Crafting Custom Paintings of Homes & Gardens
A restored heritage house becoming a well-loved home & gathering place… and a garden lovingly created over several decades being passed along to new owners…
Read the stories behind three recent commissions and learn about my process for creating custom paintings. See how a commission goes from initial conversation, through gathering reference photos, creating and reviewing pencil sketches, and finally to creating the finished piece.
Lunenburg’s Newest Art Gallery + Paintings Featuring the Historic Town
A group of eleven local artists (including me!) have recently opened a beautiful art gallery in downtown Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
The gallery is located on what is known as “Gallery Row” along with a variety of other established galleries. The gallery world is a new experience for me. Below, the regular journey I make along the coast from my home in Broad Cove to the gallery – and a selection of my paintings featuring the historic town of Lunenburg.
Six New Prints in the Shop
Six gorgeous new prints have now been added to the online shop!
These high-quality archival fine art prints are created from my original gouache or acrylic paintings that were made over the past year-and-a-half. They’ve been added a roster of 20+ prints, giving you a beautiful selection of imagery to choose from. Select a few of your favourites to hang together or add to a gallery wall!
A gallery of Winter Paintings + the benefitS of creating small studies
Creating small gouache studies of the snowy landscape is a way to explore new ideas and capture memories of the season.
I had a stack of beautiful watercolour paper, cut into small sheets, that had been kicking around the studio for a number of years. It seemed like it time to create something with it. Here, a gallery of 20+ small winterscapes, painted in gouache over the course of the winter – plus a few favourites from past winters.
A New Gallery Coming to Lunenburg
I’m thrilled to be part of a new artist-run gallery that will be opening this spring in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Gallery on Lincoln is owned and operated by a small group of local artists and has been taking shape behind the scenes. Over the past months, we have been busy designing the logo and branding, creating signage and marketing materials, building a website, putting logistics in place, and getting the gallery space ready for our opening exhibit. Here is the press release!
Behind-the-Scenes: How I created my newest studio paintings
See how I created the pieces in my upcoming collection, Walking Between Worlds
As you probably know by now, walking is my favourite way to get gather ideas for new paintings. The paintings featured here are part of my upcoming collection, Walking Between Worlds, and captures moments seen while on various walks around Nova Scotia.
My First Solo Gallery Show
This summer marked my first solo gallery show. View pictures of the show and get a glimpse of my upcoming collection!
It was fantastic to be in a room filled with my paintings (in a wonderful setting!), to meet so many visitors, and to see their responses to the art. I’m excited to continue along this journey and see where it leads.
Late Afternoon Series
A new series of Nova Scotia houses captured in late afternoon sunlight
In late afternoon, especially in fall and winter, the sun is low in the sky, casting a distinctive warm reddish-orange light. This is a new series of SIX paintings and will be on display at the Seaside Artisans Show.
Being seen & sharing your work
Maintaining creative flow in the studio while putting your work out into the world
Sharing yourself and your work can feel intensely personal. The stress of it can be so distracting that it gets in the way of maintaining a healthy creative flow. I share, two essential components to navigating this successfully – plus a bonus section on dealin with criticism, and on critiquing your own work!
Here & There: Paintings of home
Paintings of our Montréal condo and our coastal house in Nova Scotia that seem to unintentionally mirror each other (painted years apart)
I love to create these intimately personal scenes around the house. It can be like a visual diary of sorts to have these quiet interior paintings of corners of my home. The spaces themselves, the light, and the items used and loved are all reflected in these little personal snippets of life…
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