Week-end Inspirations!

My week-end was spent enjoying the textures, 

colours and shapes of  fall

 and

spending a day with my smallest muse!

Alivia Jay

Everyone is Welcome...

Still Waiting....

Into the Fog

This painting along with "Late Summer" have been accepted into the Coast Collective Collaboration Show with The Churchill Society, one day only, Oct 29th at The Atrium downtown Victoria.

12" x 12" acrylic on wood cradled panel
SOLD

Late Summer

I finished this acrylic painting on the week-end, between cooking, eating, visiting, eating, and more visiting!

Acrylic painting 12" x 12" on wood cradled panel.

SOLD

Waiting....

Since I'm going to be a grandmother very shortly, I dusted off some knitting needles and made this little hat.

Monotype "Valley Sunset"

This is a monotype, I did last June, I didn't blog it because I wasn't crazy about the picture and kept thinking I would take a better one, well it never happened and the painting is now ( along with a few other paintings) at the "Chiropractor for Life" offices in Langford. I did this monotype after driving through the Fraser Valley during twilight, the light was very nostalgic for me, having grown up in the valley.

Image size 8 x 10

Look to the  upper right and click on "Inspiration, Motivation, Muse"!

Colours of Autumn

Art in the Garden



 Some photos from last month when some friends took us to visit the Botanical Gardens in Tofino!

The rains begin... and color harmony!

An example of split-complementary colors (as seen through my studio window), orange and purple with a bit of green.

Happy Birthday Timothy!

Thanks for showing us Vancouver!

Into the Fog

We walked down to the water this afternoon, to watch the fog burn off. 

Good-Bye Summer

 Well, life isn't getting less busy and I'm finding this September (which is my favourite time of year) flying by!!

Watermelon Slices

This painting will also be in the "Food for Thought" show at the Coast Collective!

Image size 10 x 13 watercolour and gouache



Aubergines

I tried making baba ghanoush for an event this past week-end, but I ended up not serving it. It didn't look at all like the picture.  I am much happier with the painting and I'm glad to say that it will be in the "Food for Thought" Show at the Coast Collective, Sept 21 to Oct 9

Acrylic on Linen 10 x 10.

SOLD

Lemons with Lime

I couldn't resist painting these lemons (and lime) that were on my counter!

Acrylic on Linen 12 x 12 SOLD

Cherries

It has been a while since I have used watercolour. In this painting I started with transparent watercolour and  added white gouache to the backround. The photo does not show it, but I like the contrast, of the opaque look of gouache, and the translucent look of watercolour.

Image size 11 x 14 SOLD

Monotype "Golden Evening"

There is nothing like walking in the evening until the last bit of light disappears.  This monotype plus 17 other paintings and monotypes of mine are showing at "The Gingergroup" until the end of September.

Image size 10" x 13"

Monotype "Colour of August"

I have started to read Twyla Tharp's book "The Creative Habit", she talks about rituals which help the creative habit.

The last few weeks I have started the ritual of getting up an hour earlier before work to focus on art, and not being a morning person, I am pleased to note there are more scribbles in my sketch book and more ideas have lingered on my mind through out the day.

Image size 10" x 13"