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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Sandpiper at Sunset
I think this is my best pastel painting since I first picked up a soft pastel stick. I am trying to overcome a tendency to over work my paintings, part of the age-old issue of knowing when to stop. and … Continue reading
Posted in Dry Media, Pastels, Seascape
Tagged Art, Bay of Banderas, Cheeky Monkey, dry media, Mexico, Nuevo Vallarta, ocean, Pacific Ocean, Painting, Pastel, sandpiper, sea, seascape, Sennelier, soft pastels, sunset, tequila sunrise, tourist, Visual Arts
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The Edmonton Jewish Cemetery (Snow Day)
The Edmonton Jewish Cemetery is almost directly across the street from the building where I work. I took a picture of it (actually several) from our parking lot the other day when we had our first major snow storm of … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Dry Media, Pastels, Urban Landscape
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, dry media, Edmonton, Painting, Pastel, soft pastels, urban landscape, Visual Arts
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A Circle of Friends
None of my “real-world” friends are artists, mostly because I came very late in life to the world of artists. Not through junior high, high school, or university did I study any form of art. English was my major and … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Dry Media, Pastels, Portraits
Tagged circle of friends, dry media, friends, Painting, Pastel, portrait, soft pastels, Visual Arts
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Trash Can painting!
The Millwoods Artists Collective hosted a community trash-can painting event on October 20th. Half a dozen trash cans were set up in the Millwoods Town Centre Mall, and the people came out to paint them. They will be placed around … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Urban Landscape
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, community, Edmonton, Millwoods, Millwoods Artists Collective, MWAC, trash-can painting, urban landscape, Visual Arts
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Havana Street Scene
Cuba is experiencing a kind of economic and cultural renaissance since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the “passing of the baton” from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul. Because the country is still in the early years of … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, Dry Media, Pastels, Urban Landscape
Tagged Art, Caribbean, Cuba, dry media, Havana, Painting, Pastel, soft pastels, urban landscape, visual art
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