Second session on this painting it's not easy getting a perfect resemblance . Working over gold means not being able to fix any mistakes ,much like watercolor Once touch it doesn't come off
This is probably the most challenging work I've done
Guess i'll keep working till i get it right 

 

inspiration found me

This is a photo of M.Marc LeBlanc he sudenly passed away in 2000i think at the age of 25
I got a commission to do his portrait in large format over gold I began this morning and things are progressing well
I felt very sad for the loss his parents must feel
I feel the work i'm doing ,is part of something important
Handsome isn't he! 

Picassa Collage

These are older works from last year
Picassa has a fun option to make collages but-doesn't let chose where to colle!I would have prefered handling the spots myself
Seems I'm playing a lot more than painting lately
I need to be inspired==any hints ? 

beginning

This photo is bad
I need a better digital camera,my hand is not steady enough for no flash pics are always blurry
i like this painting ( i see the right eye looks a liyttle off,easy to fix)
i think it just may be my provincial competition entree

....a few more sessions to go

my friend marie

This is my friend Marie I love the feeling in this pic
It will be my next subject I'm starting today
I have no large canvases,but a smaller one will be a good test for a larger
I plan on doing a gold spray underpainting 

aberdeen

These are the three paintings i hung with the help of my friend Sharon today
Thanks to her remembering her camera i have these pics(thanks Sharon) 

Not very pretty

I get a lot of ideas for paintings, as you may have noticed.Paintings I never create
Here are images of myself with the frustration of all the questions that being an artist bring me
they may never be painted by me
Edvard Munch did it so well


My minds eye sees 36x35 over gold done softly with rag application 

 

not sure about the title of this painting

i'd love some suggestions sorry about the flash
It's not quite finished,but i sure wish it was . I'm beginning to dislike it 

Man whatwas I thinking

I may never achieve what my minds eye sees 

My livingroom today

I've begun the painting of sonny's crowd
Here are three works at different stages. I notice to be slowing down some in production ,but it is quite comfortable slow and steady.I feel more certain about my choices and where I'm headed
Selfdoubt is the artist enemy
I think our confidence levels fluctuate Then become evident in the work Recently I have become aware of this factor not only in art,but also in all areas of living 

Sonny's photo

My Australian fashion photogragher friend(link) took this photo I have been looking at it for months ,now I do think Sonny is ok with me using his pics as long as I give him proper credit
I will also tell you his life is so amazing travel ,women,food,sights,nice weather,beaches(beyond anyones wildest dreams)
I'm a stay at home mom and have adventures of another sort(which is ok too)
I'm very happy.
ok back to the photo the more I look at it the more I see potential for abstraction and beautiful color harmonie
It has been altered here to my liking and will be my next project (if thats ok with you Sonny ;) 

my living room today

i've been luckuy the last few days i've sold jane and maybe Runway 2 the empty spots on the gallery wall need to be filled so tomorrow i think i'll bring slumber(the one on the right ) and centered the floral on the bottom the brightly painted man is the one i'm working on now my time's running out for mini show at the cultural center i need to work harder maybe that should be the New Years resolution Work!Work! Work!
I thought it would be to drink less and save money hehe 

 

best of 2006

Sold

temptation de la chair

I've decided to do a chair series for my miniexpo in january Boy Santa's gonna be busy
if i don't get a chance to blog again i'd like to wish everyone the Merriest of holidays ,I've enjoyed getting a peak into all my links blogs You guys are really cool thanks for the inspiration you give
JOYEUX NOEL
MERRY CHRISTMAS 

santa's comin

  

possible next subject?? 

organic yet abstact

 

Today's pears

i haven't painted in a while but i got a bit nervous that i was loosing the agility,so i did a still life Still life i appreciate ,but am not very good at. this mesures 11x14(small for me)
This pic has a glare ,sorry,but it shows the palette knife strokes well
i'll post again withour the glare 

Grace done by my Mom

This is a watercolor painted by my mother who is also an artist Grace (the model )is a watercolorist too
What fun we have here, our coastal artistic community we are like bids of a feather....but some of us fly south ... A Grace:)

Wedding Painting

This is a painting a did a few years ago one of my first i entered it in a competition and to my surprize i won thirdplace( provincial ribbon)
I think that event led me to keep painting and I'm happy to have the opportunity to continue
My mother got third place last spring and she has been painting ever since

This painting was the one I traded

It measures36x36 oil over acrylic

First Snow

Last night I went outside and was taken with how beautiful the first snow always is . I forget from season to season what things look like.
So I decided to take pictures it was dark so the lighting is strange
I finally did manage to paint I had a trade of art to make good on
I guess i'd been to busy to settle down long enough to paint it I'll post a picture of before I trade her
I'm receiving for exchange a pastel work by Suzanne Dallaire(I'm very happy to have one of her works) I'll also post a pic of it and Sheri Burhoe's painting as well
I found a great spot for it Sheri it's perfect :)
I got some good news this morning , HeronbayGalery sold Full Bodied and also Mr Georges Goguen offered me an exhibition spot at the Aberdeen Cutural Center in Moncton I accepted ,it is in January 2007
I have ideas for some new work I'm getting excited about trying something different 

Getting ready for Christmas

This is detail from our tree (totallychildproof) I've been spending money like mad cleaning and sorting out toys for the arrival if the new ones
Haven't had tmuch time to paint or to blog I've discovered a new on line gallery that may be of interest to some it's called Saatchi Gallery
There is place to blog there and a chat line for artist I'll add the link soon
I miss painting I hope to get to it soon