reflection

  • Real Job

    “What did you go to college for?” Me: “Art.” Laughter. “Well I guess that was beneficial, wasn’t it?” This has been a conversation I have had many times over the years as I don’t work ‘full time’ making art. It does not provide me an income (yet – I will…

  • Studio

    As far as small spaces go, my studio is the perfect solution for holding and housing my art ‘things.’ Paintbrushes, watercolour pads, palettes, drawing implements, journaling notebooks and some other painting odds and ends like tape and masking fluid. I have been feeling a bit unmotivated lately with painting. Sometimes…

  • May Madness

    “The tournament next weekend in Nanaimo, is that hockey or Lacrosse?” Me, asking my husband Jay, who ‘manages’ our younger son’s sports schedule. I was asking as there are 4 weekends in a row of tournaments. Vancouver for hockey, then Vancouver for Lacrosse, then Nanaimo for Hockey, then Vancouver for…

  • Energize

    I am sure many people have their patterns and habits of daily routine. I have come to really know myself and realize how much of a creature of habit I truly am. Same morning routine, every day, down to specific ‘affirmations’ in my day journal. Same breakfast, same schedule. Same…