Joan Jackson was here

Oil

This painting was accepted at the Northern Ontario Art Association Juried Exhibition and won an award. The Exhibition will be travelling around Northern Ontario over the next year. This is a picture of my mom who sadly has dementia. She use to doodle “Joan Jackson was here” where ever she went. She is still here at 89 but not here.

Mom’s Personal Support Worker is Hindu and is particularly loving and kind. She braided mom’s hair and placed a bindi on her “brow chakra”. Hindu tradition holds that all people have a third inner eye. The two physical eyes are used for seeing the external world, while the third focuses inward toward God.

Jackie

NEMI Painterspace, Oil, Portrait

Jackie visited Manitoulin Island this summer. She is a special friend of Karen (see Friendship). We hiked and went swimming at Misery Bay Provincial Park. Along the way we stopped at the sweetest self serve take out where there was homemade baking, natural ointments, fresh vegetables and the like. Places like this supply local food and you put the money in a can. This requires trustworthiness and we have a chance to burnish this gem of the spirit.

“Jackie” NEMI Painterspace #3 Nov 2022

Gary

Oil, Portrait

NEMI Painterspace is is a weekly space where painters gather to hone their practice collectively. This is not class, but a chance to paint with others for mutual support and exchange of ideas. I started attending this small group of dedicated painters mid-Sep. It gives me a chance to get in brush miles and usually complete one painting a week. My last post and this one were created at the NEMI Painterspace.

Gary

Killers

Oil, Painting

These kittens are innocent, take a closer look, see the utmost focus in their eyes, they are killers. They have all the instincts to survive, their mother taught them well. They bless us every day with their pure spirit and at this time of year we are grateful for the work they do, killing mice.