I had meant to post this back in April and forgot! I do post daily to Instagram, you can follow me there @gerard.lynne  

My blogging presence is not what it used to be as I prefer to spend less time sitting at the computer and more time creating new artworks for my gallery.  But it seems good to pop in here from time to time and share some images of things I’ve been working on, whether it be sketching, painting, calligraphing or composing poems or grinding pigments for making paint for my Paleolithic-style rock paintings, making tea and being inspired by the flora and fauna of my wilderness home or the stunning lake view outside my studio.  I am never bored!   My studio and gallery are open all year round, Tuesdays thru Saturdays 10am - 4pm, Closed Sundays and Mondays. I’m on the 2nd Floor of the Gore Bay Harbour Centre, right on the waterfront, for 18 years now!   I post daily on Instagram:  @gerard.lynne Inquiries can be sent via email:  ravenseyriestudio@icloud.com I hope you enjoy this image tour that I’m sharing with you!  

This is a fine art print from one of my original sumi-e paintngs.  I’ve paired it with my original hand-calligraphed verse and am offering it unframed in the gallery.  To see more of my work consistently, please follow me on Instagram @gerard.lynne   

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  Haphaestus Original Paleolithic-style Rock Painting by Lynne Gerard For this delightfully shaped Paleozoic rock plaquette, I thought for sure a large flying bird was waiting to wing its wait out to the surface.     With just water on my brush, I quickly sketched first an owl and then an eagle to gain a feeling for which bird it was that I thought I was listening to.     But nope!     The rock rejected such ideas.   The more I sat with this rock admiring its peculiar shape and wonderful series of ridges and textures, the sensation of an architectural bas relief sculpture came to mind.   I looked up some examples of bas relief from my massive old book on the art of Michelangelo and online images sources and did some quick water sketches on the rock.  It felt very receptive to such an idea. Kevin Droski The artist's husband and muse My next step was to photograph my husband for my model (not wanting to copy Michelangelo!) and things moved along rather fluidly after that until it cam