Journal

  • Hanging the Show with my True Love

    Last night we (Larry) hung the show and I’ve made a little movie of it for you. [wpvideo laRO5npF] I’m dashing out the door for a couple of days with… Read more

  • Floral Awakening

    My exhibition will include new, luscious flower paintings. When I returned From Brier Island, I was delighted to see the gladiolus and zinnias in full bloom. It took my breath… Read more

  • The Garden Party

    What’s in a painting? Each viewer reads a different story into an image and comes to see more as they live with the painting. It wasn’t until I finished “The… Read more

  • Deep Purple

    I love every single flower that blooms in my garden. They make me happy and grateful to live in a place where I can grow them. The awareness that their… Read more

  • Heat Rising on Brier Island

    This painting, Heat Rising on Brier Island, was painted at the farthest western tip of the island where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Bay of Fundy. It was mid August… Read more

  • Pond Cove in August

    I have painted Pond Cove many times. It’s my happy place on Brier Island. When we moved here from Ontario 11 years ago, on our very first summer we were… Read more

  • New Paintings, New Approach, New Exhibition

    Brier island is truly a painters paradise. I recently spent a week there in intensive painting mode. Like past artist-created painting retreats I’ve attended, each artist was assigned one night… Read more

  • Brier Island Retreat and New Solo Show of Paintings in Two Weeks

    I’m very, VERY excited to join a group of painters tomorrow on Brier Island. We stay for a week and paint and paint and paint! Read more

  • Painting Purple June Flowers – a new video

    There is nothing so representative of this province in June as wild lupin flowers! They grow everywhere here – in ditches and in fields. Read more

  • How Art Collectors Impacted My Local Economy

    In my last posting I invited you to look at my new little flower paintings It seems that some of you are officially now part of the Bear River local… Read more