Greening the Hill, Our Community, Our Future

It was the official unveiling of my painting yesterday evening to celebrate The Town of Richmond Hill’s first Environment Strategy, 'Greening the Hill: Our Community, Our Future'.

Here are some photos for you with Mayor Dave Barrow, Terry Ricketts the Director of the Environment Services Department and members of Council

You can also see a photo of me with the Town of Richmond Hill's Environment Services Department that commissioned me to create the painting.

 The painting will be used as the cover art for the document and the original will become part of the Towns permenant art collection.

 Ona

Waiting and Rations WIP updates

I am really enjoying my new resolution to have two works in progress at a time. While I was waiting for each layer of the background glazes to dry on the watercolour painting I could pen in some more of the labrador. Both are progressing well.

I have now finished the background for the gosling painting. I chose to use a lot of the colours that I will use when painting each gosling in my background. I wanted to create that feel of a barren landscape apart from the one small piece of vegetation growing out of a crack in some tarmac to contrast with the cute fluffy goslings themeselves and to help to convey my inner message. We are building over so much of their natural habitat maybe in the future what is conveyed in this painting could become reality.



I now get to do the fun part... bringing each of the little goslings personalities to life.

The labrador is still not finished but is progressing well too. I have added the colour to the eyes and I am pleased with the effect it creates. It seems to accentuate the soulfulness of his eyes.



Ona