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how we spent earth hour

the other day serenading Angus. We do actually have lives, kids, etc. It's just Angus is so darn cute + good natured.

Mount Royal snow, Lachine Canal snow

the band of black soot stretches each time we visit that part of Lachine Canal. Yuck.

barbie, 8x8, watercolour, toscana acquerello, 2008

Verdun, near the Yacht club, oil on wood panel, 14x18

not recent...3 years old but the same locale. This was part of a trypdich, the other 2 long gone. A bad photo, alas, too much cropped.

Verdun, near the Yacht club, March 2008

dog yella, march 2008, Plateau Montreal

mallrat, march 2008, Plateau Montreal

summer lombardies, 9x19, Canal paper, 2008

A bit of artistic license + not exactly in the same spot, but the general locale...right now preferable for dog walking, no bicycle guys screaming, no joggers screaming (fair weather types, they come out in shorts weather, scream at the all weather dog people. ) Hardly seems fair, plus they get both sides of the canal.

winter lombardies, March 2008

Mt. Club Nice Buddha

condos condos condos, Verdun, March 2008

black couch, Verdun, march 27/08

Lachine Lombardies #2, 22x30", watercolour, arches paper, 2008

check it out

Merry March, 2008

a valiant attempt.

visions of watermelons, watercolour, arches paper, 22x152008

after 16 weeks of snow, one gets delirious + visions of watermelons dance in one's head... (paper is not as lumpy as it looks, camera lies)

corner buddha, march 2008

one of my favorite corners in Montreal.

alberta buddha, march 2008

Waterbearers, watercolour on (folded)handmade Canal paper, 22x30

I started this one 2 years ago, finished it this weekend. Boy are my arms tired. It's an image, inspired by one of the English photographer Eadweard Muybridge's images, a woman, I think a servant carrying a bowl of water. Somehow, I associated that image with the Lachine Canal, the historic canal that runs through Montreal.

Lachine Lombardies, 22x30", watercolour, arches paper, 2008

wolf in the city #2, Easter night, 2008

the wolf in the city, Easter night, 2008

very, very happy with this pic I took last night. I'm old school, don't set up people, props, etc. so when a photographic opportunity like this just happens by it's so cool.

easter Hydrangea, 7.4x5.5, watercolour Canal paper, 2008

Three Lachine Lombardies, 48x60", oil on wood panel, 2008

This one also hangs at the David Astrof Gallery at the Thomson House, McGill campus, Montreal check it out

Me + my shadow, Thomson House, March 21,2008

Tour de ville buddha

check it out

Mount Royal Winter Trees, 30x40", oil on wood panel, carved, 2007

currently on exhibit at the fabulous David Astrof Gallery at the beautiful, historic Thomson House, on the McGill campus, (3650 McTavish) downtown Montreal

Hare #3, 7.4x 5.5, watercolour, arches paper

The saying "mad as a March hare" refers to the wild caperings of hares as the males fight over the females in the early spring, then attempt to mate with them. Since the females often rebuff the males' advances before finally succumbing, the mating behavior often looks like a crazy dance; these fights led early observers to believe that the advent of spring made the hares "mad".[1] Rabbits and hares are both lagomorphs; they are prolific breeders. The females can conceive a second litter of offspring while still pregnant with the first (the two are born separately); this phenomenon is known as superfetation. Lagomorphs mature sexually at an early age and can give birth to several litters a year (hence the sayings, "to breed like bunnies" or "multiply like rabbits"). It is therefore not surprising that rabbits and hares should become fertility symbols, or that their springtime mating antics should enter into Easter folklore. * from wikipedia

Hare #2, 7.4x11, watercolour, arches paper

Hare #1, 7.4x11, watercolour, pencil, arches paper

unbelievably, we're heading towards Easter weekend.

sham rocks, 8x8", watercolour, toscana paper, 2008

Happy St. Pat's to all.

wintersky 8x8, oil on wood, 2008

St. Patrick's Day Parade, Montreal

St. Patrick's parade site I think, the oldest, biggest in North America, tomorrow, downtown, at noon

don't mean to be a control freak

but from now on I'm going to have to approve comments before they are posted. (This is all behind the scene, I get the comments emailed to me, I approve + then they are posted.) Alas, too many weirdo pervertos out there.

quel surprise, it's snowing today

Lachine Trees, Twilight, 8x8x1.5 oil on wood, carved, 2008

Bear country, 24x36, oil on canvas

Vernissage tonight, super show continues

at han art galleryof friend R. Jamieson jr. Son of an artist, artist, father of an artist...

4 Lombardy Trees, 24x24, oil on wood, carved, 2008

Sargent Study, 9 x 9 3/4, watercolour, 2008

Sometimes it's the right time to look at some really really really great artist + work through their work. Sargent's palette is so straightforward, but what he does with it + his incredible loose brushwork. Whoa.

The Simplon, ND, Sargent

second wind, 16x16, oil on wood, carved, 2007

2 snow storm dogs, 7x10, watercolour, 2008

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

last night's snow storm, few cars on road, sidewalks not cleared, studio window shattered by wind. Whew.

Toronto Blues, 48x60, acrylic on wood

Happy International Womens' Day

black dog orange toy, 8x8, watercolour, toscana paper, 2008

3 leaves, 8x8, watercolour, toscana paper, 2008