lovers

This is a place in Elora called 'Lovers Leap' where the story of young lovers remain overlooking the gorge. During the war of 1812 a soldier fell in love with a native girl but when she heard the news that he was killed in battle she threw herself off the cliff, unable to live with the loss of him.

eric

my great old cat

old trunk

chickens and hens

bridge

young faydra

Some Sadness...
Many of you will remember my lucky fate in getting a job last year to be Faydras nanny. She will be four years old in the fall and has suffered through all her years with painful brain cancer and partial blindness. Now as she grows older, so has her illness and her family have been given the sad news that her time here is short. It's not likely she will reach the end of the summer. Remember her sweet face in your prayers and her family too as they spend as much time with her as they can this summer in joy.

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"Old Woman"
oil on canvas

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"The Pine"
oil on canvas

"Sunset"
oil on canvas



These two paintings were each done at a time when I was overcome by emotion. The first, with the single tree, I painted after I had been hurt very badly and this painting appeared as if by the brush and not my hand, calming me and relieving my heart. The second, with two trees, I did in a state of pure joy! I found myself surprised by happiness and this became a tribute to that in a way. Niether one was planned, but just done when I felt the need to express my emotions and let them out. And to my surprise, the two are so similar in content, colour and style. I thought it was amazing that in two completely different states of mind and heart, I unknowingly expressed myself in the same way. These paintings remind me that dispite the feeling you may have in your heart at any one time, it is a true emotion and it is you. Angry, hurt, lonely or joyful, thankful and happy; these make us us, and to express our hearts' state is the greatest testament to ourselves.

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"Wedding Anniversary"
oil on canvas


This was actually a bit of a laugh to paint after my parents 30th wedding anniversary. They are just crazy about eachother and always joking with eachother, teasing and having fun. There was one moment when my mom was looking very longingly at my dad while he, secretly, was joking about how long the 30 years had been in a way that only my siblings and I could see. It was hilarious and I thought it perfectly captured the relationship they have. They are still so in love and never stop having fun, keeping the sillyness of their youth alive. It's very admirable!

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"Church Street"
oil on canvas


This is a fabulous house in Elora that I've always loved. It is on a street named after the fact that the road splits to wind around a massive old church right in the middle of the street. I've always thought that this area was so very uniquely small town and very beautiful. This house was one I used to dream I lived in, when I was a child, while playing in the playground right across the street from where it stands. The trees and the house are so old and they stand at this little corner in a way that almost comands you to admire it when you walk by. It's something about small towns and the old houses in them that really strikes my curiosity about the history and time that past.

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"White Sky"
oil on canvas


Oil on Canvas
by Ciaran Myers

Zimmerman's music coasts the air
Harmonizing paintings that plaster the wall:
The wind in the trees and a yellow stone house,
A woman wrapped under a purple shawl.
In the midst of it all a girl waves her brush
And lets the frost settle on pale pine trees.
Above the trees the sky, subtle and full
Supported by an eisle with pleasure and ease.
She pulls out life from the canvas we see
With a dust coloured sky that is calm and strong;
And under the sky stares small little me,
Next to her creation; that's where I belong.