October 31, 2013
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Ready….

Movember starts tomorrow and I’m ready. As my friends and family will tell you, I’ve never had a moustashe that hasn’t been suitably attached to a beard, but I can do this thing. Movember is a great cause and supporting my silly moustache supports some super men’s health initiatives. Already, friends and family have been donating – I’m up to $555 already. To all of you who have gone to my Movember page and made a donation, thank you so much. I’ve given myself a goal of $1000 raised by the end of the month.

Now for the fun part – to grow a quality mo. If all goes well, I might even keep it. I feel a fashion statement coming on! I’ll post updates every week or so….

October 29, 2013
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The Homes of Donegal

I’m really looking forward to the Paul Brady performance at Hugh’s Room tomorrow night. Here he is with Hiroshi Yamaguchi performing a very unusual and striking version of The Homes of Donegal…

And here is Mr. Brady playing his Arthur McBride. Perfect.

OK, just one more…The Lakes of Pontchartrain

October 28, 2013
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Underground

IMG_0119I’ve made two series of paintings called Underground over the years as well as some one-offs. Along with a few other themes, such as The Source and Forest of No Return, or Lost Forest, I seem to come back to them over and over again. I suppose over time we simply find our themes. This is another picture I made on the ipad using the Procreate app. I’ve been making these digital images specifically for publication on 27th Street, but at the same time, I’m amassing a new image-bank of ideas, some of which may just find their way into a new series of large paintings.

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October 28, 2013
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Woodstove and Cardinal

IMG_0117The female cardinal is temporarily hanging by the woodstove while Tuffy P finishes the male. I snapped this photo with a flash and light was a bit low, so resolution isn’t great, but I kind of like how it looks anyway so I thought I’d share it.

October 27, 2013
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I feel a new canjo coming on….

Today we visited Nice Old Stuff in Jarvis ON and came home with a car-full of stuff we couldn’t live without. Among the things we found was a fantastic maple syrup can – English on one side, French on the other. It is in excellent shape and is going to be perfect for a maple syrup can banjo. It will be a sweet instrument if you know what I mean. That’s on my to-do list right after I get around to finishing the mountain banjo that’s been on the go in the workshop for too long. Time to refocus…

DSC04461DSC04462Another fun item we found there was what I can only call a dream on a stick. I installed it in the garden as soon as we got home. (look just under the canoe in the picture)

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