by Lindsay | Sep 24, 2025 | inspiration, new work, studio
Every painting is a failure While I’m not an angsty tortured artist who destroys all their work, it is true that I’m never satisfied. I don’t experience this as a negative. My dissatisfaction actually excites me. It’s my fuel, the engine that drives me forward. I...
by Lindsay | Mar 22, 2024 | inspiration, new work, studio
I don’t get to choose I don’t choose what I paint or how I paint it. Sounds odd. Let me explain. What I mean is that I don’t sit down and decide, “I will paint how I feel about the river—and I will use these colours and this kind of brushstroke.” I’ve tried being...
by Lindsay | Feb 24, 2024 | inspiration, new work, studio
I’m crazy for water My first memory takes place underwater at Dixie Pool in Lachine, Québec. I slipped on the silver ladder and for a brief moment I saw a new world beneath the surface—my family’s legs and a distorted sky. (I was quickly rescued.) My parents were both...
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 | Oct 7, 2021 | inspiration, new work, studio
“There is nothing permanent except change.” —Heraclitus THE SEASON IS CHANGING, my address is changing. Everything is in flux. It’s a bit unsettling and exciting too. Shortly after my summer art show closed, actually the day the online part of the show closed, we...
by Lindsay | Jul 18, 2021 | inspiration, new work, studio
“I used to visit all the very gay placesThose come-what-may placesWhere one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of lifeTo get the feel of lifeFrom jazz and cocktails” —from “Lush Life” by Billy Strayhorn A FEW YEARS AGO, if you told me I’d fall under the spell of...
