Some times you just have to have faith that you will somehow be guided through the creative process by powers beyond your control. Maybe that is what inspiration is? Today was one of those days. I knew I was going to really tackle and change the painting today. I knew colour, expression and vibrancy would [...]
To those of you who are artists and/or the creative types and anyone else, I pose this question to you.
Can you see what I am seeing and where this painting will be going? Can you hear Venice speaking to you yet?
Today I really felt the painting speak to me. I have been working on trying [...]
Angel in the Forest, a large 16 ft x 7ft canvas, was on display at Metropolitan United Church, the historical Toronto landmark church, as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of Doors Open Toronto. It was the first public showing of this beautiful and ethereal painting. Over 2,000 people came through the doors of the [...]
Creativity and inspiration occur in the oddest ways. I finished the painting today on a very positive note, finally getting a sense of where the work may be going. Just after I stopped I was up in my bedroom taking some random pictures of my backyard. The flash kept bouncing off the glass and created [...]
I had my first one man art show in a Toronto Gallery in the prestigious Yorkville gallery district over 20 years ago. I was in my late 20’s and on top of the world creatively, so I thought. It was a reasonably good show, I sold a few works and I thought I was on [...]
Inspiration comes in many ways.
As I do every morning, I have a prescribed routine I follow when I paint as I am sure most everyone does when they go to work or start their day. I make my coffee, get the newspaper, check my emails then I go down to the studio, where I put [...]
Colour to a painting is like touch is to the skin. The subtlety can be electrifying, sending sensations through the body as the colour slowly meanders across the canvas. Finding those hidden areas that call out for colour, for touch, is an artist’s desire, deciding on that exact tone, exact mixture of touch, of pressure, [...]