This morning we have nearly a foot of snow here in James Bay, Victoria. Its beginning to melt which is a shame, wet snow and ice are not so much fun as the new, fluffy, dog-friendly, romp-around kind. It gives everyone a chance to get out and walk while driving looks impossible and I see singles, couples and groups of people out walking the tracks between the drifts. Even in the present dismal political and economic scene it is possible now to get out and have fun.
A painting for the upcoming exhibit titled ‘The Shortest Day’ is taken from a sketch that I’ll include in the show. Artwork that expresses the dark before the light, this piece also holds an element of fun as the raindrops swirl across the canvas and the shadowy red landscape lurks behind.
‘The Shortest Day’ 44 x 48 inches
‘The Shortest Day’ Sketch
My art focus rests on the upcoming show, and in the studio yesterday I was stretching a bright and abundant canvas, the ‘light’ part of my exhibit ‘Triumph of Light’. The final stretching of canvas onto frame is exciting. Its usually the first time that I can see the final artwork and while I have been imagining how the where the edges of the canvas will turn over the sides of the stretcher, it is only now that the painting emerges. In my studio ‘The Apple Tree’ was stretched and finished.
‘The Apple Tree’ stretched in my studio
‘The Apple Tree’ 44 x 48 inches