The third in a series, the pastel that I am about to show you has been half, no, more than three quarters finished since September last year. (I only know this from the notes in iPhoto on the progression photos – I couldn’t believe it’s been a year!) Sometimes pieces need to sit for awhile.
The other side of the blank canvas syndrome is the When is a painting finished question. Today I bring you a creation that I started some time ago and have worked on, on and off, over the last few months. It’s one of those really exploratory pieces I’ve been doing, ones where I
I know it’s been awhile since I last wrote: Cam and I have just returned from a week in Chicago (mostly for a growing-your-business summit) and while there, I just didn’t get to writing. Right before we left, I uploaded a new pastel painting demo to YouTube but ran out of time to write a
A couple of weeks ago, I went to visit my Mum and Dad on Salt Spring. It had been a while since I’d spent some time with them and although I have good friends on SSI and always want to visit everyone, I decided to spend the time wholly with my parents. We planned to
Do you remember a while back I wrote a blog on the work of Joan Mitchell, a new discovery for me at the time? If you missed it or want to reread it, just click here. Once I had discovered her work, there was no going back. And so, at the time, I started a
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