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helper head 7.5x10, acrylic on canvas

my reasonable accomodation painting, 7x10, watercolour, pencil, 2007

(you have to live in Quebec)

2 dogs in snowsuits, 7x10, pencil, watercolour, toscana paper,2007

my cool coolpix, 7x10, pencil, watercolour, toscana paper, 2007

for which I bought a new wide angle lens. Alas, I can't remove the so called removeable ring in order to screw on the new converter ring + lens. Oh woe, why isn't anything simple, for example GST/QST reporting of which I'm in my quarterly hell of figuring out. Every three months I curse Mulroney for introducing this hideous time wasting tax procedure on Canadians. I wonder, did he fill out a GST form for his infamous $300,000 worth of (non) services?

Canadian polar bear, pencil, watercolour, toscana paper, 7x10

way to go Canada. Only Newfoundland, Labrador have plans to protect polar bears in Canada, which has 13 of the world's 19 polar bear populations, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.

dog in snowsuit #3, 7x10, pencil, watercolour on toscana, 2007

dog in snowsuit #2, 7x10, pencil, watercolour on toscana, 2007

they arrived together + left together

dog in snowsuit, 7x10, watercolour, pencil on toscana paper, 2007

eyekeerumba, green leaves in the snow

congrats jennifer (walton)

kingston prize 2nd, honourable mention I have two of her paintings + can attest to their beauty...

baby t, 2, watercolour, pencil toscana paper, 2007

jfk, remembered, 9x12, watercolour, pencil, toscani paper, 2007

baby t, watercolour on toscani paper, 2007

not remotely as beautiful as real baby, but alas, I'm tired, long day, tomorrow try again.

a little ollie, 7x4.75, watercolour, arches paper

on my planet: #1 they call this food

the amazing sky today

Wintertree#37

most probably the painting to be used for poster to announce 2nd annual Xmas Studio Show...still deciding Dec 8 or 15th...

lachine canal tree, watercolour, toscani paper, 9x12

still wet

bibulousness

the alleys of Montreal, paved in gold

leonard, 9x11, watercolour on toscani paper, 2007

montreal's own...

foothills 7.5x9.5, watercolour on canvas,2007

anthurium andreanum (loveable hearts)#7? 9x11, watercolour toscani paper, 2007

finally.

an autumn walk with the animals

black angus on the white couch, 11x 15watercolour on paper

buddha on the main

goin' nuts. It's like, what? Month 8 since they started tearing up St. Laurent? Each day, coming home is an adventure.

young norman mailer 9x12, pencil + watercolour, toscani paper, 2007

yellow head, 9x12, watercolour on arches paper, 2007

portrait of e, watercolour on st ambroise paper, 19x9

actually I'm guessing the dimensions...wrote them down on a scrap of paper... Found this watercolour today, which I did last winter, while cleaning up + organizing + remembered how I love this locally made paper...wonderful paper mill by the Lachine Canal....must get more, it gives such a wonderul mottled texture...

self portrait with amazing clean sink nov 9/07

my jointe in the pointe

looking good enough to sell....in fact, the process has started, real estate agents in today for the preliminary look through...apparently selling/buying houses is one of the most stress inducing activities (in regular normal life, exluding wars, disease, natural disasters, natch)...This place -- heritage ex-barber shop, dress shop, dep built in the mid 1890's with original "cat paw" bricks --was such a dump when we got it 5 years ago + I've put so much work into it...every square inch, mended, repaired, rebuilt, much like rebuilding a vintage car from the steering wheel up...

anthurium andreanum#5 (loveable hearts) 11x9, pen +watercolour arches paper, 2007

oh gawd, not another anthurium andreanum. Just getting my money's worth.

I pity the poor immigrant, 30x36" oil on canvas, 2007

Verdun waterfront, watercolour on toscani paper, 2007

alas, lately have only had time to paint at night, hence taking pics at night...they're not the best representation, sigh.

lost budgie? take 2

I zoomed in...it's that green speck on Angy's right.

lost budgie?

there is a green bird, it must be a budgie, it moves so fast but I've seen it twice down by the Verdun Yacht club + it's getting cold...what does one do? I've tried to get close to it + of course it flies away...

anthurium andreanum#4 (loveable hearts) 11x9, pen +watercolour arches paper, 2007

self portrait nov 4 2007

anthurium andreanum#3 (loveable hearts) 11x9, pen +watercolour arches paper, 2007

