My poor neglected blog … I’m a bad late blooming artist.
In my defense, I have been very busy over on Irene Duma Teaches Art — that’s my new online art school and website for people who want to learn painting. I’ve been working on an Intro to Oil Painting Course for beginners.
But eek, I didn’t realize I was gone that long. I am actually embarrassed to see that my last post here is from 2019. How did that happen? (It’s true what they say about time flying. Double eek.)
So, because I am busy and time is flying, and I know you are busy, here are a few quick bullet points so you can see what I’ve been up to.
It has been a busy coupla years! Lots of really good things have happened including:
- Showing my work at the Red Ochre Gallery (St. John’s, NL)
- The Baccalieu Gallery (Heart’s Content, NL),
- The new Earth and Sky Gallery in Twillingate, and
- Storeloft Supply Limited – Bay de Verde, NL.
- My work was picked for the cover of the Grenfell College’s Arts Journal, Paper Mill Press
- I was featured with an artist profile in the Newfoundland Quarterly, Winter 2019 edition, as well as on the Newfoundland Quarterly website here and here.
- Amazing artist Jenn Thornhill Verma talked about my work at a lecture at Memorial University, and featured my work on her page Cultural Landscapes along with some really super artists.
- My #miniduma triptych of the St. John’s Harbour was exhibited at the Rooms museum, Arts and Letters Awards, 2019
- I participated in the Soloman’s Path Art Collective, and met a bunch of wonderful artists. What a great community.
- I participated in fairs and shows including the Art Expo NL group show (Dec 7, 8, 9), and a show at the Marina.
- My original artwork continues to sell and be shipped across the world and there are two little pieces on a yacht traveling around the world (And yes, I am a bit jealous).
Not too shabby. This late bloomer is thrilled!
Coming up:
- you will be able to find my work in Gander at the Newfoundland Tea Company
- I will be launching my online painting course with
- a FREE 5-day itty bitty challenge to help stalled, stifled, busy and/or beginner artists get more art in their life.
That’s it. Busy busy. So follow me on Instagram or Facebook. I am able to post there more regularly than here on this blog.
And don’t forget my newsletter. It gets a little more love than the blog, but I am hoping to write more frequently.
That is all. If you have questions, reach out to me. But I might take longer to answer: Summer is coming and my mantra for the season is hike, paint, repeat. That’s me last year stuck in level 2 of a video game. (Or, a hike near Pouch Cove, Newfoundland)
