In the same vein than Shelter Bay, I am working on a tryptic; although autumn colours are at their best right now, skies and seas are my inspiration. I find the water and the skies, when they melt together at the horizon, almost intoxicating. Shelter Bay was after the real shelter bay where cargo from the whole world linger before they cross the Panama canal.

Shelter Bay is a 16" x 12" acrylic and mixed-media.

Always interesting to see the beginning of a piece...this tryptic will evolve!

Summer has come and gone...I spent a lot of time sailing and cruising lake Ontario and brought my watercolours paints, crayons and pencils along to reacquaint myself with the techniques.

Here, at the home studio, I experimented with linking drawings and some of my first acrylics with colours that I particularly liked! The small portraits are inspired by the beauty of Caribbean women, les belles antillaises...

It was fun to collage some papers and ribbons, retouch the watercoloured portrait with acrylics and do some printing to embellish the design.

The weather has been terrible and the spring is very very timid...perfect timing to complete art work!
"Traces" is now finished: 2 panels with collage, acrylic paint and varnished. Enhancement for our entrance...gives a wonderful warmth!

New Pages are being added

Yes, new pages will be added to this blog...with art related photographs that I shot during our travels, Reflexions about art and psychotherapy, and others..It just takes time!

12th Annual Juried Art Salon

Today I finally submitted 3 pieces of art work to the Art Salon.

The Kingston Arts Council’s annual Juried Art Salon enables member artists from the region to enter up to three pieces in any medium and have their work judged by three professional artists. The winners and finalists are exhibited at the Wilson Room of the Kingston Public Library during the month of May.

I decided to submit the following art work:

 These pieces (Mixed-media 8 x 8 on canvas.), Curious and below, Timid are the first 2 of a series that I would like to continue working on in the future.  As you can see in the January posting, I was already working on these 2 canvases and I changed their colour hues dramatically.

I like them better now because the dark and light tones are more balanced.

The last art work submitted was difficult to capture in a good photograph.  A 48" x 12", this piece is also mixed-media with several photo transfers and collage of rope, japanese papers, silk papers and several layers of acrylic medium. 

These 3 pieces are "in progress"

2013....a new year...and so many projects!

Some of my Art related "resolutions" are to paint in lighter shades (!) and to re-invent many of my unfinished paintings. I learned a lot since last year...encouraging! Most of all, I have great pleasure to paint and create for the sake of it!