I’m a bit behind schedule owing to a wonderful weekend on Salt Spring where I ate, socialized, danced and led dances at the Salt Spring Island Scottish Country Dance Club‘s 20th annual Robbie Burn‘s evening. Thinking about Robbie Burns got me wondering about Scottish artists. I could only come up with two off the
It was Whistler last time and now it’s Plaskett inspiring me to try leaving part of the paper untouched by pastel (see my last blog on Joseph Plaskett’s pastels by clicking here). I’m also influenced by Plaskett to try more colourful paper than I used in Sheep’s Folly (see my Whistler inspired pastel here).
Back in November, I was introduced to Whistler’s pastels in the form of The Beadstringers. I wasn’t aware of Whistler’s pastels and was blown away by how expressive and beautiful they are. We’re all familiar with some of James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s well-known works like this iconic beauty: and this gorgeous painting
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Yesterday, my honey and I went to see the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, on the big screen. Cam had never seen it before (can you believe that??) and I’d only ever seen it on TV before. It was well and truly wonderful and as always, brought tears and laughter.
BARRINGTON THE HORSE I was recently in Ontario visiting my sister Andrea. My first day there, we had to take Barrington, a BIG beautiful horse, to the vet to have his leg checked out. It was fascinating to see the vets and assistant look him over, examining him by ultra sound and 3-D
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