Canadian Watercolour and Chalk Pastel Artist

I think I've gone as far as I can on the bottom grasses. They are looking fairly three-dimensional. I've also spent time darkening some...

Watercolour classes at The Painted Tree in beautiful downtown Cobourg are beginning again this week for me. Wednesday evening I'll...

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...

Saturday, June 23 at 1 PM - 4 PM is when the Art Gallery of Northumberland will hold their first annual Live Auction. If you've never...

It's always a thrill to help folks discover and improve their drawing skills. Today's workshop at The Painted Tree, art store in...

Our upcoming Wednesday evening class is full! We've added a new Monday evening class at The Painted Tree, art store in downtown Cobourg,...

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...

Truth & Beauty. This one's rather dark, but then again..... sometimes life gets dark. It was quite difficult to find a way to...

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! ...

Saturday, May 12 will be my next Drawing workshop at The Painted Tree in lovely downtown Cobourg. One of the exercises we do is to draw...

One of the exercises we do during our "See Better, Draw Better" workshops is drawing our own footwear. Today, two students drew my...

“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 am always blown away by how much my drawing students learn in a one day workshop. Today's "See Better, Draw Better" drawing workshop...

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...