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Jul 14, 20130 min read
Jul 14, 20131 min read
A change of scene
The opening reception at the Jo Beale Gallery last Sunday was very good. Usually I don’t like my work to be hung salon style, one on top...
Jul 3, 20131 min read
For the time being
IMG_3351, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The days are very big now. It surprises me, always, how much time painting takes from my...
Jul 1, 20132 min read
An Element of Unreasonability
My exhibition at the Jo Beale Gallery opens next Sunday. I’m calling it An Element of Unreasonability. Unreasonability is not really a...
Jun 25, 20131 min read
Bliss! Once a year!
Yesterday was the first day of summer here. Yesterday my dock went into the water. Today I go in. I was tempted to sleep there last...
Jun 17, 20131 min read
It Won’t Answer When I Ask Its Name
“It Won’t Answer When I Ask Its Name, no. 3, 60″ x 60”, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. As might be expected, a few people who know my...
Jun 11, 20131 min read
Otherwise
P1040368, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Maybe the hardest part of coming home is being home. After so much activity, it is quiet...
Jun 10, 20132 min read
Direct Perception 2013
Back home after four exhilarating, exhausting and productive days as one of three teachers at the Direct Perception Workshop in...
Jun 3, 20131 min read
In my mind
IMG_3331, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Over the past few weeks, I’ve written lots of brilliant blog entries. In my head, that is....
May 21, 20131 min read
Sitting it out
Usually I’m not much for working sitting down, especially when I have some big paintings on the go. But for the past few days, it has...
May 15, 20131 min read
This is what I do. No apologies.
Ashburn Golf Course, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. For the first time ever, I made a comment on an on-line group thread. Someone had...
May 8, 20131 min read
Raw intentions
It’s been a marathon of painting for weeks recently. Now I can relax a little (for a day or so). Finally, yesterday, I had photos taken...
May 7, 20132 min read
Fun comes in all sizes
To many people (who don’t paint), being an “artist” seems very romantic. Forgetting the struggles of getting the painting right, getting...
Apr 15, 20132 min read
Direct perception for a day
Ashburn Golf Course in April, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Despite the snow and cold Friday night (after all, this is only April in...
Apr 12, 20131 min read
Grand Piano Passion
Nancy M. Williams, an award-winning writer and ardent amateur pianist, is the founding editor of the online magazine, Grand Piano...
Apr 6, 20131 min read
Direct Perception next Saturday, April 13!
English: Gestalt psychology – perception Magyar: Gestalt-pszichológia alapelvei (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you are in the area...
Mar 17, 20131 min read
The Wave
When I went into my studio this morning, I turned my attention to cleaning up. After a week of intense, passionate, sometimes renetic...
Mar 16, 20131 min read
When I close my eyes
The ice breaking up on the lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. All I see is paint. Big slashes of paint. In all the colors I’ve been...
Mar 11, 20132 min read
Out of the ordinary
This weekend past, I spent a couple of days in magical Bear River, a little village, population 900 (I think), in northern Nova Scotia....
Mar 3, 20131 min read
In defense of grumpiness
Writer Peter Frase talked to Jian Ghomeshi on “Q” this Thursday past, defending rude service and how we are slaves to “service with a...
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