I use acrylic paint to create images of so many things it’s hard to know where to begin. My life as an artist has covered so many realms of thought and using colour shape and texture I tell a story. The story is usually of a moment in time that has struck me in one way or another. Our stories define us and that definition can become universal to a degree when folks outside my experience connect with my work and bring it into their life. Acrylic paint is easy to use, and can be manipulated to appear like other mediums so is flexible and long-lasting. It can be used to apply colour texture and images to a variety of surfaces, always a helpful tendency.
I thank my talent on a daily basis. It is so much of what I am now, after all these years of being a painter it is part of my cellular structure, it is deeply embedded in my being. I take the world around me, the one I experience, and endeavour to … Read More
‘Well Done’ I say. The play Happy Days is up and running at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. I was there to be a part of opening night. It is a wonderful production. The play is intriguing, as Samuel Beckett explores with humour and a, barely underlying, dark sensibility. It speaks … Read More
“Summer Works (In Progress)” is the theme at the gallery right now. I am working hard this summer, using a newfound creative fire to keep on paintin’. A steady stream of a few new series has kept me busy this summer. Right now there are watercolours of fabulous dancing shadows on the … Read More
After over three years of poor vision, as a result of an iris melanoma tumor in my eye, I have my sight back! Modern medicine is to be congratulated! I can see again. Colour has returned as well, I had not realized I had lost it. How have I been painting all … Read More
The Snow Show is the latest National Arts Centre production. Its a play about the time the Thames froze…1605 I think… The best part was doing a 10 foot by 20 foot map of London circa 1605. It is detailed and a wonderful image on unbleached cotton. It is sewn up to … Read More
Ah, the vagaries of weather can once again be blamed for a poor showing at an art sale. (Its always good to have a handy excuse why art is not selling. It’s an easy choice, there are so many opportunities to gather excuses too!) Selling one’s own art is an art. Your … Read More
Several months ago now, I produced a 4 foot by 8-foot painting of a rock pool, on canvas. It is for Art Floor a company that produces high end, practically indestructible, floor panels. You can read about it in the Ottawa Citizen article on Saturday, November 17, 2007. Here’s the link http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/homes/story.html?id=2f99c25c-1773-4dd7-8803-5886812bd55d. … Read More