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Acorns

5.5″X8″ Mixed media on paper The parking lot is littered with these things and they present quite a hazard to pedestrians who walk under the trees as they fall. [...]

Fire Escape

5.5″X7″ Pen & wash on paper The fire escapes and balconies of Montreal play a large part in defining her character. This one, drawn from the inside looking out, leads down to an alley (allĂ©e, rouelle?) behind avenue du Parc. [...]

Vines

5.5″X3.5″ Mixed media on paper Blazing hot today. I found a tree to sit under and looked for something to paint. They finally mowed the common so there aren’t too many of the lovely meadow flowers left but the grape vines are coming back all over. … [...]

Down by the River

5.5″X3.5″ Pen & graphitint pencil on paper There is a tiny beach at the bottom of Ball Avenue in NOTL. Hardly anyone ever goes there, even at the height of tourist season when the town is teeming with people. It makes a pleasant spot to eat my … [...]

House by the Fort

5.5″X3.5″ Pen & graphitint on paper Sitting between Fort George and the Niagara River, this little stone house is nestled among some old overgrown apple trees. I am not sure of its history, I don’t think it is privately owned any more, it may b… [...]

Etrog Sculpture

5.5″X8″ Pen & pencil on paper The inscription reads: Sorel Etrog – Hasidic Head – Bronze 1959. It is an interesting lump of metal but I don’t actually see the resemblance. Oh well, it was something to draw at lunchtime, made a change from the c… [...]

More Ladies Who Lunch

7″X5.5″ Pen & wash on paper Nobody I know this time, just some ladies enjoying an al fresco lunch at the Epicurean before going to see a show at The Shaw. [...]

Bench

8″X5″ Pen, pencil & wash on paper I spent a few minutes in my father-in-law’s beautiful garden at lunchtime. It is a lovely spot and has been featured in a number of publications including Canadian Gardening. My sons have been doing some heavy … [...]

Gothic Barn

7″X5″ Pen on paper

It is hard to go anywhere in Niagara-on-the-Lake without tripping over an antique shop. This barn is a classic “gothic vernacular”, a style which was very common for homes in Southern Ontario in the latter part of the 19th century. It is a little more unusual to find barns [...]

When all else fails, draw the cat

7″X5″ Pen on paper

“A portrait is a picture in which there is just a tiny little something not quite right about the mouth. (John Singer Sargent)” (or the eyes).

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