Art is what I create, for your walls and for your heart and soul. Define your life with decor that represents you, where you’ve been how you feel or want to feel and the colours you love.
August was a wonderful month. Its usual richness of growth has been stunted this year by drought conditions, but the blue skies are a sight to see. Mid month a friend and I serendipitously formulated a day for an adventure. The tide was full and we hoped its regular departure from the … Read More
Life is an Art April showers Walking between the raindrops The Shepherdess’ This mixed media piece is from my time at Artsplace in Annapolis Royal. I created a dozen new pieces while in residence and experimented with a few new alternative techniques I had wanted to explore. These girls figure prominently throughout … Read More
Hey I’m doing the thing I never thought I would, painting on rocks. For many years my passion was observing and painting realistic watercolour images of stones underwater. Hence the moniker: Riverstones Studio…These days I use acrylics more than watercolours. I went to a local Plein Air event called Paint the Town. … Read More
Ahh the splash of seawater resonates. I am here in the east coast near the Bay of Fundy and I visit the Annapolis Basin frequently. The inspiration I glean from these visits sustains me. The waves soothe me or excite me depending upon their mood! This piece currently resides in Teichert Gallery … Read More
Summertime! Life is an art in the summertime. Summer is a tad short in Canada, so every day that is summer, is here to live love and laugh your way through it. It is a time of tremendous growth, my second crop of peas is almost ready! by Karen in July … Read More
Sound the Retreat! What IS an artists’ retreat anyway? Retreat implies running away, but I prefer to think of it as running toward and leaving behind, albeit temporarily. A retreat is a place where you can focus on your work, or a project or just be inspired!!! I am offering an artists’ … Read More
Riverstones Studio Life is an Art Phillips Curran, visual artist spring! As we age in this life, we all gather symbols to tell us spring is here…these days mine is magnolia. My personal signs for spring have adapted to my new surroundings. The garden zone I’ve moved to is much kinder, milder … Read More
Karen Phillips~curran Life is the art! Tales from the studio Mornings here in Nova Scotia are different. The difference? I’m retired…! What? Do artists retire? I don’t think so. It’s a ruse… I’ve been creating colourful imagery all my life. Some evenings I spent an hour with my grandson drawing a … Read More
Karen Phillips CurranNEWSLETTERFebruary 10, 2023mornings This morning,The soft, gradual apricot glow of the winter sun pushes its way to the crest of the far hills of this Bear River valley.With patience, I soak in the grace, the gradual mesmerizing ascent, and its measured glow. It’s as if it waits each day to … Read More