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time for new calendars

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As we draw towards the end of another amazing year, it is time for me to get my 2015 poster calendars ready for you!  They make great holiday gifts — just roll up, tie with ribbon, and pass along with your love and best wishes for the coming year.  

My calendars are big and bold (12 x 18 inches) and printed locally on 100% recycled paper (good for you AND the earth) and are available in my etsy shop, at Artzi Stuff in downtown Nanaimo, or at the Pier Gallery Christmas Sale here on Gabriola on December 13 and 14th.  Or contact me directly to place an order (I offer bulk discounts so let me know if you want a bunch).

Which one do you like the best?  Perhaps you cannot decide….if so, just get a couple and make sure both your home and office have a fun calendar on the wall.

GOOD DAY 20152015 GOOD TOGETHERHAPPY FEAST 2015

and introducing a slightly different style for the new year (with the help of some cheeky oystercatchers)….

2015 OYSTERCATCHER with BREAKFAST2015 at a Glance OYSTERCATCHER TALL 12x18

Here’s hoping 2015 is full of happy days for you and yours!

P.S. which is your favourite 2015 design?

on this day…royalty reigns

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On this day, one year ago, we were visiting Versailles and walking through the palace and gardens of royalty from days gone by.  On this day, 14 years ago, our puppy Luna was born.  On this day, today, we treat her as the queen she is with homemade dog treats to snack on while she reclines on our (new to us) royal couch.  Seems fitting that today was also a day to finish a painting complete with party flags and the words “WE ARE SO GOOD TOGETHER”!  Yes…YES, we are!!  P.S. I just noticed one of the floors at Versailles is very much the same as the floors our fancy couch sit on.  This day is certainly a regal one!  Now if only my kitchen table looked like this one….Ah well, at least I have my very own Prince Charming (and three sweet princesses)!

so good togetherparty in the gardens awaits.....hide and go seek in the garden mazesposerclassic beautiesroom to run in swirls!princessesbirthday candles for Lunacheckered floorour own checkered floor and royal coucha royal day!look what card came in the mail thsi week a royal treata fancy tablemy prince charming

artist of the month !

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Guess who is the artist of the month for September at the Old Crow Cafe here on my little island?  I am so happy to say that yours truly has filled the art wall at this fabulous and funky cafe with a bunch of new art!  The theme of the show was inspired by a commission I have been working on for ages (you have seen it before here), a piece that makes me think of summer nights and play.  It reminded me that September really is the twilight of summer and so I went with that.  I painted some more evening sparkly sky and moon pieces (oh those big bright moons this summer had us all out late didn’t they!?), added a dash of inspirational art in similar blue tones, tossed in a collage in honour of so many visitors and feasts (including a pie party), added a couple of oyster catchers (I have been inspired by them all summer and they have waited patiently for me to bring them to life on the canvas), and topped it off with a “rain meets the sea” painting in honour of that touch of much needed rain we got last week.

Et voila, THE TWILIGHT OF SUMMER is on display for all to enjoy as we enjoy these last days in the twilight of the summer of 2014.  Won’t you please drop by the Old Crow Cafe and take a peek while you enjoy some great food!?!   P.S.  I already have a few red dots, so get there soon if you want to buy something (tee hee).

IMG_7484br finally finished it!!!are you smiling yet?love this one!!beach feet 2014feast on fruits and cakes in progresssnacktimeon the wall at the OLD CROW CAFE on Gabriola Island message of the month

harvest time

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Oh I love this time of year, when the local harvest is in full swing (and my tummy is full of the goodness).  Here’s a few photos of the bounty we are enjoying right now….peas from our neighbourfreshly delivered from the okanaganflowers from Mamie's gardenlettuce from our gardencherries direct from the okanaganpie makers....celebrating the harvest with a pie partywe celebrated the harvest with a pie party

We celebrated the harvest with a pie party! Hope you are also enjoying all the local, organic food! Now if only Dimitri could catch a salmon (or two)…

flowers from Jane's garden

All the bounty is inspiring this painting (in progress)….and so many fruit crumbles (peach and blackberry yesterday, apple and blackberry the day before).  Those were eaten before any photos could be taken.  We love the REBAR recipe here.

feast on fruits and cakes in progress

 

let the summer holidays begin

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Summer holidays begin for me TODAY! I am looking forward to lots of reading (I am working through the OUTLANDER series by Diana Gabaldon right now and so excited for the new and final book in the series)….new to us couch and hammock, here I come!  I know there will be an increase in beach time, I think there might be a camping trip or two, I hope we will have a few boating adventures and I will also be heading up north to visit old friends.  In between it all, I hope to find some juicy painting time.  Oh I just love summer holidays…..don’t you?!!

summer stillness on our new to us couchsummer love