New Year’s Day Painters
I brought in the new year working on several paintings, and taking the children on a very long walk in the wind to the playground. Trudging up steep hills pushing both of them in the Phil & Ted’s was enough … Continued
artist block broken
Finally, I painted. I haven’t touched this painting for about two months. As usual my painting stalled halfway through. I lose the initial vision, become attached to things and am hesitant to change things. I put it up on the … Continued
On Painters Eleven and December’s damp days
I cannot resist reading this book. And I mean reading every paragraph, not just perusing the images and captions. I was drawn in by the story of William Ronald, a Canadian abstract expressionist painter, and have been reading it every … Continued
Clean wintery abstracts
I came across this painting by Michelle Ross on the Oregon College of Art and Craft Library blog. It reminds me of everything I love about abstract painting, but haven’t been able to achieve yet in my own paintings. Clean, … Continued
Feel the Mess
This week I’m in the not-so-inspired space of the creative life. As often happens, I start with a great idea and get working on it, and then part way through the painting or story idea, I come grinding to a … Continued
A handful of Vancouver artists
I wanted to highlight a few more artists who caught my eye as I skimmed through the Mergatroid Building and 1000 Parker on the weekend. Shari Pratt‘s posters showing this painting led me to her studio. I was drawn in … Continued
Eastside Culture Crawl, part 2: Crawling with Kids
The fact is, it was easier to Crawl about five years ago. Even three years ago it was pretty manageable with one of my kids still in utero, and the other one riding somewhat cooperatively in the ergo. In fact … Continued
Eastside Culture Crawl – spotlight on dahlhaus
I had the nostalgic urge to go to the Crawl in Vancouver today. The Eastside Culture Crawl is a three-day, 300+ artist open studio event that is in its 15th year. We love going and getting a feel for what … Continued
Delight-Filled Leaves, a rebranding of sorts
You may have noticed I changed the name and address of my blog! Over the past six months, I’ve been streamlining my posts to focus on art, the creative process, nature, and family. The new name, a result of much … Continued
Rainy day creativity
For the past three weeks I haven’t touched my in-progress painting. But today I woke up with a three-day weekend and nowhere to go on a rainy stormy sort of day. Being Remembrance Day I thought perhaps I should take … Continued