WOW! It’s hard to believe more than a week has already passed since I was setting up my easel out at Falcon Lake Trails Resort in Manitoba’s Whiteshell Provincial Park a short 90 minute drive East of Winnipeg to do my first ever ‘plein air’ painting session. I have drawn on location outdoors a few times with the Winnipeg Sketch Club, but never painted outdoors. Even the few times…
ohhhhhh, I do love peonies, there is no doubt. I’ve been wanting a peony bed here on our property since the day we moved in….10 years ago! Where does the time go?! After much discussion, finally, last summer (year #9) we decided to build a raised bed around our ugly hydro pole that sits obstructing the view in the centre of the yard. Around this pole…
Yesterday, June 17th, 2016, was a tough day. We should have been celebrating our Rhythm girl’s 11th birthday but in January of this year she was diagnosed with a mast cell tumor and sadly, her life was cut short as I had to help her cross the Rainbow Bridge on April 17th. Logically, I know we were lucky to have had her in our lives for a decade and that we were also lucky, as some are not,…
So I love the idea of blogging, journaling and diaries, but some how I can never seem to get in the habit of actually doing it. I’m not a good writer and when I sit down to blog or journal I always feel blank and overwhelmed…where I begin?? BUT (enter thing that might make this attemp successfull) I do LOVE to take photos, LOTS of photos,…
Work in progress, ‘Phillip’, 12″x16″, mixed media on canvas, 2016 What’s that old saying a change is as good as a rest? Truth be told, I had become a bit bored and disillusioned with painting, so over the last 10 months I decided to take a break and went exploring into the digital and fibre worlds. Well, I’m happy to say that my painting ‘mojo’ returned this weekend; I picked up…
