These are troubled times. The stresses and strains of isolation and fear in the reigns of a world pandemic can be a little overwhelming to say the least. I am the kind of person who doesn’t mind a little isolation, … Read More
I’m moving my Ontario studio to far shores and offer you an opportunity to lighen the load, take home a window of the world for your wall… life is an art
it wont be long now and the show will be over, come on over to our (virtual) house and see the work!
Life is indeed an art
My creative process begins long before it ‘appears’ in ‘real’ life. They say it takes 10,000 hours to become masterful at a skill. Some multitude of those hours are encoded in the thought processes that go on in the beginning, … Read More
Why do I paint, history first
Those words appeared in my morning digest of information. They stopped in in my tracks. I’m just waking up, and they just woke me up. They woke me up to my mission, my like as an artist. Currently, I am … Read More
“Hope is the thing with feathers…” The first stanza of the Elizabeth Browning poem first came to save me when my father died in a plane crash. The feather began earlier as a symbol in my work but was cemented into … Read More
The art of life I’ve learned that life is lived in stages, sometimes one slips into the next unnoticed, other times the changes are abrupt. One’s circumstance can dictate your progress. One’s will helps define your limitations. Some blame their … Read More
This is the brass scumbled back wall of the orchestra risers for the Governor-General Awards for the Performing Arts held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on May 10th 2014. mothers day It is a warm sunny spring … Read More