July 2019

Well June got away from me.... as I was enjoying becoming a grandmother for the first time! On May 16th we welcomed wee Fenna Katherine Huizinga  to our world. What a lovely new chapter....

​Weather-wise it was a gloriously warm summery June but oh so very dry!  It is a major worry as our rainforest plants and trees are suffering.  I have browning salal in my garden and 2 very large fir trees that have died as well as a small red cedar that is dead red! Yikes.... we need rain!

 So it is now July and it has finally rained- in fact the last week has been cloudy and rainy.  Great for the vegetable garden!
 
​But in the studio it is still warm with activity ....
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A fun one workshop "Fantastical Florals"

And a few cold wax and oil pieces that have been on my easel lately:

Thanks to my art buddy Jenny, I am experimenting with colour along with her as she studies with the amazing artist and teacher Pamela Caughey. Here are first studies: from top- gray scale, monochrome, complimentary and triad schemes. Learning a lot about colour mixing. These are in acrylic and will be added to, and edited over the next few weeks...
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Painted in an awesome garden last weekend as part of the Art and Garden Tour in Campbell River.
Here is one of the small acrylics "Gooseneck Loosestrife" done that day.

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