Bermudifulllll The transition from the cold blue light of a Canadian winter to the warm yellow light of Bermuda is, well, heartwarming. For me, Bermuda is all about the light. It is a palette of warmth. I use my cool blue for contrast, to accentuate the warmth. I am indeed enchanted by … 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
Well, a new play at the NAC so I was just in doing the paint touchups. The set had travelled from Toronto and had also spent time in storage, so it needed a bit of TLC. That’s why I am here. Now it looks as fresh as the day it was conceived, … Read More
Well, all is said and done as far as paint goes. The set for Falstaff at the National arts Centre in Ottawa is up, on stage and tech week is in full swing. I was in for the paint call, where touch ups and adjustments top the set are made, a last … Read More
Set painting, always a challenge. I paint the sets at the NAC and a new designer always means a new challenge. The challenge this time, for the production of Falstaff is to create back lit stained glass window, without using stained glass of course, this is theatre after all and nothing is … Read More
Well, summer is back with a vengeance, a last big effort, heat billows around us and we swelter, hot sun belies the date. But I remember years ago, going to school in my new woolen uniform with knee sock in heat like this. My school tie ringing wet by the end of … Read More
Summer is ending I don’t want it to go,…. I did not get out enough to draw! The intentions were there, but not the time. I want the rolls of hay in freshly cut fields, the sunlight playing on the rich golden hues contrasted by the complementary blue sky, a world of … Read More
Some would argue that now is not a beginning, having been here for almost three months. I would argue that since I am not yet unpacked, I am still in the beginning process. After being wrenched unceremoniously from my home on the night of April 3rd, I have had to reassemble my … Read More