Fire!

The Changeling, the last production of the year at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. It is a Norse children’s fable, with trolls and cats and ducks…, you get the picture. I’m here painting one of the several folding panels that indicate a fire….seen through the various windows of the main flat.

home again

Image shown is one of the projects I did while at Cobalt Studios. It is 9′ x 12′ painted on muslin in traditional theatrical style designed and painted by…me. Ahhh, that delicious feeling of arriving home again, all that familiarity kissing you on the face.Life switches gears now, and the self~directed approach … Read More

Cobalt

A drive, a path I’ve not taken before, leads me to Cobalt Studios, nestled on the edge of the Catskills, wonder and experience anew awaits me, tantalizing me, teasing me, almost scaring me, until I settle in. A short walk through the wintery woods of New York state brings me to the … Read More

Buried Child

The set for Buried Child, a Sam Shepard play, is finished except for the final touches. It lies in wait in the now quiet workshop; in the dim light, it has a spooky presence, and rightly so. It consists of high walls made of slats, that we wallpapered over then cut out … Read More

Happy Days are here

‘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)

“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

selling art

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

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