One hour sketch

I'm impatiently waiting. I had my pastel drawings sent to my Montana shipping address. It is generally easier to have things shipped there and then I go down every 2 0r 3 months and pick up a number of items. Having things from the states shipped to Canada takes a long time and there is a charge for clearing customs. Plus, driving to Eureka is a nice trip and they have a great little 50's style diner, the Jax Cafe. Try the squash soup, it's fab!


Technical note: I just signed up for the Arts Map. It's a free service and I was advised of it's existence by Nancy Standlee and Robert Burridge's websites. You might want to check it out.

A pause revisited

Using photoshop, I removed all the color until the image was just black and white and I flipped it so that it viewed the opposite way (head facing left instead of right) and discovered that part of the problem was that her head was too wide...so I went back in and narrowed her face down. Then, I toned down some of the oranges...I think I'm done with this one. I need a better title, however.

A pause

This is the painting that I have been futzing with for days. I am going to leave it for now.

In the Pink

Weird, I thought sure I had posted this painting before. Oh well. I seem to really crave pink and orange for the last few months. What can I say, it makes me feel happy. Morgan has a wonderful sunny living room in her turn of the century apartment. It's great to just hang over the sofa and watch the action on the street below. The three flights of stairs are a good workout!

Rodeo Saturday Night

I took a photograph of this "cowgirl" at the Cranbrook rodeo. I though she looked pretty snappy in her pink hat, white boots and floral dress. She may not have been conventionally pretty, or young or "stylish" but she was enjoying herself and her companion was definetly enjoying her.