A drawing a day 2011

 Amy Mann, a painter friend is launching an art project to do a drawing a day through out 2011and she invites other artists to join her. Look for her blog at amymanndrawingaday.blogspot.com  She says:
"This is my 2011 art project: I'm going to attempt to do one drawing every day of the year. The drawings can be any medium, any size, any level of care and completion. I'm looking forward to seeing how my work evolves and improves, and whether this practice helps me to be more organized and "together" in the rest of my life pursuits. (To begin on Jan. 1, 2011.)"
Well Amy, I am going to give it a go. I have never lasted longer than a month doing any form of journaling and the same goes for past attempts at doing drawing a day. Drawing is a pleasure not a hardship and one would think that it would be an easy practice to establish but, sadly, life just gets in the way sometimes.


Here is one of my favourite drawings,

South Shore Fish Shack (Ink on paper, 10 x 14 inches)

Look for my daily drawings on the Daily drawings tab at the top of the Blog. 

Christmas Market

The annual Farmer's and Traders Christmas Market was  held in Annapolis Royal on December 4th. Here are a few pictures from that day.

My Table

Pots by my friend Pat Woods (Red Handed Pottery)

some Christmas spirit 

book launch

Nova Scotia Contemporary Artists - Volume II

On Saturday December 4th, Dee Appleby will be launching her new book of Nova Scotia Artists at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax from 2 to 4 pm. Nova Scotia Contemporary Artists - Volume II is Dee's second book featuring the art of Nova Scotia painters. Her first book, From land and sea - Nova scotia's contemporary Landscape Artists (Nimbus, 2009) is a beautiful volume and I can hardly wait to see the new one. Both books are available in book stores now or from www.novascotiaartists.ca

 Cover art for the new book is this fabulous painting by Jose Valverde.