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Great News “Call of the Raven” Won an Award at the CPSWC Open Water Show
Dear Helen, we are thrilled to inform you that your painting Call of The Raven has been awarded theD.L Stevenson Award, (Gift certificate award)…. ​Congratulations on this prestigious prize. Pretty exciting.  Especially since I embarked on a project to paint ravens with the CSPWC Open Water juried show in mind. Last year when we visited  Yellowstone National Park there were a number of particularly friendly ravens in the parking lot at Artist’s Point. They were walking around the travel trailers looking for handouts and cawing their hearts out. One raven in particular was following me around and without being intrusive, I was able to get many really nice reference photos.…
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Don’t Butter Me Up
Buddy here is an interesting crab He is really big. Covered in barnacles and maybe tough and old! It’s so big that the crows and seagulls thought better of going after him. They were very much interested but he was too big for them to tackle. He was very aware they were nearby. Not sure how crabs hear but for sure they can see. He kept turning into their direction to keep an eye on them. When you are only here to be food From what I have observed throughout my entire beach combing experience is that crabs are really on this planet as a food source. So many critters…
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Recap first 14 Days and a stall tactic
So… Day 15s painting is going to take 2 days to paint. Â It is well underway…just no way close to being finished. Â I sort of promised myself I would not fall into my own detail trap – but I did. Day 15 will be day 15 & 16
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That September Feeling in the Air
Ahhh, the scent of fall You know it. A slight crispness in the air. Freshly sharpened pencils. And new art supplies for a project!  On the same line – one of my favourite memories is how excited my kids would get for their new  “school suppiezes”.  I think I know where they got it! Look at all these goodies Aquabord, Claybord and Gessobord. A fresh tube of white acrylic paint. I mean how did I ever allow myself to run out of white paint is almost beyond anything I can comprehend. But I did. And a replacement gray strippable pallet. With these supplies in my studio I can get down…
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Painting at the Nature Park
Oxymoron alert Yesterday was such a beautiful day that I had to get outdoors and paint. Oxymoron alert –  Spontaneity like this requires a lot of thinking on my part.  Do I want to take my watercolours?  Or perhaps my Oils?  Or even acrylics?  As I pondered and gathered up all my stuff, I decided to bring both watercolours and acrylics. Ran through the usual checklist, water – check, paper towels – check, garbage bag- check, hat- check etc.  Finally felt I was ready to go with he car all packed up. Then another decision  – where to go?  I went to Meenans Cove Beach but was unable to…
