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 ...

Atabis - Original Paleolithic-style rock painting  

Her Fragile Confidence  This is an image that came together from the way the shape of the rock and the pigments directed this artist’s hand.  

  After having the gallery closed between Christmas and New Year’s Day, it feels super to be back to work. The gallery is open Tuesdays thru Saturdays 10 am - 4pm, unless a snowstorm prevents me from getting down the bluff. So thankful to have a studio and art gallery in the Gore Bay Harbour Centre!  Been in this building since 2006! email:  ravenseyriestuio@icloud.com You can also find me on Instagram:  @gerard.lynne

 It was a fabulous summer with great support for my works from both tourists and locals.   As always, the “bread and butter” of my business are my art cards and this year I found it quite a struggle to keep my inventory up.  Every day I had both printers humming and was at my work station engaged in the myriad of steps that it takes to put a finished card in the gallery.   I love making cards, but did find myself dreaming of the day when I would not have to do it every day and could do some rock painting again.  For the past two weeks, that is what I have been doing and having a super time!