Old Montreal is known for its many quality restaurants. Over the last few years, the area which was known solely as a tourist spot established itself as a hotbed of art galleries.
A walk on those streets during the summer is one activity I really enjoy. (more…)
This last fall, I have had the pleasure to work with Vee. I am the first one to admit that my portfolio was in serious need of an update. The photos you see on this website were taken by her, except the last four at the bottom of my gallery that were made during my 2005 photoshoot. (more…)
In 1989, there was a controversy around the National Gallery Museum because over $1 million was spent acquiring The Voice of Fire by Barnett Newman. Many of those criticisms had to do with spending public money for a painting that anybody would have been able to create. However, what was first considered frivolous spending turned out to be a good investment over the years because the value of this painting has increased. (more…)
It is quite hard to paint gracefully with watercolour paints, especially when low-quality paints are used and when one is not so familiar with them. (more…)
Heinrich Heine once wrote: “Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too”.
When you consider that his books were among those that were burned by the Nazis, it turned out to be quite prophetic. I wonder how many of us say things without being conscious of our phophetic abilities.
A while ago, I was wondering if I had lost the ability to enjoy life’s simple pleasures. (more…)
So, when I first put my website online, this past August, I thought that I had arrived, so to speak, and that I was done with my website until I would retire. How wrong I was! (more…)
I was in the mood for painting something this weekend. (more…)
I know since a long time that I possess lots of it. I think that this need to express my creativity comes from a desire to put a little bit of myself in everything I am involved in. Those who want to detract me will say it is my ego. (more…)