A very thin layer of white snow was covering the ground when we woke up yesterday. I can’t wait for the first “real” snow, the one that will stay until next spring. It will be our first winter here, quite a change with Montreal. This is what the last snow storms looked like:
Also, I attended a benefit for the Haiti children last Tuesday. The organisers of this event were quite happy with the results!
Of course I forgot my camera on that night but a friend took photos that I will share as soon as I receive them.
Have a good week!
I am taking a semi-break today, it has been a busy week, web and art combined.
Back on Monday with news from the benefit!
I wish you a relaxing weekend!
Photo taken in Marseille a few years back.
Acrylic on stone
Pastel on stone
I have been asked to participate to a benefit for the Haiti children this Thursday night in Montreal. I am really excited! This is a great cause and a lot of people are expected to attend.
I will have a stand with painted pebbles (you have seen them before here, here and over here), greeting cards and Giclée prints derived from my illustrations.
There is a lot of preparation involved and not much time left! I will tell you how it went in my next post.
Pastel on stone
Some of the pebbles I painted during the weekend.
Whales and turtles seemed appropriate for these stones.
pRiyA sent me this most interesting link in response to last Friday’s post on mushrooms. The photos on this site take a long time to upload but they are worth the wait.
This photo was taken in the Réserve faunique La Vérendrye.
It looks like little pearls of pine gum or is it a mushroom that can perspire coffee? That would be like heaven for my boyfriend, a combo of two of his favourite things in the world.
Delicate mushroooms found on Mount Kekeko, they seem to be floating.
These were found on mount Kekeko as well, they look like bubble gum mushrooms!
This is the only one I can name here: lactarius indigo or indigo-milk mushroom in English (I think).
It is supposed to be edible but we did not try it.
I found it particularly beautiful, like a miniature upside down world.
Great hand drawn mushrooms: Amy Ross, Vladimir Stankovic
Now, Forager: “follows a Basque-American husband and wife across three seasons as they struggle to earn a living by hunting wild mushrooms and selling them to restaurants.”
Foraging and cooking Wild Mushrooms (a short video)
A thank you to my friend Chantal who sent me the last two links!
Have a good weekend!
May I introduce you to Roupie Les Mitaines (Roupie AKA “The Mittens”).
Roupie sleeps at least 18 hours a day.
Between two naps, he will eat, play and purrr.
Not being gifted for the art of sleeping, I sometimes get jealous of him. He makes it look so easy!
Well, I have to get back to work while he does what he does best…
Acrylic on paper
Drawing on stones has kind of forced me out of inkblots.
I feel a little more confident in front a white sheet of paper and I am curious to see where it will lead.
It was my sister’s birthday party on Saturday. It felt good to spend the night with family and friends plus the food was delicious!
Fruit and vegetable papyrus
Food you inhale, I hope the world never comes to this!
Edible food installations by Jennifer Rubell: “Rubell asks you to engage in a simultaneously creative and destructive act, continually altering the physicality of each installation by touching, drinking, and eating it. You can and must interact with these installations in order to have a meal.“
Is that your kind of exhibition as well?!?
The reflection in the little lake is really beautiful at this time of the year…
