Notes From My Easel

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Archive for October, 2008

Hamilton Spectator Reader’s Choice Award

Posted: Thursday, October 16th, 2008 @ 11:31 am in Art, My City | No Comments »

Thank you to everyone who voted for me …and to whomever nominated me in the first place.  I have just been informed that I have won the Hamilton Spectator Reader’s Choice Award of ‘Favorite Artist of the Year -2008′.
Thank you Hamilton,
Kathryn
www.hamiltonartist.com     www.kathrynsmith.ca

How to stop those tears when cutting onions

Posted: Sunday, October 12th, 2008 @ 11:49 am in Recipes | No Comments »

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Here’s a great tip that I learned years ago from a chef.  Along the top gumline of your two front teeth are contained your sinus nerves.  It is these nerves that trigger your eyes to start watering when cutting onions.  The trick is to temporarily block these nerves so that they do not [...]

I’m having an exhibition

Posted: Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 @ 8:09 pm in Art, My City | No Comments »

As the cold weather starts to encroach upon us I have been forced back inside.  That means that I have to do a lot of painting because Sabine at the Framing Warehouse has finally (after two years) talked me into having a show of originals in their beautifully renovated Anastasia Gallery adjacent to The Framing [...]