New Flower (July 25, 2023) – Pink Cone Flowers

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Mama Cormier

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New Flower (June 5, 2023) – Yellow Tulip

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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.

5-BA3-C2-BB-17-FD-4-D19-98-E8-B0183-D5-BD5-F4 — *Mending a Broken Heart*

307-F668-F-EFDB-46-AA-8912-3045837-E23-DD — *Those ‘Darn’ Holes*

EEC513-F3-863-D-4-A50-BB43-67-F9720-CB034-1-201-a — *Mom’s Button Box*

Texture Tuesday – Textures in Fibre Arts

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Mama Cormier

….textures at the Assembly Hall

On my walk yesterday I went further than I have in months. It was a cool but gorgeous day as I made my way over to the Assembly Hall. It was about a 6K walk there and back. When I reached the hall I discovered that there was an art show on display called Herstory. It was put together by a group of Women from the Niagara Women’s Collective (SWFT) showcasing unique stories of women with overlapping experiences.

Some of my favourite pieces were the soft sculptures by Debra Jackson-Jones and Mori McCrae.

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D3-ACD91-D-F475-4-FC3-9220-DFC8908-C1-E05 — *Debra Jackson-Jones: Covid Love: The Only Thing Living is my Virus 2022*

AF7-EE832-7783-4139-910-C-E9-D562538740 — *Mori McCrae: Big Green Apple*

A06-CE070-8484-480-A-BF80-B41736-D85924 — *Morie McCrae: Little Green Apple 2*

I also enjoyed Francie McGlynn’s paintings that included soft woven patches of fabric and hard edged buttons.

822-F0-BE3-5305-448-B-828-E-5-A19-B8994-A58-1-201-a — *How to Walk Your Dog in Times of Plague and War*

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B5961-D66-50-F7-4928-9-FCA-4-FF083-A23097 — *The Woman Who Held Odd Notions*

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For those of you who live close by, the show runs till March 29, 2023 at the Assembly Hall Gallery at 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr., Toronto, ON.

New Flower (March 3, 2023) – Orange Begonia

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New Flower (February 6, 2023) – Winter Heath or Erica Carnia

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Mama Cormier

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I’m a Fan of…..Denyse Thomasos

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Jez for hosting I’m a fan of….. https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/01/23/mallards-fan-of-192/

Denyse Thomasos was a Trinidadian-Canadian painter known for her abstract-style wall murals that conveyed themes of slavery, confinement and the story of African and Asian Diaspora. Sadly she died tragically in 2012. The first time I saw her work was at the McMichael Collection of Canadian Art, an art museum in Kleinburg, Ontario. I instantly liked her work and looked forward to seeing her show at the AGO.

The show is title: Denyse Thomasos, just beyond. It brings together more than 70 paintings and works on paper that she produced spanning the last 15 years of her short life. The first thing I noticed at this showing was the size of her canvases. They were large and some of them went from the floor to the ceiling.