It's been a busy couple of weeks with lots of exciting news.
I had an email yesterday to ler me know that both 'Thought Bubbles' and 'Accelerando' have been accepted into the
Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society's 13th National Exhibition of
Transparent Watercolors! The exhibition will be in Lockport, NY, October
30-November 13th. The juror is Thomas Schaller.
I haven't done much painting this month because I have been slowly working on framing these newer paintings and getting my new art cards designed ready for printing. The Ted book has also taken up a fair amount of my time but I have completed one smallish painting. It was well out of my comfort zone but I enjoyed the challenge.
Thank you Paul Jackson for challenging me to paint a city night scene. I really enjoyed creating the illusion of light in the darkness. I chose to paint the sparkling city lights of Toronto because, well you
know me, there is always a story or some meaning behind my paintings.
Toronto is a beautiful, almost magical city at night, especially when
viewed from across the water. But, to me the light in the darkness is on
more than one level. Yes, it has its faults, nowhere
is perfect and there will always be dark moments but the light that
shines metaphorically through the love and tolerance people show for
each other here is very noticeable. I hope I managed to capture a little
of both the physical light in the darkness and through my colour
palette the love, tolerance and acceptance that this city shows the
world is possible.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot
drive out hate, only love can do that" Martin Luther King Jr
