How many times have I said that I should write a letter to the editor about this; or, wanted to tell everyone about that. Or thought, ‘wouldn’t it be so much easier to collate my research about a given topic online’… but haven’t. Now I have.
My objectives for this site are:
1) Collate info about ‘green‘ design.
This will include product reviews; musings about the ethics of various lifestyle choices; and hopefully, a directory of local green building supplies.
2) Provide a platform for indulging my alter ego as ‘artist‘.
I have this notion of growing up one day being happy at work and in life but not entirely sure how to accomplish this. For the last 3 years I’ve been at home with my babies. I’ve cherished this time. I also resolved to take this time off officially sanctioned ‘work’ (laugh out loud everyone because it’s without a doubt the hardest I have worked in my life) to delve into my creative side. Specifically, oil painting.
Ten? years ago I drifted into stained glass as a respite from graduate studies. Loved that too – the stained glass; the graduate studies not quite as passionately. The advent of children side-lined playing with sharp things and lead fumes so I decided to try painting. Something so enchanting about oil painting. Not wanting to deal with the fumes of turpentine, I was pleased to come across water miscible paints. It’s been a couple years of dabbling, and a couple course at the Ottawa School of Art and I am slowing feeling comfortable enough to start trying to show some of my pieces. I’ll let you know what transpires…
Tags: Art, green building, oil painting, stained glass