For days 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of my January 2022 ‘Sketch a Day’ challenge I abandoned the Tanum pond in Sweden and ‘flew’ down to Mexico to see some very different ponds at the Puerto Vallarta Botanical Garden. … Continue reading Studies of Water in the Puerto Vallarta Botanical Garden
As an artist having a change of scenery does wonders for inspiration. 2020 was a write-off for me in most ways but in 2021 I learned to dig deeper into myself to find inspiration in the ordinary and mundane. 2022 … Continue reading Studies of Water Reflections for my Paintings (1)
I saw this sign from a distance as I was driving to the Pacific Spirit Park at the university. “Don’t tell me there’s a cougar roaming the park!” I thought. (Yes occasionally cougars come into Vancouver but usually further east). … Continue reading Pacific Spirit Regional Park
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
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
Every so often I become obsessed with the abstract patterns of ripples in the water. Here’s the latest batch, mostly from close to home as there’s a lot of water nearby. Fallen leaves in bright autumn colours under water in … Continue reading Abstract Patterns: Rippling Water
I made two sketching trips to Englishman River Falls; the first in 1994 with my friend and fellow sketcher, and the second a couple of years later when I drove over to Vancouver Island by myself, camped at the Falls and … Continue reading Inspiration: Englishman River Falls
When I was looking up Georgia O’Keeffe in Wikipedia I found this painting called Blue and Green Music that she painted sometime in-between 1919 and 1921. from Wikipedia: Painted in her New York years upon the idea that music could be translated … Continue reading A Collage of Nordic Music Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe
I was travelling in the Sinai Desert in early 1979. At the time the Sinai belonged to Israel and they had just signed a peace accord to hand it back to Egypt over the next two years. Earlier they had … Continue reading Paintings of Nuweiba, Where the Sand Dunes Lead into the Waters of the Red Sea
When we were in Wales last spring we spent some time exploring the ability of our point and shoots to do long exposures. Although not perfect the long exposures often resulted in some interesting effects such as these sketchy white … Continue reading Waterfalls in Wales: Explorations of Moving Water
Batz Gallery 