Category Archives: pen and ink

The Long View @ Longview

If you’ve never been down the Cowboy Trail, this won’t look familiar. This is the iconic Alberta scene that one sees over and over in our ads and promos of the province.  Prairie gives way to foothills, which rise up to towering Rockies. Nowhere is this transition more dramatic than at the aptly named “Longview”.  Just north of that little town there is this incredible depth-of-field which defies pen and paint, but I had to try anyway.  Those who haven’t been there, it’s time for a road trip!

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Over the Moon Kitty

Last night this crazy cat came in and sprawled on the rug at my feet in what I call her “Aren’t I pretty?” pose.  She looks like she’s flying, complete with a kink in her tail.  So I did a pen & ink sketch of her right then, and took a photo.  Today I re-did the sketch on watercolour paper and made her jump over the moon. That’s the great thing about being an artist…you can even make your cat do things she has no intention of doing!   SOLD

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Summer Camp

Tipis have always been really evocative for me, and having just been to the Lewis & Clark Museum in Great Falls, with so much history there of the First Nations People, they are on my mind more than  usual. So today…a summer camp with three pole tipis used by the Cree and Sioux among others.

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Summer Kitchen

It’s so great to have a garden again, after several years without.  There’s something about being out in my bare feet amongst the vegetables.  This has been a fantastic tomato and pepper year, and this week I started canning both. The result was a “found still life” on my kitchen cupboard.  Anybody for pickled peppers?   

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Echodale Farmhouse

I’ve been trying to get to Echodale all summer, and finally made it today. AFTER all the animals are gone, and there’s no-one baking bread in the kitchen or hammering out horse shoes in the blacksmith shop! Darn it anyhow. 
 It was very beautiful though, and quiet.  I was able to sit and do a little sketchy painting of the old log house and enjoy the absolutely perfect weather.  I wandered about and enjoyed the flowers and the sight and sound of the S. Saskatchewan River sliding by. Hope you all enjoyed your Labour Day weekend as much as I did. 

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My Polly

Polly is in danger of being the most painted horse of the times, and here she is again…lookin’ good, for an old(er) girl!

  Beautiful, snake-savvy and smart, she knows my vehicle, her white blazed face following every move till I deliver the cookies, or mints or special senior horse feed (her winter treat). Or even just a good belly rub.  It’s been a great summer for the horses; lots of grass, beautiful calm sunny weather and best of all….very few bugs! 

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Three Crows in a Bird Bath

I’m aware that things have really “gone to the birds” with my blog these days, but these crows have been begging to be painted.  These are part of the family of crows that have taken over my parents lovely back yard….not the ideal situation if you value undisturbed sleep and peace in general!  Here they are monopolizing the bird bath. Their antics are entertaining though, with their bird-politics and their obvious intelligence. Now that the babies are raised they seem to have moved off to other locales…which is even more of a blessing than their presence. 

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Loon @ Police Outpost Lake

I couldn’t wait to attempt one of these extraordinary birds….I’ve only had a few minutes today, so this was a quick drawing in my sketch book, with overlays of watercolour.  Who can resist the fascinating blanket of dots, dashes and squares of white on a shiny black background; those squiggly calligraphic lines through the collar and onto the chest, the magnificent head and bright red eye!? All this is enough, and then!!      there’s the haunting call.  This was a close encounter with nature, and an incredible gift.

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Corrals and Chief Mountain

I’m still down here in the SW corner of the province, lucky me, and this rugged old set of corrals with it’s breath-taking backdrop was one of the sights we passed on our way to Police outpost Lake yesterday. It’s been such a great year for rain, and the pastures and meadows are still knee deep in grass and wildflowers. 
 There are some tell-tale signs though that summer’s days are numbered, as time and the seasons roll on.

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CraZy Sunflower

Brace yourselves…my yard is full of sunflowers and I keep bringing them in the house, where I promptly fall in love with them.  I didn’t realize what a gem this one was till I sat down and really looked it it…he’s just a little guy, and my painting fails to convey how extraordinarily beautiful and wonky he is.  He has this wonderful blue and green center, surrounded by a gorgeous fuzzy fringe, and the petals seem to be all different lengths and go in haphazard directions; a true individual.  But aren’t we all. The great thing about painting is that it affords the painter an opportunity to really LOOK at things we might otherwise miss. I’m never disappointed.  

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