This year I have enjoyed creating Christmas art. It started back in September with a painting for a Christmas card. The inspiration for this 4 x 6 inch watercolour was a stained glass creche made by a friend. Laid in a Manger - Mixed Media on Paper, 4 x 6 inches. Then in late September… Continue reading Christmas Art
Tomorrow is election day in our province. Have you had it with polls? I hope you have the patience for just one more. Duck Pond Morning - Watercolor, 9x12 inches Duck Pond Poll Crows are campaigningfor the abolition of eagles and hawks.Starlings are a pollster’s nightmarecan’t make up their minds about anything.Ducks hang around the… Continue reading Duck Pond Poll
This is the Thanksgiving weekend in Canada and it's not hard to be thankful! As I see and hear news from around the world, I am so grateful for the blessing of having been born in this beautiful, peaceful country. Yes, we have our problems, about which we do our share of complaining. But when… Continue reading Thanksgiving
I’ve been having a lot of fun, learning some new painting techniques from teacher extraordinaire Ali Kay! Last week I joined in on her Paint Week, where one of our projects was painting a pumpkin and sunflowers. That painting reminded me of an ode to a pumpkin I wrote a few years ago. I’m re-posting… Continue reading To Pumpkin
I’m sure you’ve heard of Emily Carr, one of Canada’s (and B.C.’s) most famous artists. Carr was born and lived for most of her life in Victoria, B.C. (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945). She painted in a loose Post-Impressionistic style, not unlike her contemporaries in the Group of Seven. Favourite subjects were B.C.… Continue reading Emily Carr As I Knew Her – review
The curator of our church’s Inspired Arts Gallery has just hung a new show! “A Christian as Artist” features the work of sixteen artists. Each artist has also contributed a short written statement of how art and their practice of it is an expression of their faith and spirituality. Today I’m sharing my contribution to… Continue reading A Christian as Artist – exhibition
Since leaving Acrylic University, my focus has shifted from acrylic to… ?? There is so much stimulation online—so many things to try, courses to take, interests to pursue that I’m beginning to feel ‘deer in the headlights.’ To still this cacophony, I often I find myself going back to the simple way I started pursuing… Continue reading Waterlily series
Happy September! After a great summer which included a two-month blogging break, I’m back. One lovely summer surprise was an email from Stephen Kenned (former editor of the Testimony magazine and fellow poet). He told me about a new chapbook he had recently published and would I like a copy? YES! I Read Your Poems… Continue reading I Read Your Poems Out Loud (review)
On Monday, July 1, we celebrate Canada Day. WE LOVE YOU, CANADA! This week, in honor of Canada’s 157th birthday, a re-post of “Flag,” a poem about our flag that I wrote some years ago. Flag “National flag of Canadatwo by length and one by width, redcontaining in its center a white squarethe width of… Continue reading Happy Birthday Canada!
I have been noticing lately how some of the things I feel inspired to paint are another expression of poems I have written. Today’s little offering here is one such. I don't sew much any more (I'm way out of practice and my machine needs servicing) but this painting and poem take me back to… Continue reading Sewing notions
Violet Nesdoly 