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Prospect Bay, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn.
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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 28, 20111 min read
Morning snow song
This morning I woke to find a light dusting of snow on the ground and the loons were singing wildly on the lake. The snow was a surprise....
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 18, 20111 min read
Tidbits from my travels
One reason my visit to NYC was so pleasant was the easy commute into the city from where Tamar, Dan and Damian live now. They moved in...
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 14, 20111 min read
The loneliness of the NYC subway rider
I’d forgotten how much I love to ride the subway. When I first moved to Manhattan back in 1960, the subway was 10 cents a ride. And I’d...
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 12, 20111 min read
Rolling along
One of the (many) highlights of my visit to Memphis was the tour of Graceland. Elvis and rock and roll is what I grew up on. We called...
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...
Mar 1, 20111 min read
The sound of snow
IMG_0501, originally uploaded by leyaevelyn. For a long time I’ve been wanting to capture the sounds my boots make on different kinds 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...
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