Alice’s Teapots
My latest painting comes from a photograph I took at the Portobello Road Market last year in London. The market is so vibrant and has lots of teapots and pictures of chickens, [Read more]
Artwork
Blasts from the past
This week I started digging through some old artwork and brought out my portfolio. I'm not gonna lie, it creaked like an old man's knees; it's been so long since I opened the [Read more]
Paper Umbrellas
At home in my sun room there is a piece I completed years ago that is an overhead view of people carrying large yellow umbrellas. (Or "oh, those are pretty flowers, Kirsten" [Read more]
Haida Totems
While visiting Vancouver this year, we took a trek out to UBC so I could see my old school. We walked around campus, checked out the old dormitory, and ended up at the Museum [Read more]
Bring poppies for a weary mind
Over the years, I have tried numerous times to grow bunches of poppies in the garden and they either die out or don't even come up in the first place. Except this one, a light [Read more]
Autumn, when every leaf is a flower
Don't you just love the colours of fall? For me, the beauty of this season makes the short transition from Manitoba's beautiful summers to harsh winters bearable. I'm [Read more]
Stan
So last January I made a simple resolution to start painting again. After 9 months of saying it, I have actually got off my butt and started doing it. Ah, procrastination, how [Read more]
Stanley Park Totems
This is a watercolour of the Stanley Park totem poles that I painted for a good friend way back in the day. She had just moved back from B.C. and I wanted her to have a little [Read more]
55 Thunderbird
55 Thunderbird, watercolour, 2008
Smells like spring
Which means it smells like dog poop in Winnipeg! Spring is absolutely the ugliest season in this city. The snow is in a mass melt that makes everything wet, dirty and stinky; [Read more]
Time to mix it up
I need to begin painting again. I haven't put brush in hand for months. Nothing has inspired me lately. There are a couple of paintings that I have been commissioned to do and [Read more]
The smell of autumn is in the air
After all the bright and shiny colours of summer, it's time to wrap yourself up in the rich hues of fall. This was painted for my friend Denise and now hangs in her [Read more]
