Wednesday

The ice is back today; word around town is that the big bergs are a week away. Its quite hypnotic watching it undulate; I stare at it while my eyes hurt from the brightness, I can't look away.

Sunday Windy Sunday

Little sneak peaks of pieces in progress in studio.
I've got a lot on the go; each one slowly building up its layers.




The residency is up and running again; artists have arrived. Its so great to have new people around after the long winter. I'm seeing the landscape and the town through new eyes; and their presense gives me renewed energy. With them they've brought new music, new ideas.
Auriane Sokoloski took this photos of g and me the day of the ice; reminds me of a Caspar David Friedrich painting.

The Ice Commeth!

Drove back from town to find the cove full of ice, it just floated in one day, bobbed around then was washed out to sea. Very dramatic.



The three shots above are in front of the studio.

But of course the next day we had to hike down the coast to see more. This is in Shoe Cove.





Along the way we found this spot where it looks like sea spray was blown up the cliff into the trees creating this magical place.

Iceberg!

Driving into St. John’s today to run some errands we saw that the clouds were doing some pretty great things.

Had a bit of time to kill between dropping off our grant application and another appointment so we headed out to Cape Spear for a little walk.

Looking North

Iceberg! Don’t laugh, I know its small. In the middle of this picture, there’s a little white spec, that is my first iceberg. To Newfoundlanders this is probably no big deal but I’m pretty excited; I've been waiting for the icebergs and I’ve been told by locals that there have not been icebergs around St. John’s for a number of years. Even though this one is relatively small I think/hope it means more are on the way. Also this is blurry because its a handheld shot. The part of the berg above the water looked about the size of a fishing boat.

Looking South

Being the most easterly point in Canada, Cape Spear has had strategic significance in the world wars. These structures remain from WWII.



We got in before anyone else made footprints today.