Sometimes the studio offers up more then just the finished canvas. These are pictures of the walls and floor after the canvas was complete
I often describe the finishing of a painting as a complete emotional release where I transform from artist to viewer, letting go emotionally (and physically) from a work that has probably consumed dozens if not hundreds of hours and weeks and months of my time. You could describe it as very similar to the break-up [...]
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It has been over 4 years since I walked the streets of Venice where I took that panoramic picture on top of San Marcos square overlooking the city. It has been almost 5 months since I began this painting from that picture.
Each morning when I enter my studio I spend a few minutes and sometimes [...]
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The innocence and honesty of children can be so refreshing at times. My 14 year old daughter came into the studio the other day and I asked her what she thought of the painting of Venice? Well, that was a loaded question!! Her comment to me was, where is the city? “I liked the painting [...]
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As with any creative process it is always good to take some time away to relax, recharge and to refocus. I took a few weeks off this summer to travel, unwind, get new ideas and to take some time away from the painting. After dozens and dozens of hours working on Venice I knew I [...]
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I have had a number of people ask me if the painting is finished yet, to which I said to myself out of complete dismay, “Can’t you see it is not!!” I realized that it is very difficult not only for the viewer to be able to see when a work is finished but also [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]