Cranes-Not Talking
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From My Personal Journal
This one made me smile before I even dipped a brush.
I had this mental image—two majestic birds, perched just inches apart, surrounded by calm… but not saying a word. No fight, no tension—just distance. A kind of quiet that felt so familiar.
We’ve all seen it before. Maybe even lived it. That moment where connection hangs by a thread of silence. You care. You’re close. But something's off. Something's unspoken.
That’s exactly what I wanted to paint. Not a scene from nature, but a feeling from life.
I started with the cranes. Elegant. Upright. Still. Each one with a presence of its own—but both ever so slightly turned away. That angle was everything. The way their bodies curved apart, like two thoughts headed in different directions. I painted their crowns bright with a soft, almost regal glow—as if they still held dignity, even in their silence.
Then came the branch. Twisting, tangled, aged. I imagined it like a shared history. Strong enough to hold them both, but gnarled with time, bends, storms weathered.
The blossoms were next—those bursts of yellow warmth. Tiny flickers of hope, still blooming despite the distance. They softened the scene. They reminded me that even in silence, beauty grows.
And then… the sky. That pale wash of gray with shadows creeping in. It wasn’t sadness I was painting—it was pause. A moment suspended in time. That space between words. The kind of silence that isn’t empty… it’s full. Full of meaning. Full of what we haven’t said yet.
I called it Cranes Not Talking not because they’re broken—but because they’re real.
To me, this painting holds that quiet tension we all know. Between lovers, friends, family. Between who we were and who we’re becoming.
And maybe, just maybe… it reminds us that silence can be sacred, too.
Sometimes what’s not said is exactly what we need to hear.
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Original painting photograph by Studio Graetz, Montreal.
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My journey as an artist
...didn’t start the way one might expect!
I began not with brushes and paint, but as a single mother raising two beautiful daughters after the devastating loss of my husband at a young age.
My girls were just 7 and 12 at the time, and with no choice ...but to press forward.
I spent the next 25 years waiting tables.
Though life was challenging, my love for my daughters gave me strength and the dream of becoming an artist, something I had held in my heart since I was a child, stayed with me quietly in the background.
It wasn’t until I retired and met Ian, during what I now call my golden years, that I finally had the time and space to pursue that long-held dream.

In 2022...
Ian and I set out to create beautiful paintings and the finest quality limited-editions, driven by a desire to make my self-taught art accessible to all.
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Now, with Ian by my side, I embraced the creativity I had kept hidden for so long, sharing it in a way that allows others to bring a piece of that journey into their own homes—affordable, yet meaningful.
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