​Grab a map ... or your phone... and join us for the ride!

This SATURDAY JUNE 19, I will join 33 other member artists of the St. Albert Painters Guild in inviting our community in a city-wide art exploration. We are all bringing our studio practices and our paintings outside to our front yard spaces. In addition to offering our wares to local art collectors, I think this will be a really great opportunity just to provide a casual outdoor gallery for folks who just need to be out and about after so long. I also think people really need art and art galleries to refill and replenish their souls.
As for me, I will be treating this exhibition as a time to reflect on 15 years of expressing the beauty of nature in watercolor and gathering steam for what is to come! If you are in town, I invite you to create your own tour of 19 outdoor art galleries. The more stops the better, as you will have more chances to win one of three donated paintings. Can't wait to see you!
Here are just a few of the watercolor paintings you'll see at 25 LORRAINE CRESCENT

​Sustaining an art practice in difficult times

This winter was a time of huge transition but also a season of blessings. It took awhile to set up and adapt to having my studio at home. But now it feels very accessible. But however would I paint consistently without the encouragement of other artists around, and while the world went a bit crazy? One of the best things about the season was sitting down most days to work on a large commissioned painting. Even better, it put me in a summer mood. My task was to paint a St. Albert backyard much loved by the homeowners. Every day, I thought about the greens of summer, the bright pink and purple petunias and the lush tomato plants getting ready to fruit. And by February, ta-da, winter was almost over, including the Polar Vortex, and my summery painting was done!
"Summer Afternoons"  Watercolor, 22 x 30