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Vimy Ridge Day 2020

April 9, 2020Art, UncategorizedArt, Covid-19, frontline heroes, video, Vimy Ridge DayAndrew Seal View all 4 comments

Commemorating in the studio today all the members of the Canadian Corps who were killed or injured during the Battle of Vimy Ridge in Northern France from April 9th to 12th, 1917 but also thinking about all those heroes giving their lives in the battle taking place on our frontlines today.🇨🇦

in the pink

April 8, 2020Art, UncategorizedArt, Art studio, International Day of Pink, loveroverhate, Pink, watercolorAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

A bouquet of pink tulips to honour International Day of Pink, a day dedicated to the cause against bullying, discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, and transmisogyny around the world.

World Health Day

April 7, 2020Art, Painting, UncategorizedArt, Art studio, National Caregiver Day, video, watercolor, WordPress, Wordpress blogger, World Health DayAndrew Seal View all 3 comments

Today on World Health Day and National Caregiver Day we honour all healthcare workers and caregivers here at home and around the world. My little bouquet from the studio today is my small way of saying thank you to them all, not only today, but for everyday. You are the heroes of our time.

Humboldt Strong

April 6, 2020Art, photography#Humboldt Strong, #JerseysforHumboldt, Art, Art studio, Humboldt Broncos, photography, RemembranceAndrew Seal One comment

In remembrance in the studio today on the second anniversary of the devastating bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team on April 6, 2018. Jersey for Humboldt

Humboldt Strong 🇨🇦

signs of the times

April 4, 2020Art, photography, UncategorizedArt, Covid-19, Kitsilano Beach, photography, willowAndrew Seal One comment

Kitsilano Beach 17.3.20

Kitsilano Beach 27.3.20

Those of you who have followed thechangingpalette know that Kitsilano Beach, just a few blocks from our home, has been my artistic muse for many years. The willow that you see changes throughout the year and I love to pause and enjoy its beauty whenever we take our daily walks. Here it is mantled in snow from a painting in early 2017.

Tomorrow I will re-post my celebration of Kitsilano Beach that will show you why this place is so very special, even now more than ever during these difficult days.

the tulip army

April 3, 2020Art, Painting, Uncategorized#stay-home, acrylic painting, Art, Covid-19, gratitude, landscape painting, tulipsAndrew Seal One comment

Today I am honouring all our residents, medical students and indeed all of our health care trainees, with my tulip field “army.” As we face each uncertain day it is so reassuring to know that the future could not be in better and caring hands. Thank you from one grateful generation to the next.

for the nurses

April 2, 2020Art, Uncategorized#stay-home, acrylic painting, Art, Art studio, bouquet, Covid-19, gratitude, nursesAndrew Seal View all 2 comments

Today’s bouquet is to thank and celebrate all of our wonderful nurses here in British Columbia and around the world. I was so moved to hear the nurses from Massachusetts General Hospital on this morning’s news speak of being scared.

The nurses from Massachusett’s Hospital

Throughout my career my nursing colleagues were always the angels by my side who were always there for me and for our patients, so that together we could make a difference. Even though I am now retired and isolating here at home they are all always in my thoughts as I cheer them on from the sidelines. I am forever grateful to them for their support and friendship over so many years. Heroes and heroines all. Be well and stay safe. ❤️

the zen of seeing

April 1, 2020Art, Painting, Pen and Ink, Uncategorized365, anemones, Art, Art studio, drawing, Frederick Franck, meditation, pen and ink drawing, photography, postaday, ZenAndrew Seal View all 4 comments

“Art is that which despite all gives hope” Frederick Franck 1981

Anemones 31.3.20

Since the 100 anemone bulbs I planted have yet to appear I used a bouquet that five years ago was the subject of Day 90 of my daily posts during 2015. I had been re-reading one of my favourite books The Zen of Seeing by Fredrick Franck that week. Here is the original bouquet together with my pen and ink drawing at the time, and if you would like to see the rest of the post and learn a little more about Frederick Franck why not visit Studio 365: Day 90

Anemones 31.3.15

the courage bouquet

March 31, 2020Art, Painting, Uncategorizedacrylic painting, Art, Art studio, bouquet, gratitude, painting, sunflowers, Van GoghAndrew Seal View all 6 comments

Inspired by the memory of Vincent yesterday I spent the afternoon in my studio painting alone and thinking of all those struggling in isolation in hospitals around the world without their loved ones beside them. They are always in my thoughts. “What would life be” Vincent wrote, “if we had no courage to attempt anything.” The courage, sacrifice and love of so many will be the lasting inspiration and memory of our time. With this bouquet I thank and honour them all.

darkness and light

March 29, 2020Art, Painting, UncategorizedArt, Art studio, bouquet, Covid-19, humanity, paintingAndrew Seal View all 15 comments

This painting from a few years ago seems now quite unintentionally to capture the times we are living through with hope and light expressed in the colours battling the surrounding swirling darkness, as petals fall. Tell me I’m wrong and it’s just another lovely bouquet.