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goin' south #2, watercolour

cool montreal

lose us...

I keep hearing this on tv, which I don't watch much of..mostly just the expensive Canadian HBO stuff, but lately everyone has been talking about "losing us" so I thought I'd provide a map.

Rock star #3 (Nick Lowe)7x10, watercolour on toscana acquerello, 2007

the winner of the 9th annual $25,000 rbc painting competition this year

arabella campbell's "Physical Facts Series #6". My lips are sealed. Zipped. I am so not saying a word about the jury's choice. rbc site

Britain's got one, Australia's got one, US's got one...

but our proposed Portrait of Gallery (online gallery)which was to occupy the site of the former US embassy building in Ottawa + designated a public site, for the public, eg. us will now in all probability be a "meet + greet" for Harper...private meeting rooms, catering facilities, media briefing areas...off limits to the public. Nice. Here's an Ottawa MP trying to do something about it.

Angus on the balcony, 12x9", fabriano paper, 2007

matisse's south of france, hockney's pacific, my laval st with Angus on the balcony.

canadian geese heading south, watercolour, 9x12, portofino acquerello, 2007

...in small part perhaps because Harper et al have slashed spending on wildlife protection + monitoring of ecosystems. Not only has the Canadian Wildlife Service been forced to halt all its scientific field + survey work, but the program monitoring the health of bird populations lost half its budget, while the budget for an operation that protects significant habitats for wildlife + birds was cut to ZERO. Wildlife can't write letters to their MPs. We can, here's John Baird, the Environment Minister's site. + oh, on the splendor of nature. I'm in Montreal, walking in the alley at night, hearing the geese overhead, while across the country, my husband, working in Calgary, hearing the geese overhead. How do they know?

you say shiite I say sunnis

let's call the whole thing...? In my dottage, I'm still surprised that people don't celebrate/cherish/honour what they have in common -- even here in Canada (reference to the traveling commission on accomodation of immigrants). Shared traits, common loves, compatibilties rather than obsessing about differences?

ah, the hardships of life outside canada...saffron soldier watercolour, 9x12. 2007

monks fighting for basic democratic rights. Aren't we lucky, here in Canada? Just walked Angy in the alley, in the Plateau, at night + overhead, geese. Goin' south. Quackin' away, oblivious to politics. It's all geography+ apologies to my separatist friends but if you want to post a more flattering portrayal of Pauline Marois (of the seven bathrooms, not necessarily toilets, excuse me) post your own anti-federalist bile, start your own blog. It's free. (Well, not this one, but plenty of free ones out there.) help the Burmese

ah, the hardships of life in canada #2

angus' best friend gets a haircut. It's cute, but a bit short? Oh my, the stress.

ah, the hardships of life in canada

I started making vege pate + the power went off.

rockies..9x12, watercolours,

back struggling with the Banff/Rockies series. Oh my. It's some kind of difficult getting that elusive rightness of a place, a time, a person.

well madame marois of the 7 toilets

got elected today in the riding of lovely Charlevoix. To people outside of Quebec, Madame Marois is the new leader of the PQ, a political party dedicated to the destruction of Canada.

rock star #2, watercolour, 9x12pportofino acquererello

one wonders...

in Pauline Marois' 7 bathroom estate, are all the toilets silent flushers?

Rock star (the fabulous Nick Lowe)7x10, watercolour on toscana acquerello, 2007

would I could, last night whipped out my watercolours in the magic of the concert. So I took pix with my amazing Nikon, sans flash instead. I got super pix, altho disappointed I never got one of the Jesus of Cool smiling. Perhaps he never does, altho he's always funny.

a rare night out to see

the fabulous Nick Lowe at Club Soda. Droll as usual, his voice, like a good wine, improving with each passing year.

