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Aussie Adventures ~ Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney NSW
Flower stand in Sydney I had a great time in Sydney Australia last month ~ finally showcasing some photos and wouldn’t you know it, I’m drawn to first show garden gems versus unbelievable shorelines!...
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Still Magnolias
So I’ve gone bolder, used a more vivid magenta and as well reworked the background. It’s almost there ~ just thought you might like to see a work in progress! What do you think? BLISS / 24 X 24/...
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PLAY ~ Responding and Simplifying
Here’s a small oil painting I’ve been playing with this week inspired by the explosion of spring in the BC woods and parks. I respond to this cacophony by simplifying shapes and forms so I can really...
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Earthly Pleasure
EARTHLY PLEASURE / 24 X 24 / ACRYLIC British Columbia spring, more specifically the lower mainland and Vancouver, can mean a lifting of cloud and rain and the pleasure of sunshine, lots of green new...
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Sweet Infusion
SWEET INFUSION / 24 X 24 / ACRYLIC Working intuitively lately has visual imagery coming from a variety of sources. SWEET INFUSION is another from a painting series that’s evoking movement and rhythms...
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Wide and Vast ~ Iceland
TANGERINE DREAM / 24 X 24 / ACRYLIC These paintings percolated for some time and evolved together side by side. The wide, vast, open landscape of Iceland inspired them. You can’t help but consider...
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Blooming with Process and Paint!
Shifting Wisdom / 48 x 48 / Acrylic on Canvas It can get a little isolated in suburbia as a painter so I recently took an online painting course to have some fun and meet others ~ Flora Bowley’s Bloom...
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The fabric of our nests: What’s in a title?
Flew The Coop / 12 x 12 / Oil on Canvas Big transitions in this household and embracing them through paint seems to be a logical way to process them. What’s in a title? Mother. Father. Child. These...
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Always Looking
VIEW THROUGH A CEDAR SPRAY PAINT BLUE AND NATURAL MOSS CEDAR DECAY AND WEBS A FEW LITTLE WIPS (WORKS IN PROGRESS) I love my i-Phone for the many quick photos I take when I see a ‘moment’ ~ fleeting,...
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DAY 19
I’m adventuring on the west coast of Vancouver Island in Tofino BC for the weekend. Yep; brought my paints and some small canvases. It is pure magic here: roaring surf (slept with our door open last...
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DAY 20
We walked out to Frank’s Island which is at the end of an isthmus on Chesterman Beach. The B and B owner told us to watch the tides and to face the oncoming waves from the Pacific in case a rogue set...
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DAY 21
Many walks and many photos – a beautiful place to recharge and be inspired. This little one abstracts the essence of what I’m taking in here in Tofino. Discover / 12 x12 / Acrylic on Canvas Tagged:...
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DAY 22
What draws you to look at something? Sometimes it’s just this. Especially on a beach walk. Curiosity / 12 x 12 / Acrylic on Canvas Tagged: beach, inspiration, nature, painting, walk
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DAY 24
I started out with an under painting of bold warm color, lines and curves. As I added structure, I realized I had a story to share and it wasn’t mine, it was a dog’s. Dog Dreams / 30 x 30 / Acrylic on...
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DAY 25
Here’s an abstract piece. Color, contrast and line carry a message for me to stay present. Connected. Open. Aligned. What’s True Now? / 24 x 24 / Acrylic on Canvas Tagged: abstract, art, connection,...
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DAY 26
A Moving Kind Of Day / 8×8 / Acrylic on Canvas Tagged: color, expressive, moving
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DAY 27
Three more days to go in this 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. As I painted this one today, I felt a force within – confidence, strength. I looked up a word and here is the definition — ‘the strength...
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DAY 29
Whew! Twenty nine paintings so far in twenty nine days. When I went to paint today, I was feeling tired and a tad uninspired. And, a word kept coming to me – unknown. One of the biggest learnings this...
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DAY 30!
The last day of thirty paintings in thirty days. It’s been an amazing experience – instilling habit and trust in the creative process. I love how as the days passed, I was nudged to express more than a...
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In The Paint Groove ~
Wow, so, where did two months go? Flying by, that’s for sure with lots of creating. So many changes since returning from the Vermont Studio Center where I spent all of February experimenting and...
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