Had a very productive summer!  I absolutely love this new phase of my career - working in complete solitude, most days outside - every day inspired by the North Channel in front of me and the forested bluff behind. I’ve created rock paintings for 20 years, using a Paleolithic-style technique and this year I’ve been teaching myself how to also etch and chisel images into the wonderful stone plaquettes I select from the beach. On rainy days, I worked inside Le Tente, painting and writing. And everyday there was tea, of course! My goal is to set up an online shop over the winter and there one will be able to purchase my original works, so stay tuned!

  A fine day for catching up on laundry chores, And even finer day to be working plein air on my Paleolithic-style rock paintings. Channelling an old photo of Rodin as reference.

Here it is now just past the summer solstice and the project to build me a studio overlooking our beach at home has only progressed as far as clearing the site, bringing up rocks from the beach for pier footings and felling timbers for the bones of the structure.  Such is the reality when just you and your husband are doing the project in between all the other usual seasonal projects that must be completed before winter.  Clearly there will not be a studio building for me to move into before winter comes this year.  But I was determined to have an atelier sooner than later so Kevin and I decided to put up a 4m four season bell tent for me to work from.  Even this took a bit more time than expected because we decided it would be wise to build a platform for the tent and the spring was so wonderfully wet that the wilderness road leading to the build site quickly turned to muck.  Our ATV can access it, as can the tractor - but the utility wagon could not handle the...

I'm making a big change in my life!   Please read the press release for details.   I'm sharing some videos to help document the way the gallery and studio looked before I pack it all up and put it into storage.  I'm also offering up some images of the recent works for visual enjoyment.   I'll be spending the winter logging with my husband and in the spring we will build a private, small log studio where I will be able to focus totally on creating original works without the burden of keeping a gallery business running.    I intend to do a bit of rebranding of this blog in time and give a bit more attention to it once I am in the rhythm of creating art in my new location. You can follow me on Instagram @gerard.lynne for updates as well. The Gore Bay Harbour Centre Another view of the Harbour Centre

Recent sumi-e paintings! Available in the gallery until Christmas Eve or via online, thereafter.  email:  ravenseyriestudio@icloud.com Scroll down for more images and prices.