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Plein air in Provence

Joel and I took a trip late last year to Provence, in France. After working non-stop on the book, we felt we deserved a reward for all our work. Off we went to the land of Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cézanne, to experience some of that famous Provençal light that they were obsessed with (it really is a thing). It was beautiful to experience the area in late fall when everything looked extra golden and the tourists were few and far between.

We also had pretty great weather for plein air sketching, the only tricky part this time was how the sun set so early in November, so we had to plan our time accordingly.

vue de Marseille
Scène typiquement française
Notre gîte à les Huguets

My plein air setup

En plein plein air (hehe) à Goult

Local plein air sketching in Perth

I’ve been enjoying going once a week with a sketching club to sketch various locations in Perth, ON. We only live 30 minutes away from one of the most picturesque towns in the province, so we’re very fortunate to be able to have lots of locations to choose from. Here are few of my sketches from the past few weeks.

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The McMillan Building in Perth, ON – used to be a Carnegie Library.
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One of the lovely bridges in Stewart Park in Perth, ON.
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The old shoe factory in Perth, ON – used to be a Brown’s shoe manufacturing plant.

Every Chip Stand & HomeSense

When Joel and I started our Every Chip Stand side-project nearly 10 years ago, we never imagined that our artwork would eventually strike such a chord that the chain store HomeSense would want to license it and sell it in their stores. We’re very excited to have the art available to a such a wide audience, printed in poster-size and framed, ready to hang. It’s really cool seeing people’s reaction to the art on Instagram and being able to bring a little bit of Canadiana nostalgia to their living rooms 🙂

Follow Every Chip Stand on IG for more chip stand tasty goodness

And in case you want a specific chip stand and can’t find it at HomeSense, we also sell prints in our Etsy shop

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My Crispy Spud illustration on the shelf at HomeSense
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Belgium plein air sketches

Let’s pretend I’m not a year late posting these plein air sketches that I did when Joel and I went to Belgium last year. What a great trip it was! Beer, gauffres, coupes brésiliennes (Google it), art history, war history, castles…amazing. Unfortunately it was tough to sketch outdoors because it was a)colder than expected and b)quite rainy. We did our best though.

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Canal in Gent, Flanders
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Dinant (Wallonie) with its very strange cathedral
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Château Lavaux-Sainte-Anne, Wallonie.
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Durbuy (Wallonie) a very pretty village

Mid-winter 2024 update

This winter has been one of the mildest on record. We can hardly even have called it winter, because it was mostly rain and mud. I think this season should have been called Mid-Mud, or Mud-something.

Anyway, good thing I had these latest projects to keep me busy:

Spots for Seattle Met

Wolves circling, for an article about eviction in Kingston, ON. For the Skeleton Park Press,

Portrait of novelist Kim Thúy for Canadian Geographic.
Polka Spudz in Barry’s Bay, ON for Every Chip Stand.
Perky’s Fish & Fries Too in Elmvale, ON for Every Chip Stand.
A&K Lick-a-Chick in Little Bras d’Or, Nova Scotia for Every Chip Stand.