell. Fossil fish. Bismuth […]
A Necklace Inspired by Ireland
I have been wanting to put together a necklace inspired by the colours of Ireland: orange and green. My inspiration was the Irish flag which combines the ‘orange’ Protestants and […]
