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The Healing Properties of Daffodils, Turtles and Goutweed
Something fairly profound happened for me this month. I have felt quite sluggish this winter. Not actually depressed but just completely unmotivated, disinterested, lazy and believing that my strong desire… Read more
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Paintings Hopping in May at the Lucky Rabbit Art House
Today my month long solo show “Courage My Love” opened at Lucky Rabbit’s Artist House Gallery in Annapolis Royal where 21 of my paintings are on display until May 28,… Read more
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My Grandmother’s Garden Planted Seeds of Love
The first months of the pandemic in 2020 activated a lot of distress and anxiety for me. It was hard to imagine that there had ever been calm and happiness… Read more
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Inventing a Blue Flower While Breathing
If you love flowers, you’ll know that actual blue flowers are rare. Horticulturalists try to develop true blue blooms, and sometimes they come up with a purple and call it… Read more
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Untangle the Slinky and Keep Making Art
After quite a hectic summer and fall in our co-op Bear River Artworks Gallery, I welcome this time to binge a little on Netflix, discover exciting artists on Instagram and… Read more
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Inside My Painting Studio
Do you also feel the unsettling psychological impact of the threat of Covid-19 and of the isolation from others? Even though the rate of infection is almost nonexistent in my… Read more
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Rethinking a Painting, One Step at a Time
I can’t believe it’s 2021. I can’t believe it’s February. I can’t believe it’s Friday.Like where has the last year/month/week gone? OK…sorry I asked. Read more
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In With the New in 2021
A few days ago when the temperature climbed above freezing, I was able to put a fork in the ground and harvest our remaining leeks. These fearless beautiful greens pressed… Read more
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Thanksgiving Coffee and Final Weekend of Art Show – Sat Oct 10, 2 – 4 pm
This is the final weekend for my Summer Garden show of paintings in Bear River.I’ll be at the café sipping a latte and I hope you can join me on… Read more
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How I Learned to Promote my Artwork while Living in the Middle of Nowhere*
“Left a good Job in the City. Workin’ for the Man Every Night and Day…” Proud Mary, John Fogarty Thirteen years ago, my husband and I ditched our jobs in… Read more