My knee started to go on a Manning Park hike up the Three Brothers, so I settled myself down amongst the mosquitos with my sketch pad, and did these drawings of lupins in the wild. Pencil drawing of blue Lupins … Continue reading Blue Lupins Painted from Life Instead of from Photos
In April and May 2020, during the worst of the Coronavirus, I stayed inside and started painting irises from photos, not the way I usually like to work. These photos of yellow and white Flag Irises were taken in 2017 … Continue reading Close Examination: Artworks and Photos of Flag Irises
March is the month of the Vancouver International Dance Festival. My favourite part is the life drawing sessions. This year was supposed to be the 20thanniversary season of the Festival, and run from March 6 to 28, 2020, offering 31 performances … Continue reading Life Drawing Session with ‘Spring’ Tumbling in Slow Motion
This year I headed to Mexico for my sun fix which means that my plant of the month is a tropical Ixora. These are several shots of the Ixora which I managed to scoop just before the gardener trimmed off all … Continue reading Ixora, December’s Plant of the Month
Some sunny sunflowers for the month of August. In Spanish sunflowers are called ‘girosoles’, meaning ‘turn (with) sun’. This steel sunflower sculpture in Buenos Aires is supposed to open, close and turn with the sun – the mechanics are off so … Continue reading Sunflower, August’s Plant of the Month
