A few months ago, I saw a couple of blow-me-away paintings posted on Facebook by one of my arty friends. They were by John Twachtman, an artist I’d vaguely heard of, knew he was classed as one of the American Impressionists but that was it and even that I wasn’t sure about. So, curious, I
As promised in my last blog, here’s the other most commented on painting on the Fernwood Art Stroll. Crazily, I can’t find any photos showing the process of the painting (did I really not take any??) which is pretty frustrating considering it was so interesting for me to follow where the painting led. Anyway, here’s
Father’s Day My Dad had a big operation this year (as did my Mum back in February) and events like these always give one reason to pause, to assess, to confirm that love is shown in all ways, if not always spoken about. And so this blog is written to show and to say
My friend Sandy has just taken off to Maui for three weeks and that got me thinking about my previous blog about Georgia O’Keeffe and my discovery during my research that she had been to Hawaii. Did you know she’d been to Hawaii?? This revelation came as a complete surprise to me. Previously
A fairly quiet day but those who came made me blush with their compliments. Although the sun surprisingly was out, it just got greyer and windier and finally mid afternoon the rain came down! One of the more interesting conversations I had was with a woman originally from France. When she first saw Emily Carr’s
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