by Lindsay | Nov 22, 2024 | inspiration, materials, studio
workbench in my studio Last month’s blog post I made it all sound so easy and inevitable—how I’d bring an earthiness or groundedness into my work. I just reread that post and it made me laugh. It’s so neat and linear and upbeat. Right now upbeat is not the prevailing...
by Lindsay | Oct 24, 2024 | inspiration, materials, studio
detail from Earth Star, mixed media collage As soon as one group of paintings are done I start wondering what’s next. Lately I find myself wishing for more earth, more grit into my work. This is an idea that comes from analysis, critique (by myself and others), and an...
by Lindsay | Aug 13, 2024 | inspiration, materials, studio
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID my brother sat me down and played the album Aladdin Sane for me and I was hooked. The music was good, the lyrics intrigued, and of course the album art was fascinating. Later I came to admire his adventurousness in his ever-changing music, but...
by Lindsay | Mar 21, 2022 | inspiration, materials, new work, studio
If you follow me on Instagram you may have noticed a change in my work. I’ve been creating large black and white (cream actually) drawing exercises on paper. The specific exercises come from Steven Aimone’s book Expressive Drawing. It’s a great book. My friend Marie...
by Lindsay | Jan 24, 2022 | inspiration, materials, studio
Why did I want to try oil paint? Curiosity: oil is an important material I’ve never tried at all—which seemed like a major oversight, or gap in my art experience. Frustration: I have lots of great things to say about acrylics, but there are downsides—waste...
by Lindsay | Apr 2, 2021 | inspiration, materials
A few weeks ago, I felt inspired to return to an old favourite—purple. When I was a kid, I was crazy for purple. I had a purple pantsuit and an orange coat with a purple lining. I used to sit and stare at my mother’s irises and “accidentally” break one of the stems....
