January 2020 - Tracy Kobus

Windows Into the Past - Visiting the National Gallery

January 13, 2020

Categories: Art Process, Artists, Creativity, Travel

This December I had my dream experience of spending two days, mostly alone, at our National Gallery in Ottawa. I have been asked several times what my favourite piece was but I ...

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Jan 17

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Here is a glimpse of my show of recent prints at "Bean Around the World", up til March. Except for "Mythmaker" (fire), all images were painted during the pandemic.

Prints are available for purchase by contacting me. The cafe conveniently backs onto the airpark and there are also lots of black rabbits around there.

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Jan 10

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VERDANT, 18" x 24" acrylic on canvas, new painting.

Maybe after the rain coming this week we will see the ferns again!

The reference for this painting was from a photo I took of my son, Arlo when he was about seven, wandering ahead of me on a forest path. As the giant ferns almost engulfed him, he reminded me of Mowgli from the Jungle Book.

I may have been feeling some nostalgia for those days of childhood as my boy turns 16 this month, and he is soon heading off into adulthood!

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Jan 6

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Not that we are thinking of hiking or biking now with all this snow, but here are the latest art socks featuring my painting "Violet". In sizes S/M and M/L. Find in my Etsy shop (link on page). Also find @roamstoreandstudio (closed til Jan 14)

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Jan 1

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