Behind-the-Scenes: How I created my newest studio paintings
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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.

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New Horizons Collection (Paintings 15-22)
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New Horizons Collection (Paintings 15-22)

The next paintings in the collection – and their stories

The New Horizons Collection is a collection of twenty-two original paintings. They capture the beauty and variety of the light and weather of the coastal landscape I now call home.

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New Horizons Collection (Paintings 8-14)
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New Horizons Collection (Paintings 8-14)

The next paintings in the collection – and their stories

The New Horizons Collection is a collection of twenty-two original paintings. They capture the beauty and variety of the light and weather of the coastal landscape I now call home.

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New Horizons Collection (Paintings  1-7)
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New Horizons Collection (Paintings 1-7)

The first paintings in the collection – and their stories

The New Horizons Collection is a collection of twenty-two original paintings. They capture the beauty and variety of the light and weather of the coastal landscape I now call home.

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Living by the Sea
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Living by the Sea

Finding a new sense of place

It’s astonishing how far the sound of the ocean can travel. My home is tucked away on a back road, but I can hear the roar or hushed swoosh of waves almost all the time. The ocean and its big open skies have become a living presence in my life.

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Moody Paintings of Interiors
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Moody Paintings of Interiors

The curiosity & excitement that comes when your work takes on new directions

I’ve been working my way through a self-directed online painting class. It’s supposed to be a landscape painting class, but since it’s been snowy and cold outside, I’ve been painting any and every scene I can find around our Montreal condo. It’s been an unexpected treat to have these paintings to remember our place by when we move to our farmhouse in Nova Scotia.

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Farewell and Thank You, Montreal
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Farewell and Thank You, Montreal

A collection of painted memories of our time in this city

It has come time to say farewell to Montreal. I will miss the couple who sit on a bench in the park gently plucking their banjos, the people who ride or walk down our street singing (it happens so often we call it ‘the singing street’), the patchwork of houses and shops, frequent coffee shop windows, the tumble of gardens and green laneways…

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Painted Story: We Bought a Farm
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Painted Story: We Bought a Farm

The story behind our move from city to country

This is the first in a new series of featured Painted Stories. These are painted portraits of a home, business, or place that is important to someone and the story that accompanies it. I hope you will love seeing the spaces that are important to people, learning a part of their story, and seeing it in painted form. I thought for this first post, why not start with myself?

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Daily Paintings: Memories of Walks
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Daily Paintings: Memories of Walks

Uncovering patterns in your creative work

Many of my mornings over the past few months have been spent in the studio, painting. I’ve been going back to the basics – making work for myself – because I feel more alive, balanced, and grounded when I am creating images. I am keeping things simple: a few brushes, smaller loose-leaf pages, my favourite tubes of colour... and painting what interests me, for me. This has helped me to remember why I began painting in the first place and reconnect with the process of making.

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