RJ Kollée- Artist/Writer

Salem our studio cat from a few years ago. He used to sun himself at the entry skylight at the top of the stairs. He was bonkers. He would suddenly jump up in the air with all fours. There were 22 artists in this old turn of the century building. early 2000's. The real estate agents came. The end.

Interesting concept you have going on here.

Love your raven drawings, excellent, this is my guy he hangs on my wall in my studio.

Are you the same Scott Gustafson that painted Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?

Her face reminds of the works of Tamara de Lempicka

It looks as if two different artists did this work. When you look at the man in foreground and the other figures there is a such a different style. My two cents.

I was as well.

View from inside my studio window of incoming deluge.

Yes totally agree. What a night it was. Hopefully the future for Canada will rebound and we move forward to look after ourselves and trade with reasonable international partners.

Oh man, you are so right. I walked over to the polling station this morning with my husband, just down the block from us and voted Carny. The US president is driving us Canadians nuts with his stupid talk.

Almost looks like a human face. Looks great.

It's been a 3 1/2 year journey, but's it's finally done. My first novel manuscript. Now it goes to alpha and beta readers then editor. Image below in Not the cover. It's a painting I did a few months ago but gives clue as to content.

My background painting, oil on canvas behind my profile photo entitled: "The Last Eve of Berlin, May 1, 1945."

Some progress today. Need to wait 3 days to continue, oil on canvas. Struggling to find my voice again after a solo show last summer. My mind is mush, so to keep busy, right now I'm doing flowers.

I so love this one too! Brilliant.

HAPPY EASTER, BLUESKY PEOPLE 🐇

Ah, so that's how the story goes. wink wink

Love this one!

A bunny? Well that makes sense, a skunk would be little off. 😅

Studio day today: I'm calling this one: " I Forgot my Glasses Today." and yes I did forget them. But didn't want to drive the 5 k to go home and get them. Not too bad for an under layer and half blind artist.

They look a bit like sand storms or sand dunes.

Looks like a big crowd. Good on ya! You can come back and see us anytime..

This is the front of the Fire Hall that I used to share basement studio with 6 other artists. It was built in the early 1900s.

This one is just awesome.

Flashback to my old studio 2012 in the basement of and old firehall, 14 foot ceilings. I was working on my Viking series this canvas is 6 feet by 5.5 feet, oil on canvas.

Just finished this one today at my studio. It needed some editing, took out some blossoms and added more darks.

Good one.

As an author, about to self publish, I can't afford the rising costs of printing either by a printer or Amazon with the tariffs that are so outlandish, what is one to do? Wait? My husband is also an author and has published in the past without a publisher or agent. It sucks.

Oh, yes read this one many years ago. Very creepy.

A photo from a few years ago from in Inside Out exhibition. A whicker chair at the Coutts Centre in Nanton, AB.