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...
by Lindsay | Jun 21, 2021 | new work, studio
I SAW LOTS OF BABY PICTURES on social media yesterday for Father’s Day. It got me thinking about my paintings and their baby pictures. Right now I’ve got my new series of paintings in the Riverdale ArtWalk. I’ve got shots of them from the front, from the side, hanging...
