Notes From My Easel

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Archive for May, 2008

Animated photo of Chaucer

Posted: Friday, May 23rd, 2008 @ 11:15 pm in Art | No Comments »

Every once in a while a really good advertising venture comes along.  This came to me in the form of an Internet ad in which a photo of Chaucer has been animated to read my advertisement aloud.  Good idea.  Great marketing by a really nice man – thanks Adam.  To take a look at Chaucer [...]

My favorite tree

Posted: Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 @ 5:58 pm in Thoughts | No Comments »

First of all, if Barbara Walters asked me, “If you were a tree, what kind would you be?” (will she ever live that down?) this is not the tree that I would probably want to be, but it never-the-less is my favorite. I had never known the proper name for it, but had always used [...]

New print for Mother’s Day

Posted: Monday, May 5th, 2008 @ 7:07 pm in Art | No Comments »

I have recently published a new print in time for Mother’s Day.  “Saturday Stroll” is a painting based on Locke St. in Hamilton, Ontario.  To view this painting please go to the ‘Limited Editions’ page on my website at www.kathrynsmith.ca  I will be having an Artist’s Open House this coming weekend of Mother’s Day.  The [...]