Ramblings Archive June 2007

June 25th, 2007

Joy and Yolanda

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Here's the Finished Painting

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Yolande took me on a splendid picnic today at Partridge Island, one of my favourite places.

                                   Yolande and Joy discover new view of Partridge Islandem

Not only was the picnic delicious, it was also very healthy.

Then she gave a tour of her scenic painting done for the set of Ship's Company Theatre.  It was amazing.  A huge stage of plywood had been painted to look exactly like old worn weathered pine boards.  She also had a big pile of old beams (which she easily lifted with one hand because she had made them out of ply wood and they were hollow.  Most amusing were the set of scuba tanks made with cardboard, styrafoam, plumbing supplies and candy thermometers.

Before I left on the picnic, I painted in our back yard.
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June 23, 2007

Vasili and Us

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I'm having a marvellous day off today. Jim and I went into town for breakfast and then to Searles Nursery to pick up Vasili, our Russian Olive tree. Vasili was a wedding present from Shawna and Annie, two of my high school friends who still are very important in my life. Vasili is named after my Grandfather Snihur who hailed from the Ukraine. We thought it was close enough to Russian. My family never knew that my grandfather's name was Vasili, but rather they thought it was Wesley and Wesley is on his tomb stone-- Also my Dad was named after him. My grandfather was always called Bill and my Dad was called little Billy. When he met my Mom she said if your name is Wes why do people call you Bill. He said he had no idea why and she called Wes ever after. My sister was doing research on line after everyone was dead and solved the mystery. Vasili is William in Ukrainian hence the Bill and doesn't Wesley sound allot more like Vasili than William sounds like Vasili. Anyways Vaisili, our Vasili is twice as big as he was supposed to be so we shall have to dig a humungeous hole for him. We also bought him two feed bags of goat manure that is sure to help him settle in. 


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Then on the way home with Vasili hanging out the back of the truck, I saw a marvelous rocking chair like the one I love to paint for sale in front of the Antique Shop in Great Village. Well back I went and although I didn't end up buying the rocking chair out front, I did buy two other old ones that I will paint up red and green and put on stripped cushions. I suspect that they will be in lots of future paintings.


 

June 22, 2007

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Got up this morning and it's pouring rain. I have two paintings that I want to finish (one of kids polywogging- full sheet and coming along nicely and one of my favourite porch started on location this week) But I looked out the bedroom window and the purple lupins are out by the pond and the yellow iris are blooming in the pond, yellow pansies in front and yellow finches overhead. waterfall with mauvy rocks in the distance. The idea appeals to me to try to pull the entire feeling together, close up in a loose wet on wet approach. As an artist, I think it's essencial to pay attention to ideas when they float by.


 

 

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