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]
Watercolor
White Lilies
The Lily The modest Rose puts forth a thorn, The humble sheep a threat'ning horn: While the Lily white shall in love delight, Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty [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]
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]
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]
2012, bring it!
Last year, I made a simple New Year’s resolution to start painting again. After procrastinating for more than eight months, I finally got down to it. It felt good. Like, [Read more]
White Orchid
For over a week I haven't had a clue what to paint next. I was thinking weathered tree knots or rocks on the beach; something with a lot of texture. Well, as you can see, what [Read more]
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]
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]
