Growing

So, things are swirling, professionally and personally.

I have finished all the requirements for my graduation and have been meeting with my wonderful mentor, Carol Wylie, to choose works and a theme for my graduation show in October. I have joined up with the Carrot River Valley Studio Trail, a group of local artisans, to display my work for a weekend in August. My website needed updating as does my catalogue of work. Our family farm has been hectic with seeding season, now completed. The grass on the acreage always needs trimming and the garden is growing tall and so are the weeds! My kitchen is always buzzing, as kitchens are the hearts of family farms.

Our long Saskatchewan days are bright at about 4:00 am and darkness falls around 10:30 pm or so. I know that this is temporary and that it is a gift for pushing through those horribly short days in winter. I try to fill the hours with as much as I possibly can.

I have many plans for my artwork this summer. We are again flying into remote Northern Saskatchewan for four days and I will have time to paint the pristine beauty of the Canadian Shield, where the days are even longer. So looking forward to that. I also have plans to do some figurative work; this is an area I wish to nurture and grow.

With the Time crunches, I have been painting small pieces lately, gearing up for something larger. My granddaughter is always such great inspiration!

McKenna Watercolour Study, Watercolour on canvas, 5" x 5"