1221 Perce Rock, Gaspe Peninsula, 8x10, oil

Sold-Minnesota USA

Somehow I forgot  to post this painting when I did it. I think I was planning to do more to it. Anyways, less is more and someone loves it as it is. That's the best feeling.

1258 Forget House, Montreal Street Scene 8x10, egg tempera

Sold- South Carolina USA

This is Maison Forget on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal. I had started a painting of it in 2012 without knowing it was called Forget House. It was just a really nice looking building. Recently someone asked if I had a painting of Forget House and it was only when I googled it that I realized I had laid the groundwork already to make a painting of it. Well, I just finished it and I quite like it.

 

1257 ParcLaFontaine Snow Day, 8x10 egg tempera

 I repainted this painting. I had painted this scene some time ago. I'm lost in time so I can't say if it was month or a year or two ago.  Anyways, after painting the first copy I didn't care for it (Okay, I don't know why but I hated, despised, and loathed it!). So I put it under the bathroom tap and sent it down the drain. There's my confession. Would other artists understand? I had no reason to do it other than mean angry spite. I had plenty of boards to do new paintings on...so I didn't need the board or anything. 

Well, after destroying my creation and letting some time pass I regretted it. I had photographed it before the big wipe off. Every time I saw the image I felt guilty. It got worse and worse. I was haunted by that image. 

I felt that the only way to make it stop was to bring it back to life. 

So I decided to repaint it. Here it is. I'm not (I promise) going to wipe it away again. I will give it some time to cure and then carefully seal it under some lovely, ultra blond, 2 lb cut home made shellac. 

There's my confession. Here's my amends. I'm ready to move on to my next painting. Thank you for reading this.

It is not my first time destroying a lovely work of art. But hopefully I have learned my lesson.

1256 Parc LaFontaine Fun, 8x10, egg tempera

 

1255 Outremont Park 8x10 egg tempera

 

1254 Charlottetown Winter Morning, 8x10, egg tempera

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 I love Charlottetown most after a big snow fall. So I love it a lot! 

1253 Skating Day, Outremont Parc, 8x10, egg tempera

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1252 Winter Fun, Parc LaFontaine, 8x10, egg tempera

Sold-New Jersey

 I love winter fun. Skating, skiing, sliding. I don't mind the cold at all as long as I can play in the snow.

1251 "Knock Knock", McGill Student Ghetto, 8x10, egg tempera

 My cat always wants out. Even in bad weather. Then she wants in after a few minutes. It never ends. I'm her slave.

1250 In the Queue, Parc LaFontaine, 8x10, egg temepera

Sold-Montreal

 I just love winter. It's been snowing all week.

1249 Snow Day, Parc La Fontaine, Montreal 8x10, egg tempera

Sold NH USA

 

1248 Parc LaFontaine, egg tempera, 8x10

Sold-Little Grand Rapids

1247 Perfect Day, Mile End 8x10 egg tempera

Sold-North Bay ON

 

1246 The Blue House, McGill University Ghetto, 8x10

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1245 Marche Campus, 8x10, egg tempera

sold-Ste-Genevieve QC

 This depanneur is much larger inside than it looks. It's like the Tardis!

1244 Greens, McGill Student Ghetto, 8x10

Sold-USA

 

1243 McGill Snowy Day, 8x10, Egg tempera

Sold-New York

 

1242 Outremont Sunny Winter Day, 8x10 egg tempera

Sold-North Bay ON

 

1241 McGill University Winter Scene, 8x10 egg tempera

 

1240, Joe's Place, Mile End Montreal, 8x10, egg tempera

 The house across the lane.

1239 Mile-End Lane,Shabbat, 8x10, egg temepra

Sold-Toronto

 

1238 Mile-End Lane, 88x10 egg tempera

 

1237 Outremont Lane Shabbat

 Sorry, Blogspot has changed their format and I can't figure out how to make my post viewable on a smartphone. I also can't figure out how to add a caption and a link to my ebay auction.

The new Blogger isn't user friendly at all. I sense that they are giving up on it and moving on. Maybe it's time for me to make a wordpress website. Ideas?

