Under the Nigerian sun
You've seen Under the Tuscan Sun, right? You know, the one where a North American woman finds herself visiting Tuscany and decides to buy a property, then the hilarity of [Read more]
Artwork
The beauty of African Art
A few of the beautiful pieces of art and artifacts we have added to our Ibezimako Villa so far. Many were found at the Lekki Arts & Crafts Market, but we also found lots [Read more]
The beauty and the birds of Witless Bay
Way back in 2018 -- oh, remember those glory days before corona -- I meant to share a bit about our adventure along the Atlantic Coast while we were road tripping through [Read more]
Pop goes the easel!
My watercolour painting career? It's been a minute. (Five years of minutes to be exact.) But with the time I've had over the past year, I started it back up. I mainly [Read more]
Like a kid in a crayon store
Remember when you were a kid and you got a new colouring book and immediately grabbed your crayons and had at it? Yeah, good memories, right? It didn't matter if you stayed in [Read more]
The Lion
The Lion is my latest watercolour painting and I'm really happy with how it turned out. It didn't take a long time to complete, but I did have a few hairy moments (no pun [Read more]
Weathered and worn
When painting with watercolour, my biggest challenge is never the detail, it's those simple washes! I can't quite get 'em right -- always going a few brush strokes too far. [Read more]
A natural beauty
While in Montreal, le Chuck and I spent an afternoon walking through the Botanical Garden and looking up, way way up, at the larger-than-life masterpieces of Mosaïcultures [Read more]
Orchids
Whenever I see orchids I think of Georgia O'Keeffe and her sensual orchid paintings (and, of course, lady parts). Her work has always wowed me for it's smooth lines and [Read more]
EXperiencing the Red River Ex
So who knew there was lots of learning to be had at the Red River Ex? Last night we spent the evening at Winnipeg's mega fair touring mobile homes (yep, we actually did that), [Read more]
Fossil fish fun
Sometimes you get to do something cool in your job, and for the last couple of weeks I did just that. I designed my very first infographic for Travel Manitoba and the CFDC. [Read more]
Art to fill the soul
This spring, I had the privilege to tour the new 100 Masters: Only in Canada exhibit at the WAG before any of the public. And what an exhibit it is! I've seen many collections [Read more]
Spinning our wheels in the Interlake
This week, my coworker and I got drenched in art as we drove through a downpour to attend the "Mug Shot" media event put on by the wonderful and welcoming artists that [Read more]
Bass Harbor Head
Autumn, that wonderful time of year when everything looks burnt, cracked, weathered and aged. Here's one of my favourite paintings that always makes me think of the sweetness [Read more]
Art portfolio
After a night of imbibing too much sangria with some good friends, I lazed in bed this morning and finished my first art portfolio book. This was the simplest Blurb book so [Read more]
