'Daffodil Burlesque Celebration with Cat'... Enticing curves, darting eyes with charcoal in hand, this is the action responding to a posing nude, holding their pose, for the artist to metamorphous into art. And then there is the cat, puuurrrrring.
'Daffodil Burlesque Celebration with Cat'... Enticing curves, darting eyes with charcoal in hand, this is the action responding to a posing nude, holding their pose, for the artist to metamorphous into art. And then there is the cat, puuurrrrring.
Paper collaging is snipping into the creative abyss of endless choices to stick on paper. Collage makes friends with other mediums such as gouache, watercolor, acrylic, art crayons, and foils for the latest multimedia nudes series.
A commission for a dog portrait came about this summer. I got to learn a little about the breed Chow Chow and reach out to the spirit of BEAR through oil paint. I hoped to catch his furry magnificence and his personality essence.
This winter I enjoyed playing with the new 5 Color Holbein Acrylic Gouache set while always looking for a product that performs well with multi-media artworks adding pens & watercolor. Turns out Holbein Acrylic Gouache has unique attributes that combine the durability of acrylic paint & the mat surface quality for a finish like traditional water-based gouache.
Derwent XL Graphite Blocks & Strathmore Artagain Drawing Paper are two art products I recently purchased for expanding my drawing skills. The result of these two products is my whimsical drawing titled, 'There is a Unicorn in my Rock Garden'.
Washing dishes by hand is meditation beyond my kitchen window when peering upon the grand showcase of nature and wildlife. The window inspiration was captured with a pencil drawing inviting the viewer into my world along the east coast of Nova Scotia.
October 2020, I decided it was time to do a liver cleanse to renew, restore and get ready for a winter season of art-making in the studio. And then the unbelievable happened to my skin!