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My life in ART, 2017-2020

2017 – 2020 Art anchors me as I navigate my new path forward as a single person. Plein air painting and digital painting explodes! West Coast abstract landscape oil painting & new romance… Life drawing in Covid times.

My life in ART, 2007-2017

2007 – 2017 Life drawing begins, painting from life models, Nutcracker Ballet, dance painting, beginnings of iPad life drawing, urban sketching & Dennis’s candle gently blows out…

The Art of Loss

The Art of Loss GPAG and the Hospice Society invited a number of local Sunshine Coast, BC artists to consider how experiences of grief and loss can inspire us to live more fully. The Art of Loss Loss is woven into the tapestry of our lives. The repeated experience of loss becomes a template for …

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Westcoast Figurative

Westcoast Figurative Westcoast Figurative Seven painters of the human form. Exhibition Jan 12 – Feb 5, Gibsons Public Art Gallery. Andrea Armstrong Cindy Riach Jay Senetchko Jennifer Goodwin Justin Ogilvie Maria-Margaretta Paula O’Brien Jan DeGrass Coast Reporter Arts & Entertainment Writer January 5, 2017 The idea of organizing and curating a figurative show at the …

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Life drawing with Brushes app

Life drawing with Brushes app Life drawing with Brushes app on iPad I began digital painting with Brushes in 2010, have now moved up to Adobe Sketch and Procreate. But Brushes is a wonderful art app! I love to take it to life drawing, lots of textures and colors available… and it fits in my …

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Life drawing with Brushes app

Life drawing with Brushes app Life drawing with Brushes app in a very loose and painterly manner. I use my drawing pencils in the same way, holding several at a time and drawing in with lights and darks and colors. 2013

From Cradle to Grave

From Cradle to Grave From Cradle To Grave – a look at aging and life’s key moments by member artists of FigurativeArtist.org. The aging process in many styles and mediums… 2013