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Painter • Painting enthusiast and sometimes educator • Collage, too • Landscape-adjacent • Toronto •
A foggy morning! At last, some atmospheric perspective to help with figuring out Noseworthy Hill.
23.04.2025 10:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A glorious day at Biscayne Bay. Who knew I'd need sunscreen in April in Newfoundland?
22.04.2025 10:01 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Big Pond, I'm told, has two access points: this one, for swimming and the other is best for skating. I don't think there will be much of either this month. That said, it's such a tranquil and sheltered spot, very different from the big drama of the Atlantic.
Which, of course, makes it perfect for
Who says plein air has to be - ahem- en plein air?
For this month at Pouch Cove, I've decided to focus primarily on plein air. Yes, I know, it's April... in Newfoundland. 🙄
Luckily, I have a sliding door window offering a great view of Noseworthy Hill.
Swipe to see the scene that will be one o
More from the way-back machine... Digging through drawers in the studio is turning up all kinds of things... Here's me, almost 30 years ago (!) as a graduate student at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Our studios were on the fourth floor of the Morses Tea building, overlooking the harbour
31.01.2025 12:00 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today, January 29th, is Jerry Ferguson's birthday. He would have been 88 today, a lucky number. I feel so lucky to have studied with him and am so grateful for his unwavering support well after I graduated in 1996. He was one in a million...
29.01.2025 12:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
From the way-back machine... I made a few monoprints with the screens (eight, I think) used to create a print for the 2004 Print Portfolio, a fundraiser for the School of Fine Art and Music. The fourth print is the one that was editioned.
27.01.2025 12:00 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today, Saturday, January 25th, is your last chance to see Harold Klunder's show at the Clint Roenish Gallery in Toronto. Here's a slow pan of a small portion of a massive canvas from the mid-1980s. I'm pretty sure I could still smell the oil paint...😁 #HaroldKlunder
25.01.2025 12:00 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here's Hartley the schnoodle, wondering why the dog in Carol Wainio's wonderful painting doesn't have to wear boots or a coat...
Meanwhile, upstairs, Barbara Klunder serves up a veritable menagerie of merry weirdness. This double-knockout show just opened at Paul Petro Gallery.
Hello Bluesky.
I guess this would be called the establishing shot.
