Getting Ready for our Next Art Show

Posted on June 23, 2026 by Mama Cormier

…both Kevin and I are hosting our first art show together

I know that I have enough art to put on another show but I always like to create some new pieces. A while back I took a photo of a random group of buttons and I had it enlarged. In my head I envisioned stitching the buttons over the photograph and then add some more stitches around the buttons. Here is the finished piece.

For my last show I painted a mixed media meadow scene that was very popular and sold at the show. I decided to try another piece using similar techniques but this time I made it larger. It features sumacs in the foreground and spring flowers throughout the rest of this country landscape.

The show starts July 29 and runs till August 24 at Montgomery’s Inn.

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Anything Beginning with a B or W

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Cee for hosting CBWC

167167-BA-14-E0-4-E35-88-F0-53-C729-D5-AE3-E-1-201-a — *Wedding Venue*

B39948-B1-2-E6-A-4-D7-E-A66-B-B8-B0-C396633-F-1-201-a — *Boats in the Bay*

784-FD6-D2-0491-4-B2-D-BD3-B-D66-DCB96-EE6-B-1-201-a — *Buttons*

E33-CFD61-0-B57-40-D7-9913-F7-E498-DB0-A5-D-1-201-a — *BBQ with Wurst and Buns*

5-AE3-E151-CE23-4027-B046-D4-AA10-C8090-D-1-201-a — *Boulders on the Beach*

908-C5122-20-C4-4-D7-D-AECB-28298-D62-C245-1-201-a — *Bubbles on the Beach*

Needle and Thread

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…the name of my new series of paintings for my solo show

The Joy of Making is the name of my solo show in May. I not only wanted to highlight my love of painting and making art but I also wanted to pay tribute to my family’s talents and the things that my Mom taught me when I was younger. From a very young age my Mom taught me how to make doll clothes with hand stitching and later how to use a sewing machine. She also taught me how to mend socks and sew on buttons.

As I got older I taught Family Studies and taught 11 to 13 year olds how to cook and sew. They learned how to embroider, quilt and sew clothes. I continued to learn and practise other needle crafts such as knitting, cross stitch, weaving, basketmaking and more. In my 50s I learned how to use watercolour and later I ventured into abstract painting using acrylics and collage.

Here are the first three pieces of my Needle and Thread series.