This summer I had the priviledge to paint the installation for the Oscar Peterson bronze sculpture created by Ruth Abernethy. The corner of Elgin and Albert Streets was blocked off as the Queen and Prince Philip unveiled it. It was a proud moment for all of us who worked on the event. … Read More
I’ve spent a bit of time this summer painting a few botanicals, they are acrylics on canvas and have black wooden frames. They are 5×5 inches….
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.
Life slips by with such speed these days…its hard to keep up! My time in Korea seems the distant past, I’ve painted two theatre productions since my return. (The Governor General Awards in the Southam Hall opera stage, as well and a most wonderful production of a Norse tale called The Changeling, … Read More
The city of Seoul is large, huge, monumental, it is grand, it is massive…I know you get the point. I live in a town of fewer than 100 people, it has taken me a week to get used to all this. I come from a country that is young, the antiquity here … Read More
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
Shoot for the stars, I always do, guess I’m an idealist. Here I am at Cobalt Studios, learning all I can about scenic painting. The best tool a scenic artist has is ingenuity- how can I get this done, the fastest, most efficient, physically easiest method? (You begin the think this way … Read More