hibiscus and roses

This process started off with an oil painting of 2 flowers that I did on a hanging canvas, unstretched. I then photographed, digitized, and transferred the image to Procreate on my iPad. I reworked this over and over and made many versions, some of which are shown here. In the “Inverted Rose/Hibiscus” series I am … Read more

Fractured memory Series
They Sat on the Roof

Version 1 This contorted, twisted structure represents the reconstruction of fractured memory fragments. Just as I grasp for and get hold of an image seeing it more clearly in my mind, I lose one I already had. For me, the beauty of

The Game

This Series stems from the Fractured Memory Series.

oil painting on stretched canvas of a hardy pirouette begonia in front of a backdrop of a sunset with the horizon turned on it’s side. The many clouds in the sky are shown with the colours inverted, what’s dark is light and what’s white is dark

THE INSPIRATION for Inversion

This idea of seeing what we think we see instead of actually seeing these things as they truly are was something that was brought to my attention when I was quite young studying to be an artist. Take a look at my blog on this series. to learn more about Inversion. Here I have shown many images that … Read more

Phase II of the Inversion series explores our indelible mark left on the Great Bear Rainforest

Inversion: Phase II The Spirit Bear

In this Phase II: Inversion: Spirit Bear Paintings, I explore the Spirit Bear and the Great Bear Rainforest.  Still looking at our footprint on the environment and sometimes the ever-changing and developing geopolitical landscape we have in Canada, Phase II focuses on the Spirit Bear and how I, a white 2nd generation Canadian and an … Read more

oil painting on stretched canvas of a hardy pirouette begonia in front of a backdrop of a sunset with the horizon turned on it’s side. The many clouds in the sky are shown with the colours inverted, what’s dark is light and what’s white is dark

Inversion

This idea of seeing what we think we see instead of actually seeing these things as they truly are was something that was brought to my attention when I was quite young studying to be an artist. Take a look at my blog on this series. to learn more about Inversion. Here I have shown many images that … Read more

colourful drawing of hydro towers in fields with forests and lily pads and bullrushes and cattails and a smoke bush and hills

the 4 horsemen

That doesn’t make it bad… that makes it thought provoking,  Which, in my mind, is always a good thing! Likening 4 critical characteristics of great art to apocalyptic doom and gloom of the 4 horsemen might be a bit much, but whether you look at the New Testament or the Old, leaving these characteristics out … Read more

Getting serious

After a spark-filled first date, sometimes the spark is still strong prompting thoughts of an actual relationship.  This is where we come back to an artwork and consider making a purchase… but the gnawing thoughts of value and “it should be a good investment” keep slipping through…Naturally, we want to make sure we are committing … Read more

closeup of water on ground

It’s in our Nature

This is a series I started exploring because of what happened this past spring on our morning walk. As we crossed over the bridge at Maxwell Park behind the Prosserman JCC, we noticed the ravine, which is part of the whole Don River system in the GTA, was full of white foam—as tho someone had … Read more

masked

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the surface many of our deep-seated fears around the “Other”. In this time we have found many of us cocooning and longing for closeness and connectedness in a safe and secure space, while we have looked outward at other communities, nations, peoples—even our neighbours. Are they respecting restrictions? Are … Read more

Digital “Watercolour Painting of octopii in Lake Ontario

octopus’ garden

I became fascinated with Octopuses after watching a documentary last year about a man who developed the most fantastic friendship with an Octopus. I was amazed by how intelligent and sentient they are. It became obvious that they experience attachment, fear, and other emotions, just as humans do—Probably just as most of the animal world … Read more

Digital image from passage drawing done with procreate on ipad pro

nft

Like so many others in the artworld, I have become fascinated with the concept and traceability of NFTs.  I have also been impressed by the security provided to artists by this new form of dissemination of our work.  However, I have been concerned about the carbon footprint created by the production of these tokens and … Read more

triptych | Edith Kernerman

Tryptichs

Boxed Woman, Standing. Seated. Lying Down. Each Panel: 84” x 24”. Acrylic on Mounted Masonite. 1990