Smile-Inducing Art – Nicole Russell
I'm delighted to bring you art that has a great sense of humour. I met Nicole Russell in 2016 when she walked into a monthly meeting of one of the art groups I belong to. We hit it off straight…
The Art of Lisa Shaune Hattrick
Our guest artist for this July 2020 letter was born and raised in Scotland but has traveled extensively and lived in several countries. For some years now she has made her home in beautiful Cable Bay at the top of…
A Bold American Artist – Shera Delia
Shera Delia's art is colorful and often dream-like but she's also capable of impressive political cartooning. (See the end of this post.) Shera uses mixed-media and describes her influences as the psychedelic and pop art movements of the 60s and…
The Blackwood Art Update
Scottish based artist, Laura Blackwood has created another of her beautiful calendars for 2021. Laura describes her hand painted calendar entitled, The 2021 Nature Calendar as "a celebration of the creatures, plants, weather and traditions that make up the British…
Vestige – Rob Mullholland
I was totally captivated when I saw these images from UK based artist Rob Mulholland. The mirrored figures seem liquefied in their forest surroundings, there and not there, like a ripple in 'the force' or ghosts of past inhabitants. It…
My Own Art Update
What with writing books, blogs and being on the Committee of a large local Art Group my own art has been rather neglected these past years. Nevertheless, I do have some new pieces to show you. They are going into…
Lisa Hattrick-Spirit of Nature Series
Lisa Shaune Hattrick likes to paint the unseen but what does that mean? How can one paint what isn't seen or even know what is there, if it's not 'seeable?' These are questions that we could spend many hours discussing…