7″X5″ Acrylic on board
A familiar sight to anyone who tries to cross the canal on the Lakeshore Road at about 5:30 on a late winter evening. One of those situations where the visor really doesn’t help. You have to drive one-handed while using the othe… [...]
I got tired of having my little paintings festooning every window and door frame in the house. I actually made this very rudimentary rack to display some of them for a craft show I went to in the Fall, but it works very well as a place to dry [...]
7″X5″ Oil on board
At last the days are getting a little longer. This is a sight that often greets me as I get out of work and start for home
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7″X5″ Oil on boardHappy Christmas everyone!
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7″X5″ Oil on boardYes it is starting to look quite Christmassy out there and it has been quite cold (well not by Winnipeg standards) around -7 C. I am not sure how much painting I am going to be able to get done over the next few days but you will prob… [...]
5.5″X7″ Marker on paper
I love drawing winter trees, they are both a challenging and a forgiving study. It is easy to get lost in the detail, but it doesn’t really matter too much if you do.
Today is Groundhog Day, a quaint North American tradition that holds that if the groundhog sees his shadow when he comes [...]
8″X5″ Pen on paper
Sitting up in the donors’ lounge again at lunch time, I watched these starlings as they flocked to the narrow strip of bare ground along the edge of the building. I don’t know what they were finding to eat there but there were hundreds of them. Of course they weren’t still for [...]
7″X5″ WC pencil on paper
The high temperature today was -14C at noon. Going to work this morning and coming home, it was a lot colder than that, especially with the “wind-chill factor”.
I have had this photograph since around this time last year, but I drove past them today and the light looked much the [...]
8″X10″ Pastel on paper
Part of my new regime includes allowing myself to post some older pieces. I chose this one because I don’t think I have posted any pastels here yet, and because the weather looks about right for the time of year. I did it about four or five years ago and it was actually [...]
8″X5.5″ Pen on paper
I have lost track of how many “Noon on the Common” drawings and paintings I have done. I realized that I have this great view from the lounge at the theatre, so I may do this same view a few times over the winter and spring, before the season starts. I took a [...]