I met Esther and Dennis at The Artist Project 2015. They were shopping for pieces to place in their beautiful newly built home in London, ON. They were choosing between my piece and a couple of others that they had seen at the show. I believe they understood that the artists at the show had brought their best and had decided beforehand whose work they wanted to see. I was privileged that they chose a [...]
It has been a great summer and fall! This week I learned that I won the honour of having my image of Celeste be the Royal Winter Fair poster! Then later that week I won the Readers Choice for Best Local Artist in Hamilton, Ontario. I am thrilled and humbled for both of these awards. I am looking forward to attending the Royal Winter Fair this year. It has been a while and I will [...]
Whew! The Artist Project 2013 at the Better Living Center in Toronto is over! Thank you so much to those who visited me and purchased work. I had a very interesting experience with a particular client. Jennifer and her husband Bill bought a piece called "The Red Door". It was the story as well as the image that caught their attention. I had painted the image from a photo I had taken of a home [...]
Some times I am asked what my technique entails. I thought I would walk you through the stages of a painting! Stage one is the preparation of a canvas. I usually paint the canvas red, although you could use any colour. I then draw on with chalk my image and then "ink" it in with a paynes grey or purple paint. Stage two is colour blocking. I start to fill in the positive, or "foreground" [...]
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