Ramblings Archive October 2007

September 27th, 2007

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Well, I am tremendously pleased with the book"Following the Vision". On the way to the launch in Halifax, I was worried about whether my paintings would be reproduced to my standards and whether "my" chapter would by a solid addition to the book. I was totally satisfied and I loved all the essays and the art work of the other five artists. So much of Tom Forrestal's essay rang true with me. Being an artist is never an easy road. We strive for perfection and have to be satisfied with being human. (And as I was driving the shore yesterday I found some little lawn lighthouses that I must tell Heather MacLeod about).

September 16th, 2007

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Lots of stuff that I wanted to put in the journal has happened lately but I’ve been too busy painting to stop and write it down. One day recently I was sitting on the edge of the bank in Soley Town capturing the low tide in paint when suddenly I realized that it was four hours later and what I was looking at was high tide! I stopped the low tide painting and did a high tide one. Then after finishing high tide, I went back and finished low tide.

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 Also last week, I painted my favourite porch in Great Village. One of the best parts of painting here is having tea and a chin wag with Donalda. This particular day, she had a small bouquet of nasturtiums. I was gob smacked with the colours. I couldn’t get them out of my mind. Since then, I’ve been photographing nasturtiums, painting nasturtiums and dying wool to hook nasturtiums.

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This morning I was finally forced to sit in one spot.my_on_asthma_machine_painti_textmedium My asthma is out of control and has been for several weeks and I haven’t made time to stop and use my asthma machine.


This morning I was forced to have twenty minutes sitting in my chair in the bedroom. There was this wonderful early morning light on the marsh. I started with a quick sketch in my journal

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quick sketch of view from bed room

While I was doing it, I knew it needed to be in colour and so I got my purse paints and captured the light. Already the lighting has completely changed and that elusive early morning glow is gone. 

October 4th, 2007

Tower at Saint's Rest

Tower at Saint's Rest

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Today I have to stop painting and start hanging the Open House Exhibition. It's always a big job but it gives me the chance once a year to have everything hung in just the right places instead of just filling in spots after paintings are sold. Also this is Thanksgiving this weekend and I have so much to be thankful for. I will certainly make time to sit back and enjoy a day off! When I was out scouting around for something to paint yesterday I viewed this tower built by a former painting student of mine. I loved it's whimsy!  

October 2nd, 2007

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Autumn is here and the colours are starting.  Yesterday, as I was checking out views at Little Bass, I saw the marsh, the beautiful low tide (quickly coming in and changing) and the hint of Autumn colours in the trees.
I sat right down and this is the result
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Then on the way home from painting, I spied an old wooden chair that someone had put out for cleanup day.  I hop out and stuffed it onto the front seat of my Beetle.  I thought that sanded and painted a glorious nasturtium red and with my new hooked nasturtium piece on the seat, it will be a glorious chair.  And it seemed so fitting to have a garbage chair and recycled wool blankets find new life as a functional piece of art.