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  • Artwork,  My Plein Air Adventures,  Still Life - Florals & Much More

    How is it July already?

    7 July 2024 / No Comments

    How is it July already? I am in shock at how fast this year is going. Please summer, won’t you slow down just a little for us? The moods of Lac Cameron, PQ We recently travelled to Ontario and then to Quebec to visit with our family and to help them build a deck at their lakeside cottage. The lake of course, is incredibly beautiful and ever changing.  I did not paint on days when we had torrential rains (well, maybe before the rain started) and with high winds. I never really considered that high temperatures would also be a deterrent. Biting bugs I understand and I regularly hide form…

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    Spring Scentsation

    5 February 2017

    Autumn poured watercolour painting

    3 November 2019

    That September Feeling in the Air

    24 August 2015
  • Artful Reflections,  From My Studio,  Lessons Learned,  Product Review

    Playing with ChatGPT

    26 April 2024 / No Comments

    I’ve been thinking that I should be more open to new technologies and decided to play with ChatGPT.  I was working on a painting of a lupin with a bee and frankly was stumped how to describe my work. I was looking for prompts – sometimes when I am painting my energy is all about how I want the painting to look not necessarily on how i’m going to describe it. Quite often I have a notebook where I write down my thoughts as I paint for this reason – sometimes not always and definitely not in this case. So I turned to ChatGPT for inspiration. The result was superfluous,…

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    Muscles, Mussels and More

    5 April 2025

    The missed shots

    10 November 2024

    A nice story

    18 June 2019
  • Artwork,  Fauna - Feathers and Fur

    The Prince of Rockwood Park

    24 March 2024 / No Comments

    An oil painting of a Majestic Whitetail Deer Young Buck In the heart of a nearby city park is a forested area that is enjoyed by hikers and wildlife alike. This is a quiet place where you may often see whitetail deer, among other wildlife.  I met this young buck while out on an adventure hoping to photograph some birds. The Prince of Rockwood Park. When I pulled into the parking lot, I was quite surprised to see this young buck accompanied by his harem. I managed to get some ok photos from the car and figured I’d get photos of the trail once they left.  The trail was nicely…

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    Vigilance – oil painting of an osprey

    17 April 2020

    Cascading Blooms Watercolour Complete

    28 March 2016

    Pretty In Pink completed

    22 November 2015
  • A Tale Unfolds,  My Plein Air Adventures,  Travelling Colours

    Home Away From Home

    11 February 2024 / No Comments

    Travelling with paint adds another dimension as well – weight – so you have to be really discriminating as to what you pack. The other challenge is this is the shoulder season with spring creeping in on winter so you need clothes and footwear to bridge both seasons.  More weight. I had to be really selective with my art supplies. I packed up my art supplies so I’d be able to “studio” paint while visiting my daughter and her family on the West Coast. My home away from home whenever the opportunity arises. Since this is still the rainy season in Vancouver, water mixable oils and Plein Air painting are…

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    Spring is finally here

    24 March 2022

    The problem with Prussian blue – A comedy

    21 July 2018

    Lots of work happening

    11 March 2023
  • My Painting Process,  My Plein Air Adventures

    Well, I’ll be spuddled

    1 January 2024 / 2 Comments

    Well…I’m a thinking that I’ll be Spuddled Definition: to work ineffectively: to be very busy while achieving absolutely nothing Spuddle. A lovely new word that often describes my quest as a Master Procrastinator. Makes one feel productive in the middle of avoidance.  And it’s fun to say. All of this supports one of my other claims to fame of getting things done on deadline – just under the wire – squeaking through as the saying goes- some of us (namely me) apparently work better under pressure. The desire to spuddle often hits when I am about two thirds done a painting.  In this case two of them.  Close enough I…

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    The Pond in Mid Summer

    19 March 2017

    Pretty In Pink completed

    22 November 2015

    Yesterdays Blooms Finally Finished

    14 October 2014
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  • Horizon Health and the most excellent after care
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    In Artwork, Still Life - Florals & Much More
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    In Artful Reflections, Fauna - Feathers and Fur, Lessons Learned, My Painting Process

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