I just spent a glorious day at the Big Blue Gallery in Belliveau Cove, on St. Mary’s Bay in Nova Scotia. I hung new paintings in the August exhibition with painters Nadine Belliveau and Jennie Morrow.

This gallery is truly a labor of love, created by Artist and Art Professor Sam Norgard. Together with gallery manager Tracy Jordan, they are manifesting an artist gallery, community, and retreat centre. This magical setting includes an old apple orchard, a one-room school house for classes and a bright blue house that serves as main floor gallery and upstairs sleeping quarters for workshop and retreat attendees. Each room is unique in terms of palettes and art and handmade quilts. It’s off the charts in terms of charm.

I feel honoured to be invited to show here.

I’ve been painting my garden flowers for the last two+ months and it has been a restorative process. It is so energizing to be around their beauty.

Like so many of us, I often feel waves of despair about the state of the world and the environment. I can’t look away from it, and I don’t want to. But painting the garden—being with these living things and capturing their energy—has become a necessity for me. It reminds me of the beauty that still exists and the persistence of life itself.

Click on the image below to see my paintings in the show. But better yet, come and see everyone’s work live.

If you’re nearby, I’d love for you to come to the opening reception this Friday, Aug 8 from 6 pm. – 8 pm

🌊 Big Blue Gallery open Tue- Sun, 10 am – 4 pm
3491 Highway 1, Belliveau Cove, Nova Scotia

You can find directions and more information here: Big Blue Gallery on Google Maps

It’s pretty special to have a show in a space that feels this creative and alive. I hope to see you there!