Eaglewood Studios

2012-02-02T12:44:00.000-08:00

Blue Jar and Rocks

Pencil crayon on Canson Mitient textured paper.

2012-01-06T14:06:00.000-08:00

Kia on the Dock

Pastel drawing.

2012-01-05T15:32:00.000-08:00

Time and Relative Distance

Another Paper Sculpture. Revealing my Dr.Who leanings...

2012-01-05T15:24:00.000-08:00

All Things

Acrylic/Paper sculpture with 'found' frame which has been sitting in my workshop downstairs for many years. Don't throw ANYthing out!

2011-12-23T13:57:00.000-08:00

Garden Art Chairs

I'm a little late posting these; better than never. This may be the last year for the NPCC/Sherway Garden Art Auction. This is my eighth chair for the cause (a fundraiser for Neilson Park Creative Centre). I'll miss the excitement - but not having my studio filled with three chairs from March to June!

2011-12-23T13:53:00.000-08:00

MouseHouse

A gift made for a friend - found objects (tree bark, moss, sticks, empty snail shells and the odd bug), with a metal-tooled front and a cardboard back. It was lot of fun to forage for the makings and then put it all together.

2011-12-23T13:42:00.000-08:00

Leapin' Lizards

Fun with clay!

2011-12-23T13:19:00.000-08:00

Pastel Portrait of Kit

Experimenting in style and technique

2011-12-23T13:16:00.000-08:00

Pastel Portrait of Z

Loosening up in style and use of colour.

2011-12-23T13:12:00.000-08:00

Dragonfly Pop-Up Card

The dragonfly soars upward as you open the card.

2011-02-03T05:06:00.001-08:00

Who tortures himself for his art. Wonderful model.

Sarah

Sarah is one of those models whose face changes with every pose. Three poses - three different people. She's always intriguing to draw.

Classmate

This would be the night the model didn't show up. We took turns sitting for 20 minutes. I was very pleased with how this one turned out.

2011-02-03T05:04:00.000-08:00

Betty

2011-02-03T05:03:00.000-08:00

Theresa

2011-02-03T05:00:00.000-08:00

Blue Ina

2010-11-25T10:07:00.000-08:00

Sarah

Murray

Blue Murray

2010-11-25T10:05:00.000-08:00

Betty

2010-09-13T05:59:00.000-07:00

Portal

A paper sculpture created for Visual Arts Mississauga for their 2010 Open Doors Silent Auction.

2010-05-05T17:47:00.000-07:00

Toni

2010-05-05T17:35:00.000-07:00

Lisa

It was fun to have my neighbour, Lisa, pose for our Friday Portrait class. She was great to paint - very focused and wearing a silk brocade dress in a colour that I had to buy a special tube of paint to finish the picture with.

2009-09-08T17:05:00.001-07:00

Pentagonal Mask Sculpture
Made with tracing paper with a backing of parchment paper. The tracing paper gives nice crisp folds but it's flimsy so the sculpture has to be fairly small. This is about 5" high.

2009-09-08T17:03:00.001-07:00

Pop-up Flower
I like the ripped paper look. Created on Canson Mi-teint & coloured with chalk pastel.

2009-09-08T16:04:00.001-07:00

Splotzenpop
Samples for the 'Make Your Own Pop-up Book' class at Artsmartz.

2009-09-08T15:55:00.001-07:00

Pentagonal Book

A couple of pages from a folding pentagonal book. Particularly effective in the sunlight. The interference paint doesn't translate so well, but it looks great on the hardcopy!

2009-03-11T18:30:00.001-07:00

Susan
I used the limited palette for this one too but introduced blue and Alizarin crimson to keep it from becoming too warm and brown.

2009-03-11T18:24:00.001-07:00

Limited Palette

This series of portraits - two from models and one from a photo were painted using a limited palette of Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna and Titanium White. I found some work by Joseph Jeffers Dodge in "Painting Faces and Figures" by Carole Katchen. He uses this palette to wonderful effect. You have to be careful that the lights don't go chalky but it is surprisingly versatile.

2009-03-11T18:22:00.001-07:00

Scott

2009-01-27T07:13:00.000-08:00

2009-01-27T06:37:00.000-08:00

He Wears a Black Hat by Helen
The other entry in the Member's Choice Show at NPCC, January 2009. Both of these portraits were painted in the Friday Portrait Class at NPCC - a four hour pose. This is of a friend and I was happy to get a good likeness.

2009-01-27T06:35:00.000-08:00

Red Suits Her by Helen
One of two entries to the NPCC Member's Choice Show in January 2009

2008-10-21T13:55:00.000-07:00

Lena by Helen

A model new to our Tuesday night group. Was able to capture a decent likeness and convey her pensive mood.

2008-10-21T08:06:00.000-07:00

John W. by Helen

2008-10-21T08:02:00.000-07:00

Jinder by Helen
Done a while ago in Friday Portrait Painting at Neilson Park. Four hour pose.

2008-04-15T07:26:00.000-07:00

Vanessa by Helen

Conte sketch done in Tues. night Life Drawing.

