Painting and Pondering

Before I moved to Canada, I hadn’t really heard of the Group of Seven. Come to think of it, I’m not really sure where I did first hear about them, but whenever it was, I became a fan of Tom Thomson’s work. While my own work is very detailed and …

Have you bought anything in the Black Friday sales? Usually my husband and I get excited and optimistic about being able to buy a few things we’ve been wanting to get, only to discover nothing we’re looking for is actually on sale. Similar things happened this year when it came …

I have found myself thinking about this quite a lot, in a roundabout sort of way, and this evening it felt like it distilled down into some kind of essence, so I wanted to write about it. I have also been meaning to get back to writing this blog, so …

Although early March seems soon to be saying this, the snow is rapidly melting. Now that doesn’t mean we won’t get another dump of snow before Spring proper arrives (I’d be surprised if we didn’t) but, just in case, I spent some time last week taking lots of reference photos …

For some time now I’ve been wanting to hold my own little art show online. I think the idea first arose part-way into Covid, when I was trying to work out other ways to sell my work and to be more self-reliant (weren’t we all!). At first I had big …

Back in 2020, during Covid, my husband and I were building a workshop / storage shed outside. No, not an art studio (not yet!), just a workshop space. Through the build, the price of wood got higher and higher, thanks to supply chain issues and huge demand and Covid. Now, …