Sunday, December 13, 2009

By-Hand Artists - 12 Days of Christmas

This is Day ONE....and I am about to open a gift. Santa's creative helpers have helped to fill the sleigh. There are 5 more to arrive, but doesn't this look wonderful. Well, I can hardly wait any longer....

Monday, November 16, 2009


The background is a Christmas collage, and the tree is embossed with gold.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

At the Beach with Bumpa


This is a painting of my grandaughter Chloe with her grampa, whom she calls "Bumpa".
Acrylic

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Christmas Card



Green card stock was embossed using a Cuttlebug, and put on gold background. The tree was decorated with a gold leaf pen and Stickles.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Wide Awake Poppy

This painting is one of the painting that were hung this morning at Sybil Andrews Cottage.
The Sybil Andrews Society along with the Driftwod Society are having a show there for a couple of weeks. The cottage is now a heritage site as Sybil Andrews (1898-1992) was an internationally known linocut artist.

Acrylic

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

A gift from Paradise


Shortly after bringing the Bird of Paradise into the house for the winter she gave us this beautiful bloom with several more on their way.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Art Show at the Tidemark Theatre for the month of June

Catherine MacLeod, Carrie Mulcahy, Heather Hughson and myself held an art show at the Tidemark for the month of June. We had a terrific response from our opening of the show on June 7th.
Upon entering the theatre we had two paintings each, and then we hung our paintings in group.
"Rowboat waiting to fish and "Old and still loved" are two of my acrylic paintings.




Sunday, February 15, 2009

Sitting Squash















Sitting Squash
Watercolour
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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Pansies waiting to be potted














Mixed Media
Watercolour/Acrylic
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ATC Colour Challenge

The Colour "Indigo"
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ATC Colour Challenge

The colour "blue".
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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Paverpol Polly

This young lady was created at a Paverpol workshop held in a Yurt. She is weatherproof and can add class to a garden. Fabric is treated with Paverpol and then draped over figure that was fashioned out of wire, foil, cotton. Paverpol comes in many colours.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

ATC Swap -Techiques


This was one of my first attempts at doing an ATC. It was a swap using and sharing techniques. This atc was done on upholsters fabric, using puff paint,Tyvek, a heating tool, and Lumiere paints. Beads and wire heart were added and the words "Be".
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