Art in the Quarantine Age
What a year it’s been! Like everyone else, I’ve seen a lot more of my house this past year than usual. Although I’m usually home quite a lot, since that’s […]
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Studio Journal 2: Starting Points
Whenever I’m faced with a daunting project, I always think of it as a tangle of string, and start searching for an end to tug, tracing the knots to unwind […]
The Measure of an Artist
Happy New Year! Here’s this bright shiny year, as full of promise as an blank sheet of paper, and maybe as scary too, for the same reasons. Thankfully, we all […]
Trip Cancellation Blues
Alas and alack! Sometimes the spirit is eager but the body says no. Last week at InCON, I came down with the horrible “cold” (which seems a gross understatement for […]
Everyday Art
Hi everybody! February has been a busy month of art-making for me. I wrote at the beginning of the month about the Opus Daily Practice Challenge; now it’s the end […]
Finding Forgotten Art
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been cleaning out my “away” studio, preparing to leave it at the end of July, retreating into my home studio to focus fully […]
After the Whirlwind
Sometimes it seems to me that like life is a big, irresistible wind: a wall of atmosphere that picks up this puny human and sweeps her willy-nilly through the sky. […]
A Mazing Time
Another year is on the wane, winking out like the stars in the morning. 2015, as with all years, has had its own distinctive personality, with quirks and vices and virtues. […]
I Have a Shop!
… Or, er, well, it’s a start, anyway. I am signed up with Redbubble and have uploaded one image so far, so I wanted to crow about it. I just […]
The Studio Shuffle
Once again, I’m pulling up stakes and moving my studio — but not too far this time, just across the room to a slightly larger space! I share a studio […]
A VanCAF Adventure!
I’m not sure you can really call something an adventure if everything goes like clockwork, but it was a great way to kick off the new book! After a bit of […]
Thickening the (Webcomic) Plot
I’ve just posted page 10 of Mermaid Music, my webcomic-that-will-someday-be-a-graphic-novel. I’m starting to feel in the swing of things now, and despite a very busy (hectic, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, feverish, […]
Open Studio Day
The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft agley —Robert Burns Opening my studio to the public is always a tricky business for me. I have two studios; the […]
Reflecting, Regrouping, Rehearsing
There are times in an artist’s life where one has to stop running headlong into the next project, and stop and look around to get one’s bearings. I seem to be […]
From Yukon to Beach
Whoosh! I’m here and gone again – back from a fantastic convention in Whitehorse, Yukon, which I will tell you more about when I get back from a much-needed vacation. […]
Informing the Muse
Summer Drawing Challenge Day 2 Do we need words? No, we do not. For more Iris the Art Muse comics, click her tab in the menu bar at the top. […]
Summer Drawing Challenge!
Gulp. I’m doing it again. Iris, my Art Muse, is going to have a fit when she hears about this. But I did warn her, way back when we completed […]
News Flash!
EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT!!! I just got a two page spread (wasn’t expecting that!) in our neighbourhood community newspaper. (UPDATE:) I’ve made a page of the e-interview by Shylene […]
Featured TCAF creator: Joan Steacy
This is the second of my posts about artists who were at TCAF this past weekend. Today I’m featuring my friend and mentor, Joan Steacy! Follow the links in the […]
Procrastination and the Muse
Drawing-a-Day 27 Just in case you’ve been wondering about the back side of Iris the Art Muse’s sash:
Blogging and the Virtual Studio Tour
Today’s article on WordPress’s The Daily Post, “Who Is Your Reader”, got me thinking. Who am I writing for? Well, if you’re reading this, you, of course! You’re visiting my […]
New Year, New Career, New Blog
So. Somewhat to my surprise, I’ve been on this planet for very nearly 60 years. I’ve been an artist for most of that time, sometimes making a living that way, […]
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