Don't Pack Away Your Christmas Spirit

The next issue of Canadian Brushstroke Magazine
( http://www.brushstrokemagazine.com/ ) is almost ready for press. There will be articles on amazing artists Ken Dalgarno (acrylic painter), Brent Laycock (acrylic/watercolor), Kath Rutherford (mezzotints) and Bruce Garner (sculptor/acrylic painter, results of the Waterscapes Competition, an article on Bev Tosh's war brides exhibit, an article about the Visual Arts Summit in Ottawa, etc.
As for my own art, I am just about finished painting a mandarin orange and a handful of fresh cranberries - yum! I guess I'm just not willing to pack away Christmas without a memento. I read in a Family Circus cartoon the other day that when you pack Christmas things away, you shouldn't pack the Christmas spirit with them. I think that's what gave me the inspiration for this particular piece. When it's drier, I'll photograph it and post it for you to see.
My series of art cards and prints of Leduc and area are at the printer and will be released shortly. I'm very excited.