Musings on Art and Creativity

The Sandburg Goat Project - portrait paintings of Lilian Sandburg's Legacy herd and fundraiser. [...]

The quiet still and colorful days of Autumn are slowly giving way to winter. The cold has returned, and the peak of the leaves is past. The studio tour is over, and was a success. I look forward to more time painting in the studio again.   This is one of the small paintings I did for the tour - a fun study of animal personalities. The mood of this seemingly shy, but friendly cow feels like Autumn to me. There used to be fields full of cattle by the side of road nearby. The farmer has since sold most of the herd, and [...]

Getting stalked by a seagull when having a snack at the lake or the beach is a common experience. You know their sharp eyes are on that hot dish of french fries you just picked up. I remember this one (above) was after my roasted peanuts. I had been sitting on the shale beach at Craigleith Provincial Park several years ago and they circled me like a cat, never getting too close. Eventually, I put a peanut on the rock, and they’d dash in a grab it, running off to the periphery, never too far away, and never eyes off me [...]