It’s taken a while. I am not sure why. I wonder if it is because I doubt myself in
terms of my ability to draw. Or maybe I just
got a look at what other folks can do and felt small and insignificant? Or maybe I just got busy being a mom, and
working full time, and organizing events for the Arts Council, and trying to
come up with activities to keep 13&14 year old girl guides interested for 2
hours every Thursday night? Or maybe I was
just tired. Really Tired. You know the
kind of tired that creeps up on you when your nose is a bit stuffed, and your
sinuses ache, and your throat is scratchy, but you aren’t really sick enough to
justify taking a day off work. Tired.
Whatever it was I lost my groove. I lost my inspiration, I lost the desire, it
trickled out and every time I looked at
a blank sheet of paper… it was just that… BLANK! Empty! Daunting… even my
scratch pad next to my phone at work sat sterile, a few quick names, numbers jotted down in
short clipped script. Not one embellishment,
not one doodle. Empty.
But I’m BACK! I’m ready, I’m excited again.
And as mysteriously as my inspiration died it has come crashing back! It might have been the Creative Jam – where I
got to meet the lovely Ms. Redhead who can get seriously excited about
painting! And taught us all how she
pours her paint. (see image below). Or it
might just be that the pressure of organizing the Creative Jam has ebbed.. and
with that stress out of my life I can bloom again. Or it could be the upcoming Arts and Culture
week in April where we are hosting a PostCard Art show on the theme of “Hello
Neighbour!” Or maybe it was finding a
whole new line of Children’s Books – Barefoot Books and some spending some time
looking at the wonderful illustrations that grace their covers. (http://www.barefootbooks.ca/) What ever it is it feels great!
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Sentinel Spirits
poured watercolour from workshop by Leslie
Redhead
Watercolour
© RiverWalker Art
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So the first bit of inspiration was that my
spice collection needs a new item. Cioppino
– a versatile fish stew that is a classic of the West Coast and related to
various regional fish soups and stews of Italian cuisine. Traditionally it is made from the catch of
the day, which can look like a combination of Dungeness crab, clams, shrimp,
scallops, mussels and fish in a tomato based broth. My painting – a small 5x7 watercolour! Now to add the text, do a little digital
magic and get the envelopes printed! (oh yeah and place an order to my
favourite spice dealer!) What fun!
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Cioppino
Watercolour
© RiverWalker
Art
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Wynken Blyken
& Nod
Watercolour
© RiverWalker
Art
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