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Magic

I hope you have enjoyed our very hot and wonderfully sunny summer. I have been busy finding wildflowers, sometimes deliberately on paint outs and sometimes accidentally while doing other things or running errands.

There is something magical about wildflowers. They suddenly appear in the wild spaces and sanctuaries around London as well as in neglected, abandoned, forgotten places. Some are very dependable and return to the same location year after year. Others are more elusive and must be sought out or found by serendipity. The disorderly abandon of wildflowers, their independence, their forms and colours, the way they grow and mingle so well with other wild things, have all captivated me. Many are not indigenous and some are considered invasive. They are all magic to me. I love finding, sketching and painting them. They have given me subject matter close to home and so much more.

Fenceline, Emily Carr Public School parking lot

Queen Anne's Lace with purple loosestrife growing in the ditch behind them, Gainsborough Road

Wild Grape, cat tails, purple loosestrife beside the parking lot at Fringe Gallery, Hyde Park Road

Two Invitations

LONDON CULTURE DAYS AND OPEN HOUSE

Seven London Studio Tour artists will be at Rick Sturgeon's studio, Metal In Fusion, Oct. 1st and 2nd from 10 am to 4 pm., located at 630 1/2 Lorne Ave.

Check out the link to learn more.

http:www.londonculture.ca/things-we-do/doors-open-london-and-culture-days

GALLERY PAINTING GROUP EXHIBITION

KILLBEAR

At the end of this month I will be travelling north to Killbear Provincial Park with a group of artists to sketch and paint. Life is good and I am grateful. The trip will be the focus of next month's Blog post.