Inspiration from the Striated Rocks at Botany Bay on Vancouver Island
The rocks on the beach at Botany Bay are an intriguing compound rock consisting of striations of a black-slate like rock butting up against worn grey and white stone with […]
Category Archives: Rocks, Stones & Pebbles
Jade, a Green Semi-Precious Stone
Jade comes in two recognized forms: Nephrite and Jadeite. Although they are distinctly different under the microscope they both share a certain ‘toughness’. This means that they both are easily […]
Magical Fossils
There’s nothing more magical than finding a shiny shell and knowing you’re the first person to have seen it for 150 million years.” David Attenborough, talking about hunting for fossils. […]
Still Life Arrangements of Food
Food & art: ‘themed’ snacks designed by the caterer for my art show ‘Precious Stones‘. I was told that he came in and took photos of my exhibit and then […]
My Exhibition at Britannia Art Gallery in Vancouver
When I initially wrote this the exhibit wasn’t due to go up until the weekend and I was in the throes of planning and packing up paintings, hoping the walls […]
Inspiration from Denmark & Sweden (& Iceland)
A collection of inspiration gathered in my last trip to Scandinavia. Chalk Cliffs. At Stevns Klint the white chalk cliffs are embedded with dark flint nodules. (Stevns Klint and the […]
Plan for Britannia Exhibition
Hey, everybody, I’m planning a small show called ‘Precious Stones’ at Britannia Art Gallery this summer. I’m still selecting what to put into it but perhaps something like this collection. […]
Patterned Stones in Black & White & In Between
I saw this black and white Pegmatite rock in the National History Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. I thought the patterns on it were amazing and certainly worth a painting.Later I […]
Smooth Water-Washed Pebbles
Smooth Grey: Smooth beach pebbles, the kind people like to roll around in their hands in a meditative way. And small children, rather alarmingly, like to put them in their mouths. […]
Grey Rock Texture Collages from Ireland
Last week Cee’s challenge was colour of choice and I picked grey, my least favourite colour, with the idea of using this colour while exploring Cee’s next series. These rock […]
