Sunday, December 27, 2020

DANCERS


                                         Playful images in ink and acrylic paint.  18"x12" 

                                                   





HOVERINGS

 HOVERINGS ... named for the posture I took when painting them: hovered over the piece of ragpaper infused with acrylic    24"x18"   that laid on the floor. This began my path toward artwork that had more line and less colour.    sumi ink brushwork. acrylic paint   2018  











 

Sunday, December 6, 2020

Sunrise?: sunset?

 Inspired by a beautiful photo of a sunset from Bruce's deck and then, from my own window, by yesterday's sunrise.

Unfortunately, once done I found the stretcher boards to have a warp ... sadly ... still for sale tho' ... 

                                                          new stretcher boards found!

                                                             16"x40"



 

Sunday, November 15, 2020

NEW WORK


                                                                         24" x 30"

                                                                   acrylic on canvas

                                                                 

Inspired by the little yellow cut flower on my studio's windowsill ... the day after Saskatoon's  biggest snowfall since 2007. 


Sunday, November 8, 2020

NEW PAINTINGS: TRIPTYCH

SOLD 
COLLECTION: JO-ANN AND STEVE   

The following group of three are a return to the brushwork and colours of my earlier years. 

There is no particular message or physical inspiration. The work emerged out of my body as it moved with the brush. A delightful dance. 


                                          
                                24"x 48"   
                        acrylic on canvas



                                 24" x 18"  
                        acrylic on canvas


                                  24" x 18"   
                         acrylic on canvas

Thursday, November 5, 2020

New painting

 


                  36"x36"      acrylic on canvas

                      

Inspired by stanzas in a poem by Pablo Neruda: 

                        Keeping Quiet

" For once on the face of the earth,

   Let's not speak in any language;

   Let's stop for one second,

   and not move our arms so much.


   It would be an exotic moment

   Without rush, without engines.

   We would all be together

    in a sudden strangeness."




         


Saturday, September 19, 2020

EXhibit up! FRANCIS MORRISON LIBRARY GALLERY

 After 2 days and with the assistance of betty and ken, ALWAYS COMING HOME is up. I 'snapped' the few photos below with my less than stellar photog skills and cell phone. Next week the professionals get in to begin the development of the virtual tour, later to be loaded onto the SILS site. (Link will appear in this blog once provided)

The installation will be up until November 13. Individual or bubble-viewing by appointment is planned. 

This will be SILS first virtual gallery exhibition and very exciting for all of us involved. I would like to thank Stevie Horn and library management for agreeing to my proposal to create an actual walking & talking tour of the exhibit. 

To get a preview of some of the artwork return to home page and scroll down to an entry from september 2019. 





The exhibit was up for 2 months during covid-induced lockdown. During that time the Saskatoon Central Library Systems 
(SLS ) agreed to create a virtual exhibit so that the work could be seen.  It took 2 months to get it up and running. Check out the SLS site to see the exhibit, an audio of me reading the text on the pieces and a Q&A between gallery coordinator and artist ... moi!