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Apr 21, 20201 min read

The art of today

I finally realized that painting, making art, won’t solve everything. At least, not for me anyway. It won’t bring predictable weather, it...

Jan 22, 20182 min read

The Black & White

My first house in Nova Scotia was in a small fishing community. I bought an old house and renovated it. I had a big studio and two...

Jan 3, 20182 min read

Ask Me Anything

As a New Year gift, CBC had three of their top radio hosts be the ones to be asked questions. These hosts, and most of the broadcasters...

Dec 9, 20171 min read

Color for what

A couple of days ago a friend asked, via text, what my favorite color scheme is. She is poling people and wouldn’t tell me why. So I’m...

Nov 11, 20172 min read

Is It Luck?

I certainly feel lucky when I look around me, look at my life as it unfolds its daily trek to the unknown. I have a beautiful house on a...

Mar 9, 20172 min read

Beauty

One of my constant obsessions has been thinking about what makes something beautiful. People tell me my dog is beautiful. He’s just a...

Mar 21, 20161 min read

The Daily Bread

Today is National French Toast Day. Did you know that? Or maybe it’s just in Canada. One of my favorite French toast memories is from...

Aug 10, 20131 min read

More red

When I was painting the walls of my house recently, I put together chips of the various colors I wanted to use: various grays, light and...

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...

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...