I did a major studio clean-up and reorganization recently and have started on a new painting after taking an extended break. Actually, I’m reworking something I started ages ago that was going nowhere fast. Suddenly, fog in my brain around this painting is clear. Working… Read More
We’re used to much of the fare on television reduced to formulaic reality show competition. Now art too has become a competition. This live event is apparently quite popular. To me, art, and painting in particular, has always been something special. I recall as a… Read More
I made this painting, (or should I say alter my ego Eugene Knapik made this painting?) back in 1998 and exhibited it, along with a group of very small oil paintings, in an exhibition in Toronto called Canadian Shield. The exhibition was a large-scale group… Read More
For no reason I can think of, this afternoon I recalled a song I used to really like called The Train by The Roches. I had their first record, on vinyl of course. There was something about their harmonies and their quirky lyrics that captured… Read More
I came across this amongst my files this afternoon. A few years ago, I was doing some fly fishing and camping on the Upper Michigan Penninsula when I saw this sign at the side of the road. Food. Not burgers and fries; not pasties; not… Read More
We completed another bird mosaic and I installed this goldfinch this afternoon.
People stumble into this blog while searching for all kinds of things (after all, why come here on purpose?). The search term of the day is: grooming tricks to make them fluffy newf. Memphis doesn’t really get fluffy. Ellie Mae does get fluffy after grooming… Read More
We were at the Ron Bloore memorial event Sunday night at the Royal Ontario Museum. Former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson spoke, along with a few others, including Ron’s long-time studio assistant and friend Hank Roest. A number of Bloore’s paintings were hung, reminding me what… Read More
Bau-Xi Galleries in Toronto is organizing a Regina 5 exhibition in memory of Ron Bloore, who passed away on September 4 of this year. They’ve also put some images of Bloore’s paintings up on their website. Bloore was an uncompromising painter with a surprisingly playful… Read More
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