Category: Painting
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Canadian Shield Redux
I recently saw this watercolor painting, done many years ago by me, hanging in the bedroom of Jacob and Shawna. I thought to myself that it was a pretty good painting and further thought that I might explore that composition in the media that I use now. So, for the Beaches JazzFest Show at Liz’s…
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“3Co” – Three’s Company @ Cobalt Gallery
Here’s what’s happening, now … After months of renovations, including the removal of all the remaining knob and tube wiring in a hundred year old Beach house, the time has come to get back to the business and fun of creating. Even though projects upgrading my house have finished, the city of Toronto is in…
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#5 Resin has its reason!
Women strolling in the Rain One of my more recent paintings was inspired by this 1934 photograph from an anonymous photographer. I was intrigued to capture these two women walking arm in arm in the rain wearing their tailored coats and fashionable shoes. Rendering a black and white photograph on to a canvas with unlimited…
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#4 The First Show – Part II
The Party!! The Show is hung!! Everything is ready for opening night! Now the fun begins! … I’m extremely happy with the presentation of the paintings. About 70 personal invitations have been sent out along with local advertisements, and at the Joy Bistro every customer has been given a show card with his bill!
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#3 The First Show – Part I
In the previous post I told you about how both Gallery 888 and its owner, Liz Russ, came into my life, so you would understand the unique constellation of events that allowed me to have my first show in the venue of my fantasy. The Making of an Art Show: The idea: Every person who…
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#2 About Gallery 888
In the beginning of this process, I was nervous about putting words to my images, after all I’m a visual person, not a verbal one. Yet, after the first post, I’m feeling what a liberating experience is this blogging thing! It’s rather like going to a psychotherapist: you keep talking and talking while no one…
she paints; she is a painter 