not always pretty, but always beautiful.

January 23, 2011 by keirartworks 1 Comment

Looking north, windy wet winter morning @ dawn

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Author: keirartworks

Artist, Musician, Writer, Teacher. Mum to an incredible person, friend to many, Incredibles. Gardener. Thinker. Collaborator. K

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three of five images, underdrawing…

inheritance from two families on my mother’s side: A proud sign from Kennedy Foundry of Owen Sound, hanging on the wall of Circle Bar Ladies’ Hosiery factory, also in Owen Sound, owned and operated by my mom & aunt’s grandparents, Walter and Catherine Keebler.

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6×6″, mixed media on paper, 1999 (sold)

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And shiny, reflective things…

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