I’m sending giant THANK YOUs to everyone involved in yesterday’s outdoor “What the Pop!” 2022 art event (1), and to everyone who dropped by – despite the ridiculously hot and humid weather. The Humidex or RealFeel temperature was 41C, or 107F, which is far too Read More …
Well, I sure got a fantastic surprise today! A Montreal newspaper, The Suburban (1), published a Feature article about a local artist who uses her watercolour paintings to help raise awareness of chronic pain and of a rare disease called CRPS or Complex Regional Pain Read More …
Before I was struck with CRPS and chronic pain in my right hand/arm in early 2016, I did a lot of amateur nature photography. After that point, whenever I had a photo in an exhibition, I’d use my “Artist’s Statement” to raise awareness of chronic Read More …
My husband and I are still living out of boxes in our basement, during our long-awaited home renovation, so I haven’t been able to post much in the past few weeks. Sorry about that… a typically Canadian response, I know ‘-) As I write this, Read More …
I used to wake up with a feeling of anticipation, on the last day of February each year. In many ways it would feel like the end of a long cold Montréal winter. We’d still have snow and ice on the ground, of course, sometimes Read More …
A few days ago, my dad mentioned that he’d like me to paint a Canadian submarine for him “someday”… He’s a former Royal Canadian Navy sailor, and had been following the progressive refit (1) and relaunch (2) of the HMCS Corner Brook in the news Read More …
