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Icky ick ick ick
Icky ick ick This is an interesting photo I want to share.  When  working up close and personal on a bug painting  there is a bit of a creepy factor with that level of concentration. It actually imprint on my brain! I still feel the disgust… As I was focused on this little painting, I almost jumped out of my skin.  There on my drafting table was a dead roach of some kind between me and my palette.  I stood up in disbelief, moved my canvas away and swatted at the thing a few times. It didn’t move. Then I squinted at it and low and behold – the creepy…
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Painting Returns Home with Two Awards
My painting “Sitting Duck” just returned home the 89th Annual “Open Water” juried art show recently held in Toronto. This show is the major event in the Canadian Society Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC) exhibition calendar. Open Water is open for jurying to artists working in transparent watercolour. With my painting were two award certificates; the “Sally Sloan” Award and “The Artists Magazine” Award. This is all very exciting – I was pretty proud to have a painting selected for the show. Then just prior to the show opening I was notified about receiving the Artists’ Magazine Award. Pretty happy about that. Then I received a call awhile later informing…
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The Naming of a Painting of a Raven
Naming the bird Here is my yet unnamed and unfinished painting of a raven. My friends at Google tell me that there are three names for a group of ravens. Unkindness. Conspiracy. Constable. When I embark on painting a series I do quite a bit of research on the subject, in this case ravens. I like to title my paintings with meaning whenever possible, especially if I can come up with a name that includes somme tongue-in-cheek humour. What’s in a name? I know ravens are important in the culture of First Nations (and I have this lineage on my mother’s side) so my curiosity is naturally piqued. An Unkindness,…
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Call of the Raven finished
It is always an exciting part of the painting adventure to call a painting finished.  I looked over the “Call of the Raven” numerous times and then called in my critiques er family to scrutinize.  I appreciate their honesty, fresh eyes and ability to see what I may be missing or just not seeing anymore. The happy moment is when a painting passes the family test. I have been hunting crows and ravens with my camera for a few years now with a series in mind.  This is the first of that work.  I delivered this painting into my framer and asked Mario to order in enough of the same moulding for…
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My Painting in 2014 CSPWC Show
Kudos! My watercolour painting “Sitting Duck”was accepted into the 89th Annual Canadian Society Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC) 2014 Open Water.  This was pretty exciting in its own right as this juried show is open to international artists painting with transparent water-colour. Then I received a phone call earlier in the week to let me know that my painting has won a Magazine Award – this is so exciting!  Recognition is both liberating (or is it validating?) and encouraging. This is the second award for this painting. It also won second place in the SKB small painting show in Wyoming! As an artist we are most often hunkered down in our studios working away in solitary wondering if we are on the right…
