Published on January 11th, 2013 | by maciek
Mark is a good friend. We go fishing two or three times a year in various waters in Ontario and Quebec with our mutual friend Mike. When you fish usually you have a lot of time ... Read More →
Published on October 30th, 2012 | by vachris
Pushed out of comfort zone. I was in a hurry and trying to paint a serene scene of a still lake in mist as I remember from my trips to Temagami. I was also thinking ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2012 | by vachris
My two friends and I went on a trip to the end of the road on the north shore of the St. Lawrence river in Quebec. It was an epic journey by car from Ottawa with ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2012 | by vachris
I was very fortunate to go to the Arctic in September 2011 thanks to a friend’s determination. She had been there before and booked us tickets and we went. She had made some friends there before ... Read More →
Published on October 3rd, 2012 | by vachris
When we were at the end of the road at the Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park we got out and walked on the wet sandy land. Among some fire pits and camping sites was an abandoned mountain ... Read More →
Published on October 2nd, 2012 | by vachris
Sometimes you have a good idea of people’s trajectory and destiny no mater how they try to appear. This was an expression of the future transformation of a friend’s ex-wife to be before they were married. ... Read More →
Published on October 1st, 2012 | by vachris
This is a work in progress. The main thoughts are around the tensions among tradition, organized faith, and personal faith. What is the nature of the struggle and how do we deal with the struggles in ... Read More →
Published on September 28th, 2012 | by vachris
“Tangled Garden I” is no more. I liked the colours and how it turned out on the right side but it had three holes in it where I initially covered the canvas, when it was on the ... Read More →
Published on September 27th, 2012 | by vachris
Worked on large format painting called “Hot Days”. We had a really hot and dry summer here and these are the kinds of colours and days that this painting reminds me of. Early in the morning ... Read More →
Published on September 23rd, 2012 | by vachris
I was curious about large format paintings and wanted to give it a go. “Tangled Garden I” is a fusion of a number of techniques. I initially laid the large canvas on the floor like Jackson Pollock did ... Read More →
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