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Painting Houseplant Geographies

Painting Houseplant Geographies

Outdoor painting season is over. My energy and focus is turning inward to the rediscovery of the quiet beauty of my collection of houseplants, which become my living muses during...

Painting Houseplant Geographies

Outdoor painting season is over. My energy and focus is turning inward to the rediscovery of the quiet beauty of my collection of houseplants, which become my living muses during...

Limping Through Fall

Limping Through Fall

I love painting outside at our lake cottage in the Canadian Shield, but this year has been a challenge. I hurt my knee and navigating the rocky terrain is problematic....

Limping Through Fall

I love painting outside at our lake cottage in the Canadian Shield, but this year has been a challenge. I hurt my knee and navigating the rocky terrain is problematic....

Transition Time

Transition Time

Explore how Canada’s fall atmosphere shapes landscape painting. Learn how mist, light, changing colours and seasonal mood influence painters’ brushstrokes and creative choices.  

Transition Time

Explore how Canada’s fall atmosphere shapes landscape painting. Learn how mist, light, changing colours and seasonal mood influence painters’ brushstrokes and creative choices.  

Summer Haze

Summer Haze

Ever wonder what it’s like to paint a landscape out in the wild versus back in the studio? This week on the blog, I’m sharing the joys and challenges of...

Summer Haze

Ever wonder what it’s like to paint a landscape out in the wild versus back in the studio? This week on the blog, I’m sharing the joys and challenges of...

Expressionist vs Representational Painting

Expressionist vs Representational Painting

In my latest blog post, I’m diving into a topic that’s close to my creative heart: the tension between expressionist and representational painting. Whether I’m painting a single rose or...

Expressionist vs Representational Painting

In my latest blog post, I’m diving into a topic that’s close to my creative heart: the tension between expressionist and representational painting. Whether I’m painting a single rose or...

Sustainability in the Studio: Comparing Oil, Acrylic, and Watercolour Paints

Sustainability in the Studio: Comparing Oil, Ac...

Painters are surrounded by beautiful colours—but have you ever wondered about the environmental footprint of artist’s materials? In my latest blog, I break down the sustainability of oil, acrylic, and...

Sustainability in the Studio: Comparing Oil, Ac...

Painters are surrounded by beautiful colours—but have you ever wondered about the environmental footprint of artist’s materials? In my latest blog, I break down the sustainability of oil, acrylic, and...