Sunday, July 15, 2007

Wedding garden stone

A garden stone I was commissioned to do as a wedding gift. It's about 12" x 9", and weighed around 19 lbs.

I haven't been getting a lot of art done, as I'm working full time during the summer, while juggling the whale watching business and family. Stay tuned for more frequent postings in the fall!

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

finally a rock for myself!

I've been busy the past few weeks putting in the vegetable garden and doing yardwork, and things are looking so great, that I made this for myself. I can always do more ;)

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Two new stones



Two stones I've been working to finish for the MacDonald Museum show.

Celtic humpbacks: The Spiral Dance

Celtic Humpbacks: The Spiral Dance
mixed media on watercolour board
for sale at the MacDonald Museum Gallery, Middleton, NS

A new painting I've been hurrying to finish. It was delivered to the MacDonald Museum Gallery today. I really wanted to have something with my whales design in the show. I've tried to represent the whales bubble cloud feeding: the whale(s) swims in an upward spiral around a school of fish (ie. herring), all the while emitting a string of bubbles from hsi/her blowhole. The bubbles form a curtain around the fish, who think it is a solid barrier and pack in closer together, making it easier for the whale to swim through with open mouth and CHOMP! From the surface of the water, it looks like the sea is coming to a boil as the bubbles rise up and break.

The exhibit is called "In The Neighbourhood" and features the work of artists from Digby and Kings Counties. The opening is Sunday, June 24th, 2007 from 2:00-4:00 pm, and the exhibit will continue until Labour Day weekend.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

finished stones



Here's how these two stones turned out, before they went to live for a while at Bluefin Pottery. I gave them both a satin-gloss finish by treating them with beeswax. This makes them appear wet and brings out all the lovely colours. (And they smell good too!)

Where to find my stuff this summer

I unloaded all my art today. So, if you're looking, you can find it at Bluefin Pottery and Hand Creations in Digby, NS, and at MacDonald Museum gallery, Middleton, NS. Now I've got to get crack-a-lackin on some new stuff... boy, are my walls bare!

Monday, May 21, 2007

Amanda's rock

I finished this garden rock today for my sister. I freehanded for the first time, which was fun, since the celtic stuff is planned so meticulously. The rock has a bloom for each of her three children, and a bud for the little one on his way. This stone is my largest yet: about 18"x12".

Central Grove Park trail hike - 20 May 07

Cinnamon ferns unfurl by a babbling forest stream.

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Tagged!

I've been tagged by Jeanette Jobson at Illustrated Life. So now I'm supposed to dish on seven things most people don't know about me, then tag seven other bloggers.
Here goes:
1. I am a closet Coronation Street fan. Besides the Sopranos, it's the only TV I really watch. (oh, and I will be devastated when the Sopranos ends in three more episodes).
2. Odd jobs I have done: I have worked as a telemarketer hawking newspaper subscriptions. That lasted two weeks. I have also filled bait for my lobster fisherman husband: this involves squishing handfuls of slightly rotten, salt-pickled herring into mesh bags. And, I worked in a fish plant the summer before I went to college, where I pulled egg sacks from slit female herring bellies to box and send to Asia. Yum.
3.I hate feet. I don't like to show mine, and I don't enjoy the sight of other's. And don't get me started on Crocs!
4. I was a stand-in for Jennifer Jason Leigh during filming for Delores Claiborne. They shot some exterior scenes here, mainly on the ferry from Freeport to Brier Island. There's one scene where the ferry is pulling away from the ferry slip with JJL's character standing on the deck, while Christopher Plummer's character is glaring down from the wharf at her. When her back is turned... that's me! The best part of the experience was meeting Kathy Bates, who I adore (especially after Six Feet Under, which was the best TV show ever, by the way).
5. I graduated high school in a class of 13. Yes 13. The school I attended from Primary to Grade 12 had about 150 students total at the time of my graduation.
6. I swear too much. Only people who know me IRL know that. The really horrible part of that is when your three year old drops an f-bomb. Oh, heavens.
7. My biggest pet peeve is poor spelling and improper use of punctuation. You know, when people use apostrophe's for plural's. Aaargh.

Now I have to go find seven people to tag!

Friday, May 11, 2007

one of my favorite art supply stores

Beautiful Cove, Freeport, lowest tide at the full moon.