looking south over dummer township . . . .
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
golden
i was riding home yesterday as big brother sun slipped back behind the hills on the far side of the otonabee river valley. a chance opening in the leaves of the trees on the west side of the path let some of the last pure golden light onto - well - this beautiful (albeit sneeze-making to some) goldenrod . . .
Monday, August 28, 2017
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Friday, August 25, 2017
bottled gentian
a new to me indigenous species . . .
i saw this just south of lakefield yesterday . . . .
Bottled gentian (Gentian andrewsii)
i saw this just south of lakefield yesterday . . . .
Bottled gentian (Gentian andrewsii)
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
intuitive painting
an intuitive painting workshop with my friend brianna gosselin . . . .
midway through the process . . . .
midway through the process . . . .
it is very messy work . . . .
for a change!
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Monday, August 21, 2017
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Friday, August 18, 2017
a new flower in the garden
martha washington's . . . i hadn't heard of them until we discovered a few in the "leave 'em for dead" bin . . . we got a great price on them, and slowly but surely they've returned from their state of near goneness . . . this is the first flower they've produced . . . .
Thursday, August 17, 2017
international black cat day
yes it is!
here's mica (the black girl kitten) snuggled in with moksha her striped tabby brother . . .
here's mica (the black girl kitten) snuggled in with moksha her striped tabby brother . . .
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
a new piece
she challenged me:
"create a painting that uses grey scale - and one other colour."
i chose blue . . .
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Monday, August 14, 2017
studio buddies
when i paint, these two like to keep me company. sometimes resting their paws on my shoulders to watch, sometimes racing across my lap in the middle of one of their scraps . . . .
usually though, they snuggle together and sleep . . .
usually though, they snuggle together and sleep . . .
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Saturday, August 12, 2017
trusting in the good stuff!
among the small joys . . . alternately trusting and ignoring the directions on her cell phone as we made our way across the southern ontario landscape . . .
Friday, August 11, 2017
just finished . . .
this would have been my dad's birthday . . .
i used this day to create a small six by six inch painting . . . .
i used this day to create a small six by six inch painting . . . .
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Monday, August 7, 2017
ride to the hills
my favourite part of the ride north through the hills to my home in peterborough is the view from perrytown across the ganaraska forest . . .
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