August Alice

I’ve been painting quite a bit lately — filming a new course, working on some watercolours for fall exhibitions, preparing a few new ideas for videos — and you may have been wondering where Alice the dog is in all of this. As always, she’s by my side where ever I go. If I’m sitting on a dock by a lake drawing boathouses, she’s at my feet, watching the ducks go by. If I’m in my studio, she’s usually sleeping after her long walk. And if I’m working in the garden, she’s exploring the mini forest in my new backyard and putting her nose where it shouldn’t be, like into a nest of stinging hornets.

I always have several ink pens in my office and when I take a break from looking at my computer, I often draw Alice as she sleeps in one of her many beds. She doesn’t always stay in her bed while I’m drawing, especially if she hears the doorbell or someone eating in the kitchen, but she usually comes back and I just fill the page with another drawing.