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Hello all, I am just back from a wonderful two day Artist Retreat at the studio of Shirley Mancino, in beautiful Westport, Ontario. I stayed at a lovely B & B called the George Street B & B run by a very knowledgable art collector, Kathy Rothwell.  I would recommend it to anyone travelling in that area.  The workshop/retreat itself  was a joy and very freeing (not my usual style of work).  The intent was to loosen up and I certainly did that.  I am including one panel of a triptic (3) pieces.  This panel is mostly finished, but the other two are not.  I will post again once I have completed the other two panels.  So far it doesn't have a name but I just love the distance achieved in the upper right hand corner.  It is a little hard to tell what is is with only one panel, so to help you along  I am trying to describe  an early morning sunrise, looking inland from a boat with the mountains still in darkness and just the village lights showing.  This is completed purely from my imagination with acrylic free flow paints.  My intent was to have a recognizable landscape  while keeping it more or less abstract and/or whimsical.

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Thought I would try a couple of new things this summer. One of which is  Portrait painting, so here is my initial attempt.  Please be gentle with your comments.  It is called "Portrait of a Women" and is not for sale.