Life

 'Tis been a long time since I've last posted; life keeps moving along and somehow you're that much further down the road. Been busy raising a family, moving house, renovating said house, personal sewing projects, and some lovely freelance work that recently petered out and may or may not see the light of day (sometimes that is the way it goes, unfortunately - if it does surface I'll be sure to share it here).

I'm hoping to get back on the blogger bandwagon a bit; in the meantime, here is a sketch from a drawing day at Synonym and a finished sewing project from this summer:

  

Life Drawing: Etienne

Some life drawings of model Etienne at The Cotton Factory; 

he's a fantastic model.

The Hamilton Spectator did a nice little article on him, here.

Oom Johannes

Recently finished a short film I've been working on (off and on) over the last number of years; between story contracts, before a baby came, after the baby came, etc. 

The words of the band Bright Eyes' song 'First Day of My Life' have echoed throughout this process: 

'Yeah these things take forever/ I especially am slow/...but I'd rather be working for a paycheque/ than trying to win the lottery.' 

So the film is finished, and I hope it speaks to your heart. It's been a good film to work on. 

You can watch it on Vimeo here.

Life Drawing @The Cotton Factory

Nice to get back into things.

tree roots

 

Tree roots along the Welland river

King Street & Cafe Oranje

 

Back yard

 The back yard, in a new year