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Nov 5, 20121 min read
Out
This morning I put fresh paper on the floor of my studio. It’s a big job, moving, organizing, pulling up, tossing, putting down and...
Nov 4, 20121 min read
Synchronized possibilities
It may be time to resurface, think about things other than when I can get back into my studio, what needs more work, what works, how to...
Oct 21, 20122 min read
Because of the duck
Nasturiums, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. My next exhibit is at the Secord Gallery in Halifax. November 9 to 30. So it is time to...
Oct 18, 20122 min read
Upstairs/Downstairs
Rails to Trails Tantallon, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had the interesting experience of...
Oct 15, 20121 min read
Nocturne this time
Nocturne in Halifax was the big event Saturday evening. Art in the street, on the buildings, in elevators, shops and galleries. There was...
Oct 1, 20121 min read
It is not going to rain tomorrow
The weekend was altogether good. My studio was as clean as I could manage, clean enough to allow people to get into it and see the art...
Sep 28, 20121 min read
It’s that time again!
This weekend is Studio Rally. I’ve been cleaning up all day, getting ready for two days of open studio, 10 am to 6 pm. It took me two...
Sep 21, 20121 min read
Behind the closed door
This morning was a good day in my studio: I did the screen printing onto my recently prepared canvases. This may not sound so exciting to...
Sep 18, 20121 min read
The end of summer
Long Lake, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Another thing I talked with my neighbor about was, basically, the idea of why paint. He had...
Sep 17, 20122 min read
I went to the moon and came back with the holy grail
Rails to trails, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. I’ve come down from the moon and I’m cleaning up my studio. I tackled the top of the...
Sep 12, 20121 min read
There is an answer
On Monday, I had to go to LaHave to pick up my paintings from the gallery. Just before going, I received an email from a woman interested...
Sep 10, 20121 min read
How to play basketball
At some point during the workshop, someone must have asked me about how much I work at my art. It’s a common question, one I’ve come to...
Sep 6, 20121 min read
Drawing on the senses
My part in the workshop was centered around drawing. I first used it as a way for the participants to see more, to experience what we see...
Sep 4, 20122 min read
I can almost hear the clouds walking across the sky
Jerry’s part focused, initially, on listening. As we sat quietly in the pavilion, we listened to the music given to us by the natural...
Sep 2, 20122 min read
So be it
IMG_2596, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. Alan’s other idea that blossomed at the workshop was also around a bonfire. He instructed us...
Sep 1, 20121 min read
Kilroy was here
Alan Syliboy had a vision about what he wanted us to do at the Direct Perception workshop last week. It was an idea that grew arms and...
Aug 29, 20121 min read
Direct Perception
A busy week. I went to Dorje Denma Ling in Tatamagouche, N.S. to teach a workshop titled Direct Perception. It was a four day program....
Aug 17, 20121 min read
The next day
The gallery is in a beautiful old house so the space is unusual: long and thin. To resolve it, Jo Beale has most of the paintings up on...
Aug 16, 20121 min read
About LaHave
LaHave, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The gallery in LaHave had lots of windows overlooking the LaHave River and very little wall...
Aug 15, 20121 min read
Over the river and out of the woods
LaHave Ferry, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. The busy weekend has past, the ferry crossed the river. LaHave on Saturday and Jo Beale...
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