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A little Something – Series of three illustrations

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Series Title – A Little Something (series of three paintings)
Medium – Kroma Acrylic, Ceramcoat Varnish and Faber Castel Pitt Artist pen on Cypress Archival card stock
Size of each painting – 8.5 x 11 inches / 21.5cm by 28cm)

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Playing with colour and varnish and strolling the aisles

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Size – 8.5 by 11 inches (21.5cm by 27.8cm)
Medium – Acrylic with varnish on acid and lignin free paper
I drove to Michaels one snowy day not to long ago and perused their isles of dream’s. I really did get lost that evening in that store, along with the other 12 or so women and a [...]

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And the paper fell to the floor in wet sticky clumps then we painted the walls

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After a week of wetting, scraping and peeling wallpaper off the four upstairs bedrooms, bathroom and sitting room the antique plaster walls were revealed. And to our surprise, namely my Dad who is a mason by trade, the plaster underneath was in excellent condition only needing minor touch-ups to fill in cracks and holes.
In two [...]

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Secret #4 – Saying Good Bye

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One sunny afternoon I sat on my deck in Vancouver, brush in hand not knowing what to paint. I stared down at the piece of two by two foot freshly gessoed masonite board firmly planted on my lap. The sky was ultramarine blue, the garden glowing green and most colourful that day in late July, [...]

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Sunflowering Times

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An original created using Windsor and Newton watercolor, Prismacolor Verithin colored pencils and India ink on Arches cold press watercolor paper.
The original is for sale in my Art Shop. Prints are now available to!
Size of Original – 6″ by 8″ or 152mm by 203mm
Size of Print – 5″ by 7″ or 127mm by 177mm
This is [...]

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Spring

Size – 8″ by 8″
Medium – India ink and Windsor and Newton Watercolor on Arches Cold press watercolor paper.
Artist Statement – Ever wonder what a tree would look like without leaves or blossoms growing on one side? The new baby foliage on this tree faces the other way, giving good reason to believe the grass [...]

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The Indigo Sisters

Let me introduce Emma, Dorothy and Louise!
Title – The Indigo Sisters
Medium – Watercolor, India ink and colored pencil on Arches cold press watercolor paper.
Prints are available in my art shop.

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Another land another day another dream

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Sometimes art needs to take you away
to another land where flowers spin,
the terrain is checkered moss green and ocher;
where the grass grows as bamboo
and is pointy at it’s tip.
I created this art card using Kroma artist quality acrylic, pigmented ink and archival pen on 1/8″ (3mm) thick cold press illustration board. It is varnished three [...]

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THEN there were five flowers…

…sprouting from the orange hued alien terrain.
THEY were happy flowers.
They grew together UNTIL…
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Size – 2.5″ by 3.5″ or 6.4cm by 8.9cm
Artist quality acrylic and India ink on acid free card stock
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Let me intoduce Amelia who made the front page

This is Amelia.

And this is her little sister Becky.

Both were drawn with india ink and painted with gouache on red Canson paper. Amelia measures 5″ by 5″ while Becky weighs in at 3″ by 3″.
Amelia made the front page of Etsy today!

Go Amelia!

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Belladonna

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The fictitious Belladonna bulb in bloom…
I completed this watercolor today.
Size – 4 by 6 inches
Materials – Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens, Windsor & Newton watercolor and Holbien gouache on Arches watercolor paper

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Triplets Floral – miniature painting

Size – The Standard *ACEO size of 3.5 by 2.5 inches. It is probably appearing larger on your monitor. Get out your ruler!
Materials – Black, Red and Green Micron (005) pen, Windsor & Newton Watercolor
I drew this on Hand pressed, handmade paper stock that I purchased many many years ago in New York City while [...]

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