In one corner of my living room is an easel holding a blank canvas. It has been there for a couple of weeks. I keep meaning to get out my paints and brushes to actually create something on it, but my lack of imagination holds me back. I have no idea what I want to […]
While out and about this morning I came across a fabulous painting in an unexpected place. It was painted on a billboard in an otherwise ordinary convenience store parking lot and it took my breath away. I stood and looked at it for a long time. The image reminded me of rock formations I have […]
I saw something odd today and I thought I would see if you can make sense of it for me. On a sidewalk bench near my home, there was a painting on stretched canvas next to a discarded yellow safety vest. I wondered how they got there and decided that there are a few possibilities. […]
This week, I started a watercolour painting class along with nine other people who have time on their hands during the day. Some of us are retired, some of us are empty-nesters, and some of us are temporarily unemployed. During the first hour, the instructor introduced herself and had the class members introduce themselves by […]
Breathing in, deeply, makes me feel good. I just came from an exercise class and after the aerobics, the hand weights, and the floor exercises, we breathe deeply. To be honest, the part of the class I like best is the very end when about twenty-five people over fifty have to carefully and with restrained […]
