Our family grew up in Washington state, the Evergreen state, home of Mt. Rainier. Prior posts, I may have mentioned a few times something about the ever-present grey skies and drizzle. I left out The Mountain. Probably due to said clouds obscured it so often! Mt. Rainier is surrounded by national and state forests […]
What wondrous things a palette knife can do! Soft diffusions of colours and tones and heaped up delicious globs of paint, I think I’m a bit obsessed with my PK 1008 palette knife. But I’m sure you can see why its so easy to get lost in all the delightful patterns, textures and colours that’s […]
My artist’s eye is quick to see what my friends and family often miss. I imagine you can relate! The artist’s eye never slumbers, never pauses. Throughout the day, all day long … its constantly searching…. for textures, colours, shapes, lines, patterns and tones. Maybe that explains why some are just a wee bit tired […]
Henry Matisse has many great quotes, but two especially, resonate within me: “Would it not be best to leave room to mystery?” and “I do not literally paint that table but the emotion it produces upon me.” The spirit in which I paint integrates both of these concepts. Matisse painted […]
When the crow calls, what does it mean? I asked myself on my last bush walking adventure through the park and through the swamp. Did I know if it was really a crow, or is it a raven? Inquiring minds want to know so I’d better find out! After a morning of research on crow […]
Autumn Aglow Landscape is a mixed media painting that I’ve used Prussian Blue to create the tree foliage. The painting was done in a loose, interpretative and impressionistic approach…no brushes! My reference sources were from my recent walks and taking quite a few photographs of the autumn leaves, water reflections in the late […]
Prussian blue is a deep and mysterious blue paint that creates the most magnificent foliage greenery. I love its tonal ranges from a very dilute pale cool greeny blue to the full mass tone of near midnight blue black. Prussian Blue This blue paint was created by accident around 1706 by a […]
Happy Mother’s Day! Thank You to all the Mothers who devote their hearts, souls, lives ensuring their children are loved and know it! When your children are little, they may not tell you but your love means more than anything to them. Thank you. Mother’s Day is a celebration, a remembrance, a memorial. Mother’s Day […]
Lovely and gorgeous, I couldn’t resist this delicately coloured rose-pink hibiscus on my fantastic “detour” the other day. I took photos not only of Autumn Water Reflections, but a number of very intriguing subjects as well. I can’t wait to get out there and accidentally, of course, have a few more happy detours […]
I had lots of Good intentions today, but I admit I was led astray… or rather down the garden path. Its my day off, I had a large ‘to do’ list with going to the shops first on my agenda. However – I stopped and grabbed my camera off the kitchen bench as I was […]
