After spending 22 years working on my beloved old house in Mavillette, Nova Scotia and thinking I would remain there until my death I have sold up and moved to Yarmouth. My new property is also special but in different ways. In spite of being in the centre of town it has a feeling of space and privacy, both inside and out. I will miss the wildlife on the river but there are birds here as well and deer that come right up to my veranda. 

 

Time will tell how the change in environment will affect my work. Right now, I am focusing on a very time-consuming project that involves mining my lifetime of dream records for interesting data. So far, I have transferred approx. 5000 dreams onto my computer. The things I’ve discovered are astounding! It will take time but eventually I will share my findings in book form.

 

My past? I’m a widow. I’ve raised a family (2 girls and a boy) and I’ve worked most of my life to support my art, for many years in banking, commercial printing and later as a landlord as well as buying, renovating and reselling houses. Art school was never a possibility for me so I am largely self-taught. I have always applied the principle, ‘do the best you can with what you have to work with and more will be given.’ If you live long enough the small gains will accumulate. I have lived quite a long time. My advice to anyone who feels compelled to create, ‘go for it’ but only compete with yourself’. If what you do today is better than what you did yesterday, then you are successful.

 

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