CITY OF NIGHT || Introducing the Island Magic collection
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Oh, how I love this piece.
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Because it started with a reference photo that is lovely, but doesn’t necessarily seem like it has a lot of potential.
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And the painting became so much more than it might have been.
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Because I painted the way this photo, this place, that evening, made me feel.
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And maybe I exaggerated all the hundreds of tiny colours that are in the photo, but that is truly how I see the world.
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To me, this world is bright and colourful and so full of possibility that it can sometimes feel completely overwhelming. I’m a little afraid of wasting it, sometimes.
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It’s hard to describe, the feeling I get when I see the lake and sky in harmony like this.
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My lungs feel full to bursting and I want to laugh and cry all at once.
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Because it can’t possibly be this beautiful. And I can’t possibly belong here.
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But it is and I do.
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And that’s what I painted.
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My feeling of unfathomable belonging to this magical place.
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And it thrills me that I can share it with you in this way.
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I am so proud of this collection of abstract works and so relieved to have them officially, fully, out in the world today.
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You can see them all at lakesidestudiogallery.com
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I hope you love them as much as I do.
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ALL I’M THINKIN’ ABOUT || Introducing the Island Magic collection
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This piece simply sings of summer mornings spent visiting the end of the dock, staring at the water, soaking up the warmth of the day.
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The reference photo is one of my favourites I took this summer. It embodies so much of what I love about going to the end of the dock every morning with Orson.
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And it begged to be painted.
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I decided to try it in this style because there is such great contrast in the colours and in the movement of the clouds set against the calm of the lake.
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This painting is all about the comfort of home. The joy of a summer sunrise.
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The peace of knowing you’re where you’re supposed to be.
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Even, or maybe especially, when life hasn’t gone according to plan.
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It’s named for a Bruce Springsteen song from the album ‘Devils and Dust’.
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It’s a nearly-happy, upbeat song about the way your mind can be overtaken by the person you love.
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I chose it because each morning when I visit the lake—whether at the shore, my visit tree, or the end of the dock—I say hello to the lake and to my Tyler.
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And for those few moments every morning, he’s all I’m thinkin’ about.
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It’s a daily pilgrimage. A little nod to the person who changed my life by being in it. And by leaving it.
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This daily visit is an act of gratitude, of grief, of love. And it thrills me that it’s now commemorated in a painting.
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You can find this piece among the Island Magic collection which launches TOMORROW for subscribers and on FRIDAY for everyone else.
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I’m so excited to release these paintings to the wide world.
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COME ON (LET’S GO TONIGHT) || Introducing the Island Magic collection
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This piece poured out of me on an if-I-don’t-paint-now-I’ll-explode evening at the beginning of October.
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Because of that, it’s got a bit of a different energy than the other paintings in this collection.
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It’s bolder—in colour and in palette knife strokes—and it’s got more movement going on.
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Which is, in part, because the reference photo was taken on board the ferry while it was in motion.
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But, mostly, it’s because this painting is made up of energy on the move. Energy I’d been holding onto and finally released onto the canvas.
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It’s frenetic, the movement in this piece, and it makes me want to be outside. In the fresh air. With the sun and wind on my face.
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Like many of the other paintings in this collection, this piece is named for a song from Bruce’s “The Promise” album, which is made up of songs that didn’t make the cut for my favourite album, “Darkness on the Edge of Town”.
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I was listening to it a lot while painting these. This song speaks about the draw of ‘death’s strange glory’ and it seemed to fit this painting of a glorious sunset, the death of a day.
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As always, I gently encourage you to listen to the songs these paintings are named for, because they belong together. And it might help you see what I see in them.
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This new collection launches on FRIDAY at 10 a.m.
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Want access 24 hours early? Sign up for emails at lakesidestudiogallery.com
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I only email when there’s new art available.
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I am so excited to share these works with you all!
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📷 by kassandramelnykphoto
🖼 by _craftedbycam
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ALL THE WAY HOME || Introducing the Island Magic Collection
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A ferry ride to the mainland on a just-still-warm-enough September morning.
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It wasn’t long after the upper deck was reopened and it felt special still to be able to sit in the open air again on the boat.
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I took dozens of photos that morning and two of them became paintings in this collection.
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I liked the muted blues and greens and greys that day. The way the sun seemed to be white, not gold.
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And I love the way the hard lines of the ferry look against the softness of the shore in the distance.
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I wonder, sometimes, if I’ll ever take for granted the specialness of taking a ferry before I can go anywhere, or needing one to take me all the way home.
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I doubt that I will.
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Because as long as the sun shines a million different ways, as long as the waves come and go, the leaves change, and the winds shift the clouds, there will be something new and beautiful to see and enjoy.
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And paint.
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Find this piece along with 13 others in my new Island Magic collection, coming this Friday at 10 a.m.
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And remember: subscribers get access 24 hours early.
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Sign up today at lakesidestudiogallery.com
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And stay tuned for more introductions to the paintings in this collection all week long.
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Frame by _craftedbycam
Sneak Peek available lakeside_studiogallery
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Danny

📷 Shen Hao TFC617-A
🎞 Kodak Portra 400
09/12/21

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Some nature type pics from the shoot on Amherst Island for lonelycountryfilm
I took 108 shots so I couldn’t fit them all in! Will make some full sets as cards most likely for the holidays
Select shots of humans tm 🙂
Shot, dev & scan by me
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Today dawned clear and bright, with placid water and wild skies.
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This sunrise was so different from those of the last week, from those tough mornings.
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It could be that those days looked darker to me because they felt that way—but I don’t think so.
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I have pictures from every morning and while October 1 began with a stunning sunrise, the mornings were gloomy from October 2-7. My hard days.
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And, so, with this morning’s glorious start, it’s no surprise that it feels like a new chapter, a fresh page, a new beginning.
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The anxiety is still there, this morning, pressing its weight on my sternum, but it’s softer, gentler.
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I can feel my inhales deepen. My exhales grow longer—without effort.
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I feel relief.
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And hope.
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And gratitude.
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For getting through another year. For the anniversaries being easier to bear. For my people who listened to me—and bore with me—and gave me space to do my thing.
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And now that I’m on the other side, I’m excited to look forward again. And dream. And plan.
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And also have a nap at some point, because I’m exhausted.
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But, mostly, I’m just happy to be here. Bumping along through normal days. Just like everyone else: doing my best with what I’ve got.
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Writing the next page of my life story, one sentence at a time.
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