Fairy Tree #16 - New Directions

Well I have to say through the summer I have not done much artwork. The garden and work took up much of my time. The garden did okay and the animals taught me a lot. To find out about them go to my other blog www.allsortsacre.ca.

I did partake in an artists residence at Mountsberg Conservation Area this summer. I have done this in the past at Crawford Lake so being at a new place was interesting. I must confess that I do prefer Crawford Lake for inspiration. There was a show in October for the artists and I did sell a piece. Always a thrill! I must say a great thank you to Nancy Cuttle of FASM.

I also kind of participated in the FASM Studio tour. Due to surgery I could not be there so it was not all it could have been.

Now that the cool weather is here, the garden is to bed, and the daylight is retreating at 5pm I find there is much more time to pursue artwork. So I have added some new works to the gallery. To see how my current style is developing in  variety of medium is fascinating. Not only am I doing pen and ink with goldleaf, but also needle felting, acrylic, and a number of other things. It is amazing to see the worked in this way and to be free of the conventions of realism. How fun it is.

Loreena McKennitt Fairy tree 2

On Thursday night I went to see Loreena McKennit. Now I don't go to see many concerts but I have always wanted to see her. Over the years I have a selection of music that I like to do artwork to. Loreena McKennitt is one of them, along with Mediaeval Babes, and Dead Can Dance. All three artist can put me into a trance like mood to do artwork.

While at the concert, held at Knox Church in Stratford, Ontario - Loreena's home town - I just had to do some drawing. So I thought I would put two of the drawings I did while listening to Loreena live.

Lintilla, the little kitten that had been thrown from a car.

It has been just over a week now since we have had a new addition. The other Sunday we were driving home from a shopping trip. Now I have a knack for seeing animals at the side of the road and this time I saw a tiny kitten sitting in the driveway of Royal City Park. It was just sitting there looking very out of place. I turned the car around and pulled into the park. Both Tim and I got out and the kitten ran away. We turned the car around and proceeded to wait.

It the kitten had a Mum, home, or was feral it would have gone there. If it was lost it would come back. Inside I was really hoping it would go home. It was so tiny and out of place. About ten minuted later the little kit returned. This time I got out and tim stayed in the car. I slowly approached the kitten, crouching down and making high sounds. It didn't run away but hide in the bushes but I could still see it. I managed to get close enough to reach out and touch it is I wanted, but didn't for fear of scaring it. I started to meow and it meowed back and came closer. I then purred and it came up to me. I picked it up and it purred like mad. I heard no other meows coming from the woods.

The kitten was just starving. It was a bonerack without even a belly, you know the big potbelly that most kittens have. I took it over to the car and we started home. In the car I noticed I had some blood on my t-shirt. I then noticed that there way a black bit on the kitten's paw. I tried to get it off, thinking it was dirt. It turned out thatthe kitten's paws were bleeding. I turned her over and was shocked to see her poor little bloody feet. I just about cried. How could anyone hurt this little thing? It seemed it had been thrown from the car in the park.

Well she now has a home and is on the road to recovery. The vet said she was four or five weeks old and generally okay if not skinny. She purrs like a Mack Truck and is now playing like a regular kitten. Her name is Lintilla, or Tillywinks when playing.