Have a very Happy Christmas

in the Kootenays

AND A SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR

every one needs a holiday from it all – hope to see you in 2013 – stay with me – good things to come.

to have a sale – or not

the little waterfall

It is my believe that one has to make art for arts sake first and foremost in order to be and stay unique and original.

Only the way we do bring it to the public has changed, like anything else in the time of social media.

The other day I came across an article . . . → Read More: to have a sale – or not

Shop from home, save carbon points.

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Shop from home, save carbon points.

It is raining where I live, so who wants to go shopping in this kind of weather.

Just a few ideas to lift the bad weather spirit – or –

Small is beautiful – small is good  Shipping is free

My pick in 4×4”on acid free water colour . . . → Read More: Shop from home, save carbon points.

Your Inner Landscape

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I had a long “Liternei” ( many words, literary theory) about that title –  but – pleeeease – writing them all down sounded soo” kitschy” – soapy – so forget it, just look at some pictures instead. Memories of my youth, did you know that we had at least  10 times as many sheep around our . . . → Read More: Your Inner Landscape

Water Ways

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                                                          I follow you out into open water

 

                                                     Hovering between blue and green

 

                                               Never looking up; never looking back

 

                                        Deep into the abyss under endless surges

 

                                  You erode me and rebuild me

 

                         Washing over me in swells and fingers

 

                  You speak to . . . → Read More: Water Ways

Painting at the market

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Would you call it still Plain-Air painting when – yes  – you paint outside – but – no –  not painting the real sceneries

 I did a promotional marketing for our “Reach Museum and Gallery” in Abbotsford – painting and talking ( boy there are a lot of people still out there . . . → Read More: Painting at the market

A Do Your Own — Spring

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So, I really had it – cold – wet – at least 5 – FIVE  – little flowering shrubs did give up living because of wet feet

S0 —-  now I made my own picture garden,  first I painted – then I photographed…

and then I did blog – and then -

well—back to . . . → Read More: A Do Your Own — Spring

Blue Grouse in the Valley

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 BLUE GROUSE IN THE Valley

A NOBLE WHITE — BACCHUS  —  THE GODLY ONE

RICH AND FRUITY   —   LIVELY, FRAGRANT   —

HERE IS OUR PEACH COMMING THROUGH

THE FINISH IS CLEAN   —   CLEAN AS THE SEA

ACRYLIC/CANVAS   24X24″     ART FOR SALE

. . . → Read More: Blue Grouse in the Valley

Next Door Orchard

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PINOT GRIS

Rises to the occasion

Pinot Gris

Peaches and Bartlett Pears, the fruit of the neighbouring orchards gives this wine a wonderful “ comfortable – drinkable “ direction. Some say after ( does it mean after the bottle is finished?) the taste rises to a hint of Vanilla and butterscotch – so . . . → Read More: Next Door Orchard