Category: Inspiration

Portraits – traditional and well, not so traditional

  Portraits. Does that word conjure up for you a certain look, a certain feeling? It does for me. And even though I know it can mean more, especially in this day and age, I imagine all those fabulous paintings seen in the great museums of the world, paintings that speak of technique, of understanding,

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Rothko and RED

  I promised at the end of my last blog that I’d tell you about the play RED. WOW, that’s all I can say about the play written by John Logan about the time when Mark Rothko was painting the Seagram murals (1958/9). I lie – that’s not all I can or will say about

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Sentinels – sculpture and painting on Salt Spring Island

  Oh my, it’s been over a week since I last posted. Blame my absence on family… I am! It was all about visiting and catching up. Even so, we did squeeze in some arty stuff.   I’d like to tell you about our visit to the Sculpture Park at Duthie Gallery on Salt Spring

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Emily Carr, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo and some other gals

  A few days ago I visited Emily Carr House on Government Street here in Victoria BC.     I went with three lovely women – Shirlee, Susan, and Donna, girlfriends and art colleagues – who travelled from Salt Spring for a Victoria art get-together – first my studio, then Emily Carr House then a

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Got my art fix on a short trip through southern BC

  So, I’m back after six nights away on a road trip (was it only six nights???). It was pretty wonderful! I had three opportunities to get an art fix during the trip and I sucked it all up. The primary reason for our getaway was to visit Cam’s step daughter, artist Asha Robertson, in

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