Ink Flourishes

 I hope you are enjoying a beautiful autumn day. Here in Ontario, it feels quite cool but the skies are bright blue. The chickadees, cardina...

It is already the first week of October. Suddenly the autumn season is surrounding me. The sights, sounds and fragrances in the air are so d...

 I have been overwhelmed this month with work on my studio desk as I get ready for workshops and continue to develop new courses. I am findi...

I conveniently just completed an illuminated Letter S just in time for September. This piece was gilded using my Brian Walker recipe gesso, ...

  I loved this shadowy photograph of my practice piece this morning. The shadows are created from some roses which have just about finished ...

 I can't believe it is already the 15th of August. Time really does fly by. I hope you are all enjoying these August days. I am working ...

 This is a very special week for my dear IAMPETH family. If the world was back to normal, I would be walking up and down the halls of the ho...

I hope you are all having a beautiful summer so far. I was blessed to have some roses bloom in my garden this year, but my parents' gard...

Later this month I will be teaching The Artful Flourish through The Gentle Penman online. I wanted to take a moment to tell you what flouri...