I used to tell people, “I paint rocks”, but when everyone took that to mean that I was painting on rocks, I changed it to “I’m painting portraits of pebbles”, quite a different thing! I have always been a pebble … Continue reading Painting Portraits of Pebbles
Every so often I get in the mood to play with words, and try and define them in my head. Dots. There’s the word dot, which rhymes with spot, and looks a lot like a spot, only perhaps dots are … Continue reading Dots & Spots
Years ago I had to design a web site for Environmental Chemistry Courseware designed to promote environmental awareness supplemental to 200-level Organic Chemistry laboratories. The key concepts were: air / earth / life / water. Originally I was a little … Continue reading Salmon Spawning / Healthy Water
I don’t usually post stuff from my art blog on Facebook, but I have been nominated to post a painting a day for 10 days on Facebook by Deanna Fogstrom, one of my studiomates. You can find her work at: … Continue reading Posting a Painting a Day For Ten Days Challenge
Some people manage to post ‘a flower a day’, even in the middle of an evacuation due to wildfires. Me, on the other hand, I have trouble posting ‘plant of the month’. At any rate here is a belated August … Continue reading Squash & Squash Blossom Artwork and Photos
Another COVID attempt to do a painting, this time with yellow Calla Lilies, working from this photo.I like this painting better than the one I did of the dark purple Calla Lilies but again I prefer the photo, especially the line … Continue reading Photos and Artworks of Yellow Calla Lilies
Strolling along the Seawall this July I spotted a bunch of waterlilies in bloom. The shapes of the white flowers was beautiful but further along, just around a bend in the pond, were some pink waterlilies.The pink lilies were almost … Continue reading Artworks and Photos of Waterlilies at the Lagoons
During the early months of Covid I didn’t go anywhere; I was listless and uninspired. We have the Sea Wall nearby but it was always packed with people. After seeing a video showing how much plague could be spread by … Continue reading Catching an Impression of Yellow Flag Irises
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
I have been in the process of working on a Flame Tulip / Fire Dancer for a long time. Some Flame Tulips for inspiration…Flame Tulips combined with Fire Dancers using magazine collage. Watercolour painting of Flame Tulips combined with Fire … Continue reading Flame Tulip / Fire Dancer Painting
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