1236 Winter Lane, Montreal Street Scene, 8x10, egg tempera

 

1235 The White Cat, McGill Ghetto

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1234 Rue de la Gauchetiere, Montreal Chinatown

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1233 Full Moon over Montreal, 8x10 egg tempera

Sold-Winnipeg

 Why is there always a lonely cat watching out the windows in Montreal. This is the view from an upper window of La Musee des Beaux Arts on a full moon night.

1232 Montreal Street Scene, Mile End, 8x10, egg tempera

bid $100 starting bid.

1231 The Red Roof, Quebec, 8x10, egg tempera

Sold-Portugal

1230 Ballerinas, miniature 4x4", egg tempera

Sold- North Bay Ontario

1229 Le Plateau, Montreal, 8x10, egg tempera

sold-St-Jerome QC

1228 Le Plateau Mont Royal, 8x10, egg tempera

Sold-Ottawa

1227 Fixing the Boat, egg tempera, 8x10

Sold-Toronto

I worked all week on this piece. I felt like putting it aside to be completed "some day". Well I love the way it turned out. I love the theme and composition. It wasn't until I saw my pics of it that I started to like it. I'm so glad I persevered. I think I'll fell a little sad when it sells.

1226 Water Nymphs 2.5x3.5 egg tempera

 I did this little limited stroke painting today from my memory and imagination. I like the way it turned out.

1225 Shabbat, Outremont Scene, 8x10

sold-North Bay ON

1224 Perce Laundry Day, 8x10, egg tempera

Sold-Ontario

I overhauled this painting. It needed some shadows and directional lighting. I like it more now. Bet that laundry smells amazing. The fragrance of sunshine!

1224 Perce Rock, Laundry Day, 8x10, egg tempera

Sold-Tweed ON

I know it's very naive but I worked and worked on this piece. It was from my imagination and I struggled with the light direction. I normally paint from life or a reference but not my imagination. I like the narrative anyways.

1223 Mile End Shabbat, Miniature 4x4

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Here's a little study I did for a painting I'm working on. This is one a miniature 4x4 canvas panel. 

They changed the blogger interface.  The new one doesn't seem to work at all. I had to revert back temporarily to the old interface just to make this post work. 

Sometimes they change things just to change things and it makes it dysfunctional. Sigh.

1222 Cohorts, Montreal Street Scene, 4x4

sold

I'm testing out a new medium and did this quick study in a gem sized format.

Cafe Interior, 24x36 oil Work in Progress

This is one I started last year. Thinking it needs a narrative. Still working on it.

1221 Le Quatre-vingt Nord, 8x10, egg tempera

Heading home. Remember those good old days.

Sorry about the glare. I sealed the painting with glossy shellac and I couldn't eliminate the glare with my set up.

1220 Mile End Rainy Day, 8x10, egg tempera

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1219 Fire Ice and Friendship, 8x10, egg tempera

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I painted this scene in a larger format about 20 years ago. I have had so much interest in it lately that I decided to paint an egg tempera version of it in a portable size. I plan to paint a larger version in oil....some day.

1218 Quebec Church, Beauce Region, , 8x10, egg tempera

This is the first painting made using my newly gessoed batch of panels. I'm sure other artists understand how thrilling it it to have a beautiful batch of freshly crafted panels. This is a one of many charming Canadian churches. I guess churches and train tracks are becoming history here in Canada. Sigh.

Prepping Panels

I'm still preparing my panels. Today I put about 8 coats of gesso on about 40 paintings in the shed and still have some on the table to do with my current batch of traditional primer. They need to dry at least two days before I can go on the the next step. I also have a pile of sealed panels waiting to be primed once I clear the table and shed.

44 panels drying

21 panels ready for gesso

86 waiting their turn

Prepping Panels

This is a miniature painting 4"x4".
I've been working on my painting panels. Today I sealed them with rabbit skin glue. I was going to do them all in the shed but there are too many so some are drying indoors.

1214 White Peony, 6x6, oil on cradled panel