Canadian Watercolour and Chalk Pastel Artist

...... and the process of choosing my next photo reference. It's been a cold, backwards spring this year. My heart breaks for our...

I am happy with the latest apple - bottom left. For light green spots, I applied Friskit with a toothpick over the already dry green...

So, the fun for me is always figuring out how to achieve a realistic painting that I like. Two things work for me. 1. "Pushing the...

Have paint, will travel. I'm camping at my sister's place in Grey County, ON. While she works on her artwork, her kitty and I are...

Charlie, age 4, drew this lady for me. I think this lady would order French toast during the Renaissance, don't you? Her hair would...

I have a new collaborator! Grand-daughter, Charlie just turned 4 years old. She spends lots of time drawing and creating with her Mom...

There are artists who have large inventories of their paintings. Not me. When I get tired of looking at a painting, I cut it up. Yup! ...

“The poetry of the earth is never dead.” John Keats Naming a painting is almost more fun than painting one for me. I wanted to convey...

If you look carefully at this almost-finished painting, you will see that the grassy area under the plate of fruit is much lighter than...

I could have titled this, "Update on currant painting" too. I've been continuing in my "Stuff in Containers on the Grass" series for the...