2008-04-15T07:11:00.000-07:00

Jan by Helen

Tuesday night Life Drawing at Neilson Park. Conte sketch.

2008-04-09T06:55:00.000-07:00

Totem by Helen

Papier-mache totem pole created as a demo for the 2008 March Break Kid's camp.

2008-04-09T06:53:00.000-07:00

Blue Robe by Helen

A pastel piece that was in the Impact, Artist's Choice Member's show at Neilson Park.

2008-04-08T08:52:00.000-07:00

Jan by Helen

2008-04-08T08:51:00.000-07:00

Kyla by Helen

2008-04-08T08:46:00.000-07:00

Denis by Helen

Painted in a four-hour portrait session in Studio B at Neilson Park.

2008-03-18T10:30:00.000-07:00

Bad Grrl by Helen

This was taken from a series of drawings used for demos for my Cartooning class done with various media. This one is brush and ink.

2008-03-04T12:15:00.000-08:00

Paper Sculpture by Helen

2008-01-23T05:00:00.000-08:00

Kia's Christmas

2007-09-12T07:51:00.000-07:00

2007-08-25T06:43:00.000-07:00

Electrobot by Helen

Created from 'treasures' in my workshop.

2007-08-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

Robots by Helen
A colouring page created for the Bloordale Park Fundraiser on August 11.

2007-08-15T16:57:00.000-07:00

Selected Poems #1 by Helen

Another paper sculpture piece for the "Impact" Juried Show at Neilson Park.

2007-08-15T16:51:00.000-07:00

Dragon by Helen
Paper sculpture using acrylic Rorschach blots on heavy paper.

2007-04-09T07:23:00.000-07:00

Sheep by Helen

The sheep and the cow were done for a TVO children's show. Watercolour and coloured pencil on illustration board.

2007-04-09T07:21:00.000-07:00

Cow by Helen

2007-04-09T06:28:00.000-07:00

LX Caricature - by Helen

An acrylic piece for a portrait show at Neilson Park. A caricature of my son, age 19. He no longer sports the Mohawk, but the white, tufty bit under his lip is rather distinctive.

2007-03-26T18:56:00.000-07:00

"I Can't Come Out" by Helen

Yeah, it's a sappy title - I'll use the 'Gary Larson excuse' - "It Was Late and I Was Tired".

Pen and Ink with wash.

2007-03-26T18:46:00.000-07:00

"Aragula" by Helen

Aragula, Guardian of the Garden, is a doll made of various pieces of wood from my garden: Lilac arms, maple legs, a pine bodyand head, and forsythia fingers. The face is acrylic modeling paste, painted over with acrylic paint. The hair is paper ribbon and strips of bark. Polyfilla was poured into her fabric boots & the legs set in so she would stand freely. Her clothing is hand-made - the bodice is a rough linen and the skirt and sleeves are polyester drapery fabric (which I know isn't very natural - but the colour & 'drape' worked for me).

2007-03-26T18:40:00.000-07:00

"Patchwork Dogs" by Helen

This is four in a series of twelve patchwork pieces designed for a calendar. The 'quilts' are all approximately 10 " x 14" and machine stitched and quilted. I chose the dogs for physical elements that appealed to me - not necessarily for the breed.

2007-03-26T18:33:00.000-07:00

"Dress-Up" by Helen

Pencil Drawing scanned and coloured in Adobe Photoshop.

2007-03-26T18:30:00.000-07:00

"Ogre and Friend" by Helen

This is a small (3") figurine made out of Das Pronto modeling clay and painted with acrylics. The basket and rock are 'found'.

2007-03-26T18:28:00.000-07:00

"Nutcracker" by Helen

2007-03-26T16:05:00.000-07:00

"Give Me Shelter" by Helen

Christmas Card design.

2007-03-26T15:03:00.000-07:00

"Hitched" by Helen

2007-03-26T14:59:00.000-07:00

Club Oz by Helen

This cartoon dates itself. Many years ago Club Med was doing TV ads showing 30 seconds of beautiful people splashing on beautiful beaches. When my folks went Downunder, it seemed a natural...beauty being in the eye of the beholder.

2007-03-26T14:57:00.000-07:00

He's a Real Son of a Cromagnon...by Helen

2007-03-26T14:55:00.000-07:00

Clothespeg Doll by Helen

2007-03-26T14:51:00.000-07:00

Baby Card by Helen

2007-03-23T18:55:00.000-07:00

"Tall Book of Make-Believe" by Helen

This is a 3-D Acrylic and Mixed media piece (14"x18"). It's a multi-layered work inspired by an iconic children's anthology of the same name and by some of the imagery in the 2007 Spanish movie, "Pan's Labyrinth". It's a sort of a hybrid "pop-up book" with one spread and since it's not designed to close (anymore), I cheated a bit on the pop-out features - they would just get squished if the page closed.

2007-03-23T18:48:00.000-07:00

"Missed You!" by Helen

2006-06-14T06:44:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Eaglewood Studios site. A repertoire of illustrations, art, cartoons and commentary from the creators at the same. A quick sampling of what to expect: (as above)...okay - not a great sample, but we're just getting started. Stay tuned - it'll get a whole lot better!