A young artist I know, a very prolific painter whose work is full of energy, colour and joy, recently posted a self-portrait on Instagram. It was a very simp...

It’s strange how the creative process works, at least for me. I was in the studio this week, working on a large still life of tulips. I finished up all I wan...

A bit of time has passed since my last post, but now that the Christmas and New Year’s madness is over and the quiet, relative calm of deep winter is upon us...

The pesky portrait project appears to be over. I sent a photo of the nearly-finished piece to the client for approval, and received a “thumbs down” icon in r...

Work on the troublesome portrait commission has continued. Although progress has been slow, there has been progress nonetheless, and I am confident that it w...

November 9, 2018 It’s a beautiful day on the Eastern Shore, more like an early spring day rather than a late fall one. I’m sitting in the Clipper Gallery sur...

That was the first sojourn in The West. The second and longer one came after a Masters degree in librarianship from Dalhousie, 1981-83. The first job offer a...

How I Became A Painter Perhaps the best place to begin an artist’s blog is at the beginning, how the artist became conscious of his or her artistic temperame...

Education and stuff... It was far too irresponsible (according to my father) to go to art school, so instead I attended St. Mary’s University in Halifax wher...