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Well it has been a year to remember and we are only at Sept. I am.... as so many already looking forward to being past this year and looking back at it as a memory. Hopefully soon the pandemic will be over but I know that will not be as soon as we all would like. ...

This painting is addressing the sad fact that we are losing our songbirds due to the poisons that we use to increase our yields of crops. The pesticides kill not only the bugs but all the creatures that eat the bugs too. Lost Song is a painting of barn swallows flying...

Was just looking for a beautiful point on a brush to create that wonderful flash of reflection in the eye of my animal on the easel. The brush needs to come to a marvellous sharp point while still holding enough paint to do the job. All the ones in use have worn down...

We do allot of hiking, we head out and up the trails systems in BC and sometimes we just scramble up the hillside above us without using the trails (Neil is better at full on cross country than I am, boy can he hike) We do it to enjoy nature and see the animals that...

I am collecting all the time. Collecting little bits of nature...pinecones, stones, dried leaves and feathers...for their beauty and so I will know what they really look like to paint them. Creating and collecting photos of nature, all the animals,  the mountain side,...

It has been a few years now but my Out of the Dark series was and is still an inspiration to my other artwork. That year due to our work schedule we only had time to exercise after supper...and in the dark. We would walk our country mile in the dark with only the...

  Horses - they have been part of my whole life. The decades of my life can be paired to a number of wonderful horses. We have ridden the pastures and the mountains...learned so many things together. They have been great friends and even a few stubborn...

So pleased that my book is now available. This is something I have been thinking of for several years. A fun silly project filled with love and laughter. A small mouse that wanted to fly...the illustrations show all that this little clever fellow tries in his pursuit...

Christmas is coming, Christmas is coming... the fishing and wildlife art is perfect for Dad. The whimsy art is great for the nursery, grandma's house or anyone who loves to smile. What about mom...she would be delighted with the horse art and squirrels. All the family...

To create... To create beauty... To solidify a moment... To represent an animal... To exceed expectations... Share a love... Illuminate a part of me without using speech... Showcase importance... Make a connection... Tell a story... Show a soul…mine and theirs…touch...

Every day can be the source of my inspiration to paint. This summer has been full of wonderful hikes in the mountains around Salmon Arm. The air has been clear of the wild fire smoke that plagued us the last two years.  Hiking is a chance to get into the woods and...

We all have those favorite things we love to do.The past times that make you smile to think of them, that you love to plan for and look forward to.  Some of mine I have shared here on this blog. Here are two paintings that show a combo of my husband's and mine. They...

Lost Song by Neonicotinoid.  This painting looks at the fact that our quest for higher yields in our farmers crops is costing us as a planet. When the bugs die....death expands over all the species. Here the barn swallows fly with ghost birds in their midst, because...

         Just thinking back to an exciting summer story. We were out on our boat and we were lucky enough to see an eagle swimming for the first time. We were out fishing (catch and release) on the lake. My husband released the fish with a quick twist of the hook and...

       I love rabbits. It seems like I always have. Thinking back to our first pets when I was a little girl. We were lucky enough to have an opinionated tabby cat, a guinea pig and a growing number of rabbits.  We were always willing to add a boy to our group of...

The best way to create the look of texture in a painting is using something that is just ready to be tossed out. It is true, your oldest, ugliest and most abused brushes make the best textures in a painting.  Those wonderful old brushes that are on their last legs...

My Art Reasons - to create, expand and grow  to compliment and recreate beauty, to share my love for nature and its creatures to preserve a moment of connection with a wild being to represent that animal well to illuminate their importance in all of our lives to have...

For a painter, light and shadows are part of the fabric of the creation that we strive to make. They are what adds the final touch of life into painting. The light is what gives the artwork energy.The light reflected in an eye allows us to see its soul in the shadow....

The sun highlights the ridges and hard curve of their massive horns as they are sky lined against the distant blue of craggy peaks. Rocky mountain Big Horn Sheep - this is an agile creature that lives on the ridges and peaks of our Canadian mountains. A few years ago,...

My art helps people to see animals as EarthMates, our neighbours that share this common ground.

Sometimes I get asked where my inspiration comes from. In the most part it comes from a wonderful meeting with a wild creature. For example, two days ago I headed down to the lake with my guilty pleasure, an ice cap from Timmy's and my camera. After finishing my...

Why paint mushrooms and a squirrel? The mushrooms that grow on the rotting birch logs are truly things of beauty. They are a fantastic peachy colour with delicate spots on beautiful shaped ovals. These mushrooms provide a pop of warm colour in the greens, greys and...

While painting horses I feel as if I am part of the immense history of mankind's' love affair with horses. As humans we have always needed and loved horses. Together we have climbed mountains, built cities, fed the masses as well as become the very best of friends....

Last summer while  in Kamloops, BC flock of small birds landed on the pine tree over head. They flitted around the tree checking out the pinecones and dancing up and down the branches and trunk. It was an amazing dance of agility and grace. They were not concerned...

Here is a share on the creation of a bear.... 🙂 Enjoy.

I have had a few people ask me about my process lately and they were wondering how I came to have the appearance of such fine detail. I thought I would repost this series of photos that show step by step how this painting came from start to finish. I always work with...

This painting started because I was gifted with this beautiful bee hive. My awesome husband brought it to me. It has hung around my studio for several years now and I have been waiting for the right idea to pop up so that I could include it in a painting. The hive is...

The HoneySuckle is flowering in the woods...and it is beautiful. My husband picked a bouquet of it and tucked it into the front of his saddle bringing it home to the studio for me. Here is the results.  

I have been lucky enough to find inspiration in all sorts of natural bits and pieces of the woods. I am often found painting with a brush in one hand and a branch in the other for reference. Or perhaps it is a rock, some bark, grasses or moss or whatever thing of...