Sew, a little creating this morning resulted in this:

Slow Food...

A series of paintings for a friend created over the last year...

Wildflowers...

More gratitude! And part of my plans for my Grade 5/6 botany Main Lesson.

Gratitude

When we were growing up, my mom always insited that we send thank you cards or letters after receiving gifts (so birthdays and Christmas for certain). Now that I am older, I still feel this is a very important thing but have encountered a slight difficulty! I feel like sendng my gratitude in the form of some artwork. But when faced with the prospect of sending handpainted or drawn gratitude to all those who I wish to thank, I encounter the issue of time...

The result this year, one painting:

I don't know that it really is enough. However, this is what I can manage at the moment. And, dearly beloveds, know that it comes with heartfelt appreciation for all you have given me and all you do for me!

Love rushes in...

Painted with some dear friends in mind.

I can't believe I never mentioned the pie!!!

Here are the menus I created for Aphrodite's Pie Shop in Vancouver a while back.

It was a joy to create delicious boards for delicious pies!

(sorry for the poorer quality of the above photo - it was taken with my phone and after a good many months had passed)

Well Oil Be!

Having only attemted two oil paintings so far, there is clearly much for me to still learn about this technique. However I am not altogether unhappy with the results of these two pieces.

The first piece was created at a workshop of artists in Whistler when I had the opportunity to learn from Rod Charlesworth. Here I "distinguished" myself as a watercolour girl in an oil landscape:My second piece was commisioned/encouraged/supported by my colleagues and was created to be an item in the silent auction at our school's annual fundraiser. It has a different feel to it than the first. Titled: Birch (seen here unframed)