{"id":8429,"date":"2011-02-11T13:14:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T21:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.furiousdreams.com\/blog\/?p=8429"},"modified":"2011-02-11T13:14:39","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T21:44:39","slug":"a-spring-not-far-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furiousdreams.com\/blog\/a-spring-not-far-off\/","title":{"rendered":"A spring not far off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes paintings work and sometimes I’m not sure. One thing is for certain, self doubt and fear of failure aren’t useful in the artist’s world.<\/p>\n

The first painting was inspired from my stay on Galiano Island in 2006, working from my own photograph. Galiano is one of the Southern Gulf Islands between Vancouver Island and the lower mainland of British Columbia.\u00c2\u00a0The dark strips of land are the Ballingall Islets.<\/p>\n

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Trincomali Channel. Oil on canvas panel, 16.5″x20″, 2011.<\/p>\n

A diptych inspired by Francis Poulenc’s (1899-1963) Sonata for the violin and piano.<\/p>\n

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Intermezzo. Acrylic on canvas panel, 8″x16″, 2011.<\/p>\n

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And Sonny the kitten got to go outside for the first time last week. Now she’s running all over the yard with Mama Bootsy, supervised by yours truly.<\/p>\n

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