doreyme

feeling more up...realize I shouldn't beat my self up so much...
lately challenged to max doing portrait of beautiful young woman...freaked,worried can't measure up to life...but geewillickers...

see what I mean?

keeping spirits up

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just paintin' away...everyday realizing how much there still is to learn...there aren't enough hours in a day to figure out every ramification of colour on colour..shape upon shape...

the salad days of summer

angy eats his greens before we hit the studio...
the portrait progresses...reinventing the wheel once more...find working in oils on a portrait is like painting with mayo...acrylics dry faster, obviously, but just don't offer up the richness of oil...

one year ago today, our beautiful Scouty died in our backyard.

thank you elizabeth

lately seems all I do is whine + gripe...but not about my watercolour classes. Never...+ they ended today. So big thanks to Elizabeth G at the Visual Arts Centre for her wonderful heartfelt teachings...last year at this time I was trying to paint oil landscapes -- outside, by lake fronts, etc. And what a production. I figured there had to be a more efficient way to paint outside. Hence...watercolour courses. Thought rather than re-inventing the wheel I'd take classes. And oh lucky me, to spend the last year under the tutelage of such a wonderful, talented teacher/artist.

still a big fat

clearly, need an escape...seems each day is full of time/emotional sucks. How to remove oneself from the daily stuff + just focus on art stuff without being an anti-social freak, I just don't know. Guys seem to do it without much fuss...

working in the ...

well, okay not. But working full out + where does the day go?
It goes on broken washing machines...cell phones, kids broken teeth+dentist appointments, buying groceries...blabhab. Not to complain..how lucky we are (I am) to have these relatively benign days even if it takes me away from my painting...

portrait of a young woman

vermeer, 1667-8...my current work is a portrait of another young woman, in 2006...what has changed? The challenge to capture the openness + wonder, curiousity, uncertainess + sheer physical beauty of a young adult, eye chee wow ow.

before there is art, there is heart. To me, altho I go on endlessly
about Angus ...and Ollie the freaky cat + Bad Betty, as beautiful as Elizabeth Taylor or my art blabhabhabha....there are my beautiful, wonderful kids + my incredibly understanding husband D. this site is about art art + some life... there would be no art or life without these 3 + sometimes it's good to remind oneself...

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think positive

black clouds=rain=rainbows=pots of gold + bluebirds...

feedback? Angus, my trusty assistant loves everything I do, particularily if it includes walks or cookies, but I'm wondering, out there....the little red clusters that read this modest little blog...what are you thinking? what do you see? when you look at my stuff? any comments...? does anything stick out? does anything look particularily appealing? revolting? any/all responsives? Throw 'em at me.

what's it all about?

monday monday

clematis, clematis flower found in alley walk yesterday...art is long...life is...

FACE kids going nuts

at the concert last night. For grade 11's last concert ever so highly emotional for all...speaking of which tomorrow (Sunday) at Elgise St. Viateur 183 av Bloomfield Outremont
(near laurier and Cote-ste-catherine)June 4, at 7pm The tickets can be bought at the door and are
10$ for students 20$ for adults...a benefit for kid's beloved music teacher, Madame Puiu who needs $100,000 for a medical procedure not paid for by medicare...

Visual Art Show ends Saturday....

a VERY super day painting today...was beginning to despair...all this energy into saving my studio...working on submissions...gst/pst etc.etc.etc. endless time sucks but no actual hands on art making, it seems for ages. So am doubly determined to make a concerted effort to be a Fabulously Successful Artist just so I can hire an assistant to take care of business enabling me to actually make art. My very fine fellow, Angus is marvelous company but alas, cannot type nor answer a telephone, cell or otherwise.