Expressing The Inner Life
A young artist I know, a very prolific painter whose work is full of energy, colour and joy, recently posted a self-portrait on...
A young artist I know, a very prolific painter whose work is full of energy, colour and joy, recently posted a self-portrait on...
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...
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...
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...
Work on the troublesome portrait commission has continued. Although progress has been slow, there has been progress nonetheless, and I am...
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...
That was the first sojourn in The West. The second and longer one came after a Masters degree in librarianship from Dalhousie, 1981-83....
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...
Education and stuff... It was far too irresponsible (according to my father) to go to art school, so instead I attended St. Mary’s...