landscape art ⋆ Karen Phillips Curran Visual Artist in Nova Scotia

Spring !!

Phillips-Curran — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 20:16:51 +0000

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

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Life Is An Art and Mary’s Tree

Phillips-Curran — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 16:09:47 +0000

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

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Sound the retreat! (Artist’s retreat that is)

Phillips-Curran — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 15:26:29 +0000

We all need a little time away to rejuvenate our “creative selves”. In October of last year, I went to Newfoundland for a month long stay at Bareneed Studios on the Port de Grave peninsula. I had been planning the visit for a few years. I found some sweet inspiration there and … Read More

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in like a lion!

Phillips-Curran — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:55:58 +0000

Even though blankets of new fallen snow greet me here in southwestern Nova Scotia, part of me knows that spring is on its way. My rooster, Ziggy, vehemently tells me, often, throughout the day. His actions towards the hens is another clear indication that he is ‘thinking spring’. He stands and stares … Read More

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reassembling life

Phillips-Curran — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:07:18 +0000

moving along is existential… Read More

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moving on

Phillips-Curran — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:22:29 +0000

I'm moving my Ontario studio to far shores and offer you an opportunity to lighen the load, take home a window of the world for your wall... life is an art… Read More

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thankfully

Phillips-Curran — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 20:32:34 +0000

Its autumn now and the colours here in Ontario are at their best right now, today this afternoon! The people who are supposed to stay home are following each other down the road. I wonder at it all. Fall has been the subject of not a few of my pieces, its fun … Read More

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life is an art

Phillips-Curran — Sat, 11 Jul 2020 14:30:16 +0000

watercolours to get cool… Read More

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life is an art 3

Phillips-Curran — Sun, 31 May 2020 12:20:37 +0000

Some of us are deep into our isolation. We are about to break free from the chrysalis of our time alone. Our world begins to open up after quarentine. My life has had self isolation as a theme for many years. I moved into a boarding house while I was in high … Read More

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petrichor

Phillips-Curran — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:35:07 +0000

petrichor PRONUNCIATION: (PET-ri-kuhr) MEANING: noun: The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.

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