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May 7, 20111 min read
WET
It’s been a busy time: working on new paintings. My whole way of working has changed in the past few months and, although it is...
May 1, 20111 min read
There is a light at the end
IMG_0787, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Today Lila and I went to beautiful McCoo’s Island with Gwen and Kiku. You can walk to the...
Apr 26, 20111 min read
Piano lessons
I was recently interviewed by Nancy Williams for her blog about adult piano students. Although I don’t think of myself as taking lessons...
Apr 22, 20111 min read
Not green pastures
Prospect Bay, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I’ve been thinking a fair bit about green, ever since taking a walk by the brook...
Apr 21, 20111 min read
By the Brook
By the Brook, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Walking by the brook I see Spring in patches of brilliant green. It’s soft and inviting....
Apr 20, 20111 min read
Here is where
In painting, there’s a lot to be said for taking a second look. And a third and fourth and so on. Until it feels completely right. It’s...
Apr 11, 20111 min read
Back at it
BIG: 9 April 2011 , originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I was able to work on this BIG abstract painting on Saturday. It was quiet in...
Apr 8, 20111 min read
Actually, not done . . .
Yesterday my friend Brian came by and, noticing the new direction in my recent paintings, asked if I thought working on the big painting...
Apr 5, 20111 min read
Done, maybe
Well, maybe, possibly, it could be I am not going to do anything else to this BIG painting. I went in last Saturday afternoon planning...
Mar 20, 20111 min read
The power of home
I’m pretty much back in the groove of being home now. I even knew where I was when I woke up this morning. It does still feel a little...
Mar 17, 20111 min read
Home with Lila!
After a long day hanging around airports in NY and Philadelphia (because of flight cancellations and delays due to fog), I was able to...
Mar 15, 20111 min read
Wandering around
Yesterday I went to Guerra Paint to get some supplies. An amazing store. Rows and rows of beautiful colors in little bottles. I wanted...
Mar 13, 20112 min read
Doin’ up the City
So now I am in New York, checking it out. It’s changed a lot since I lived here. Still very noisy, busy, crowded, maybe more so. I left...
Mar 10, 20111 min read
A few of Memphis’ many museums
Memphis has a wealth of museums and interesting places to see, things to do. On Saturday morning, I was given a tour of the town. Our...
Mar 9, 20111 min read
Harrington Brown Gallery photos
After a long day hanging out in airports because of missing a connecting flight in Newark (because of delays leaving Halifax because of...
Feb 25, 20111 min read
Good news!
January 29, 2011, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I live in a place where the mailboxes are a fair distance from my house and on a...
Feb 22, 20111 min read
Chance Meetings
“Chance Meetings”; 60″ x 84″, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. As of this morning, I have shipped off six boxes of paintings to...
Feb 18, 20111 min read
Moving along
Wednesday, 16 February 2011, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. There’s still more to do on this big one, but it feels closer to being a...
Feb 10, 20110 min read
Feb 7, 20111 min read
Out of the blue
Ellen Moerschel, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. When I was visiting Tamar last October, I received an email from Ellen Moerschel, a...
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