Mordecai Richler, 1st attempt, portonfino acquerello paper, watercolours, 9x12

my protector...watercolour

am having strange + deep dreams lately..but with good dogs, always good dogs protecting me...

vik muniz

new artist to discover

St. Urbain's buddha...apologies to Richler

not from me -- I had nothing to do with the pathetic mini-series aired the last two nights--loosely loosely based on the book (what part, the sleeve?) And not for the actors, who were sweating hot blood, straining to bring the spirit, wit, intelligence, energy of Richler alive. And not to the CBC, kudos for pushing the acclaimed Canadian pen, once again. According to Jonathan Yardley St. Urbain's Horseman was the novel Richler was closest to, so it's a huge tragedy to see such an insipid, wooden version of this Canadian classic +butchered right here in his home town! What happened? It's not like we don't have the most exceptionally gifted, creative directors, cinematographers, writers, set designers, wardrobe people etc. etc. living + working right here in Montreal. Humbug. But I'm not going to spend another brain cell doing a mental post mortem -- I'm outta the scriptwriting biz. I'll put that energy into painting.

Angus, oil on wood, 14x14",2007 NFS

entirely done with a palette knife...something I'm not too familiar with...nose needs adjustment, I see

beautiful late summer day

in Montreal, altho, everywhere construction/renovation/repair. Worker bees everywhere.

self portrait,sept/19, 7x10, watercolour on toscana acquerello, 2007

life beats: today a big one

friends, family, intimates know I had a mole removed last MAY that turned out to be malignant melanoma. Surgery, late August to have sentinel lymph nodes removed, etc. stress, stress, stress waiting, until today to get the results, which are, gloriously, good, clear... I could slip in the bathtub tonight, get hit by a Mac truck tomorrow but, hey can't we all. In the interim, I suggest, anyone, everyone who is reading this, beside the obvious, quit smoking, etc. eat healthfully, but also make an appointment with a dermatologist if a mole or ANY skin thing looks remotely weird....+ from today on, I resolve to be Buddha Edith..take every day like a generous gift, be kind use the hours fruitfully...

mean bitch #2 (camille paglia), 8x8", watercolour on Italia acquerello, cartiera magnani, 2007

far too generous rendition, not enough wrinkles, warts + sourness. My "mean bitch" supply isn't actually that large...there's a few in my real life I'm not going to paint/post because I'm not a mean bitch.

thanks y'all for tomorrow

mean bitch (sarah silverman) 7x9 watercolour on toscana acquerello paper, 2007

bow river #6, watercolour on arches paper, 9x12"

a most excellent dish....

okay, a first for me, posting a recipe, but this was so good + spontaneous...recently, again, a vegetarian, this dish fulfills that meaty richness...so...an eggplant...chopped into cubes, sauteed in olive oil...add a chopped yellow pepper, chopped onions, 2, 4 cloves of chopped organic garlic, half a jar of pureed Italian tomatoes, can of Italian tomatoes, 2 cups shitake mushrooms, chopped, handful of parsely, chopped....everything stews, gently...add some dried marjoram, a couple of anchovies (this gives it richrichrichness), chopped calamari olives -- I didn't have any so I added a big table spoon of olive tapenade I had in fridge...some dried thyme, TONS of pepper, pinch of salt...stew for 10-15 minutes (until the penne is done) throw the penne into the sauce..last thing a big handful of fresh basil..serve....add some freshly grated parmesan cheese, more freshly ground pepper + oohlala...Oh, + what I didn't add. This recipe has so many cancer fighting ingredients it's not even funny...the tomatoes, the mushrooms, the garlic, the onions, the black pepper, the red pepper, the herbs..all big primo ingredients.

lizzy's flowers2, 12x9 watercolour on Italian paper

Karen's hydrangeas take 2, 12x9, watercolour Italian paper, 2007

st lawrence st

month after month after month...

lizzy's flowers, 16x19 watercolour on arches paper

janet's sunflowers, 16x19 watercolour arches paper

karen's hydrangeas, watercolour, 9x12

using a new kind of wonderful paper from an Italian company founded in the 1400's. But I forget the name.

glads, 12x9, watercolours..

chimeree #3, 9x12' watercolour

chimeree #2, 9x12' watercolour

chimera, chimera, chim chimeree..9x12, watercolour on arches paper

so scientists are working on hybrid creatures that are part human, part animal. My scariest movie ever, "Atlantis the Lost Continent" -- pig people, cow people. Well, I guess I'm okay with dog people.

shake it up #3, 10.5x13.5, watercolour on fabriana paper, 2007

shake#2, watercolour, 10.5x13.5

save the mighty Mackenzie river

from the biggest natural gasline in Canada ever

vase+flowers, arches paper 2007

turned out quite Klimt-y.

bedridden...

but well taken care of...