Tag: Blog Post
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Push & Pull
I’ll be updating my website with an image of this new painted wood cutout soon. For now though, just a little teaser. I’m still trying to think of a good title for this piece…. Any suggestions?
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The Four Walls of My Studio
I set up my studio for a studio visit the other day and realized I had a lot of work! Since I don’t really put everything on display and set everything up like this very often, I thought it was a good opportunity to take some photos…so I thought why not do a 360 shot…
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Spring – Pink & Blue Blooms
It’s good to be back in the studio and working again. I’ve been busy working on the wood cut outs I made in Banff, but I didn’t have enough time while there to actually paint them. Trying something different this time, the way that I’m painting the flowers. We’ll see how it looks when the…
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Portrait Painting as an Act of Love
When I was doing research for my MA thesis paper on portraiture, in 2003, I came across a story by Pliny the Elder. It was about the invention of drawing/painting. A Corinthian maiden traced the profile of her lover using charcoal and the shadow of his face on a wall. He was about to depart…
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And then it snowed
I thought I was escaping the snow of Banff…only to return to Vancouver and have it snow here. Some photos of Kitsilano Beach, covered in a blanket of snow. The clouds were dark and low…the mountains hidden. The water lapped up on the beach and tickled the edge of the snow. I felt pretty lucky at…