Verdun sumacs #2, 9x11, arches paper, watercolour, 2007

Heartland, CBC, Sunday night at 7...the mystery solved

I've been watching the newspapers to read reviews about Heartland, which began recently on CBC -- a "family" show, no autopsies, rapes, terrorists, etc. heartwarming with lots of beautiful Canadian landscape, written, produced, directed, starring beautiful Canadians...so week after week, nothing. None of the tv critics ever mention it, or recommend it or put it on their "watch this" list....so I googled stuff + I found, duh-huh. It's running against "Da Kink", one of the few echt Canadian shows on Global tv which is produced by CanWest which also owns a couple of newspapers...specifically -- Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Halifax, The Daily News, Montreal Gazette, Montreal La Presse, National Post (National Edition), National Post (Ontario Edition), Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Le Droit, Québec Le Soleil, Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Vancouver Province, Vancouver Sun, Victoria Times Colonist, Windsor Star, Winnipeg Free Press, Bedford-Sackville Weekly News, Winnipeg Canstar Community News, Winnipeg Canstar, The Headliner, Winnipeg Canstar, The Herald Winnipeg Canstar, The Lance, Winnipeg Canstar, The Metro, Winnipeg Canstar, The Times, Amherst Daily News, Barrie Examiner, Belleville Intelligencer, Brandon Sun, Brantford, The Expositor, Charlottetown Guardian, Chatham Daily News, Chicoutimi Le Quotidien, Cobourg Daily Star, Corner Brook, The Western Star, Cornwall, Standard-Freeholder, Cranbrook Daily Townsman, Dawson Creek Peace River Block News, Fort St. John Alaska Highway News, Granby La Voix de l'Est, Kamloops Daily News, Kelowna Daily Courier, Kimberley Daily Bulletin, Kingston Whig-Standard, Lethbridge Herald, Lindsay Daily Post, Medicine Hat News, Moose Jaw Times Herald, Nanaimo Daily News, Nelson Daily News, New Glasgow Evening News, Niagara Falls Review, North Bay Nugget, Orillia Packet & Times, Owen Sound, The Sun Times, Pembroke, The Daily Observer, Penticton Herald, Peterborough Examiner, Port Alberni Valley Times, Port Hope Evening Guide, Prince Albert Daily Herald, Prince George Citizen, Prince Rupert Daily News, Sarnia Observer, Sault Ste. Marie Star, Sherbrooke La Tribune, Sherbrooke, The Record, St. Catharines Standard, St. John's The Telegram, Sudbury Star, Summerside, The Journal-Pioneer, Sydney Cape Breton Post, Thunder Bay, The Chronicle-Journal, Timmins, The Daily Press, Trail Daily Times, Trois Rivières Le Nouvelliste, Truro Daily News, Welland-Port Colborne Tribune, Amherst Citizen, Arnprior Chronicle Guide, Bancroft This Week, Barry's Bay This Week, Bathurst L'Hebdo Chaleur, Bathurst Northern Light, Brighton Gazette, Campbell River Courier-Islander, Campbell River North Islander, Chetwynd Echo, Chicoutimi Progrès Dimanche, Coaldale Sunny South News, Colborne Chronicle, Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin, Comox Valley Echo, Creston Valley Advance, Dawson Creek, The Mirror, Dresden North Kent Leader, Duncan, Cowichan Valley Citizen, Dunnville Chronicle, East Kootenay Extra Friday, Elliot Lake Standard, Espanola Mid-North Monitor, Fernie Free Press, Fort Erie Times, Fort St. John Northerner, Grand Forks Boundary Bulletin, Grand Forks Gazette, Hanover Post, Kingston Business Outlook, Kingston This Week, Kirkland Lake Northern News, Mackenzie, The Times, Markdale Standard, Merritt News, Midland Free Press, Nanaimo, Harbour City Star & Oceanside Star, Napanee Guide, Nepean This Week, Niagara Advance, Niagara News, Niagara Falls, Niagara News, St. Catharines, Niagara News, Thorold, Niagara News, Welland, Northern Horizon, Okanagan Saturday/Okanagan Sunday, Pelham News, Pembroke Petawawa, The News, Petrolia Topic, Picton County Weekly News, Port Alberni, The Pennyworth, Red Deer Express, Renfrew Mercury, Sackville Tribune Post, Sault Ste. Marie This Week, Shopping News, Niagara, Shopping Times, Fort Erie, Swift Current, The Southwest Booster, Taber Times, Timmins Les Nouvelles, Trenton Trentonian, Ucluelet, The Westerly News, Vauxhall Advance, Wallaceburg News, West Carleton Review, West Kootenay Weekender, West Niagara News, Williams Lake Cariboo Advisor, Yorkton This Week.

happiness is a wet puppy, watercolour on arches paper 9x11", 2007

sucky title, but spot on. Here's Angus, sniffin' + snortin' + swimmin" + fetching sticks, totally blissed out in the wonderful waterfront area in Verdun, SW Montreal, minutes from my studio...

anthurium andreanum#2 (loveable hearts) 9x11, watercolour +pencil arches paper, 2007

now all the crap about dumping on cancer victor, hockey captain extrodinaire Saku Koivu from Finland. (What a crock. How embarressing.) Quebec needs loveable heart flowers more than ever.

why do Canadian retailers keep gouging us?

Today I was almost backed into a corner (tiling, pipes,labour costs, etc) into buying a site specific faucet (gooseneck 3 3/8 tub vintage) for over $450. without the tax! Balked, looked on line, found a better one for $165 no tax, in California, shipping included. Shame.