I’ve enjoyed a flurry of painting activity lately – which is a good thing since I have an exhibition happening in late April at Yumart, here in Toronto. It’s a curious thing. At times painting comes easy to me, but those times are bracketed by… Read More
Note to self…stop in Wilson next trip to NC… Mr. Simpson passed in June of last year at age 94, but he left behind plenty of joy in his intricate creations.
Sometimes my paintings take years to complete, but ususally, once I decide they’re done, they’re done. However, I finished a painting perhaps a year and a half or more ago that has been bothering me since. I posted it on this blog back then. I… Read More
I dropped by the opening reception for Peter Templeman’s exhibition at Yumart this afternoon. I enjoyed the exhibition very much and had an opportunity to chat with Peter about his work. It’s a funny thing – I’ve been aware of Peter’s work for years and… Read More
I’ve been working on several smallish paintings in my little basement studio. Some of these are paintings that have been in play down there for some time (in a couple cases, for years). I even took one painting I thought I had finished some time… Read More
I was looking at some older paintings in my little basement studio today and this one caught my eye. It’s a small oil painting called Forest of No Return that I made in 2006. The title Forest of No Return refers to a song from… Read More
Today we visited the Art Gallery of Ontario, along with some wonderful company, to see The Great Upheaval – Masterpieces from the Guggenheim Collection, 1910-1918. There are plenty of really good paintings to see there – and today there were plenty of people too. I’m… Read More
I have a number of paintings at various stages of completion right now in my little basement studio. Things are going well down there. Here’s a little taste – a studio snapshot of the latest painting from the Lost Forest…
Some days I envy painters who have the ability to preconceive their paintings. I knew a painter who would make a planning drawing for each painting and even label areas with descriptions of texture and colour. These were like road-maps to his paintings. Then he… Read More
The Job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery – Francis Bacon I’ve been painting for many years and still the whole business is a big mystery to me. Sometimes I look around in my studio at paintings I’ve done and I wonder,… Read More
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