More Yonge St
Apr 7th 2013PeterUncategorized
Sunday 07. 04. 13 Still working out the logistics of this but have managed 3 images for the first panel, Wellington, Queen and Dundas streets.
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French portraits
Jan 2nd 2013PeterUncategorized
Wednesday 02. 01. 13 I have been doing some more portraits of French friends using oil pastels as above but I think that I may paint over them using linseed oil to get a more painterly effect.
All in the family
Nov 11th 2011PeterUncategorized
Friday 11. 11. 11 Remembrance Day and Poppy’s birthday. Above is Poppy’s illustration of In Flanders Fields .
Downeast
Aug 7th 2011PeterUncategorized
Thursday 28. 07. 11 Caught the train yesterday morning for Halifax via Montreal. Normal commuter train to Montreal then the Via train to Halifax. A slightly more modern cabin than we had last year going west but still very comfortable. It had an ensuite shower but you had a bench seat instead of the armchairs during the day. Arrived about an hour late and were met by Rob at the station in Halifax. Drove straight down the valley to Paradise West.
Stations and vans
Mar 27th 2011PeterJournal & Uncategorized
Sunday 27. 03. 11 I have been working on number of different techniques for monoprints this week. Besides adding detergent to the ink and/or to the plate I have also been experimenting with adding colour to the monoprint after printing. The above has been coloured with thin glazes of oil. Plus the vans continue to roll.
Gauguin at Lodève
Jul 21st 2010PeterUncategorized
Wednesday 21. 07. 10 We went to the Gauguin show at the Musée Fleury in Lodève yesterday. A show more about the Nabis than Gauguin but an interesting show none the less and well worth a visit. The video though is terrible which is unusual as normally the videos that go with the shows there are very good.
More white vans
May 5th 2010PeterUncategorized
Wednesday 05. 05. 10 Have been fiddling around with these two paintings for a couple of weeks but I think they are now finished. Today started on a couple of monoprints, one of leeks and the other of grapefruits and if they go well they may be the beginning of yet another series. I am printing them in black ink and then adding colour with coloured pencil. Winter came back yesterday with a vengeance with winds and heavy rain. I drove through the storm to Pezenas where I helped David and Monique hang David’s paintings at the Caves des vins de Molière. He has a show there through to the end of June.
Clouds
Apr 24th 2010PeterUncategorized
Saturday 24. 04. 10 This was the week that I was supposed to meet my brother in England and see all our cousins, however due to the volcanic cloud, neither of us could get a flight in so we had to cancel. It was a disappointment but we will reschedule for the Fall. So this week I bought three more large canvasses courtesy of the Dalbe sale and George’s car to ferry them home and I am hoping to do a night landscape of Celles with a white van. I have done some drawings and shot some reference photos so hope to start the painting next week.
Learning French
Apr 17th 2010PeterUncategorized
Thursday 15. 04. 10 Yesterday I went with Gisèle to what I thought was a gourmet wine tasting but turned out to be a high class tupper ware party. We went to the Domaine de la Tour which is a rather grand looking house on a hill overlooking Nebian. Instead of standing around sampling wine we were subjected to a spiel about high end German cookware and cutlery. Good for the French but for me ultimately deadly boring. However after a couple of hours we come away with a bottle of wine and a jar of paté each. Today instead of staying in at the Accueil we had a field trip. We drove out to St Jean de la Blaquière, parked and then had a walk down to the river which is known locally as a miniature version of the Colorado. As we walked Alain pointed out the various wild flowers, aromatic herbs and edible plants found there, some of which we sampled. It was the perfect Spring day, sunny but not too hot. After lunch I decided that it was such a lovely day that I drove out to St Jean de Fos and Aniane and shot lots of photos of various white vans. In the evening instead of going to my life drawing class I went up to George and Laurene’s for aperos and caught up on their recent trip to Italy.
White vans
Mar 30th 2010PeterUncategorized
Tuesday 30. 03. 10 I have finally finished the first two of my white van series. Currently working on a third in this new series.