This weekend is Toronto's annual Fan Expo. With over 70,000 attendees it can get a little overwhelming. But it's lots of fun with plenty to see and do. Diana and I will be sharing an end cap in the artist alley. We'll have lots of stuff for sale both furry and fantasy. Bookmarks, prints of all sorts plus a small assortment of originals. We'll ( Read more... )

Woke up this morning to learn that Jack Layton, leader of the NDP in Canada has succumbed to Cancer. Canada has lost a great man. I always liked and respected him, voted for him in the last election. He was intelligent, passionate and thoughtful. I often agreed with his stance on all kinds of issues. He took the NDP and made them a viable party ( Read more... )

Why can't I get moving today. Been up a couple hours and have a ton to do today but just cant' seem to get started. Done my email. finally booked a hotel for Fan Expo(even found a good price!), fixed my online banking problem. Now need to go up stairs scand and send off my Rare Calender pic, print some larger prints and scan a large pic. Got ( Read more... )

Finished up my last commission yesterday and since I have to pull together the money to buy my airline ticket to Furfright and some meds I'm letting folks know I'm open for new commissions. Anything from badges (sepia, acrylic or full body cutouts), to acrylic full background paintings. Drop me a line at heatherbruton@gmail.com. If you're got ( Read more... )

Tonight's viewing was a real mixed bag. You might wonder what in the hell I'm doing watching all these movies. Marg has digitized our entire movie collection onto hard drives. And they all have to be watched to make sure they copied correctly. Actually this is no hardship, we always watch something at night while I paint and Marg putters. And ( Read more... )

Watched a double feature tonight of Elizabeth and Elizabeth the Golden Years (really need a third movie). Makes a great double feature. The first movie was good but Golden Years just blew me away. I've always had a keen interst in English history and in particular of the Queens of England, so the subject matter was known to me. Sure they messed ( Read more... )

Ah first weekend home in four weeks. Off to market as it's that wonderful time of the year withne local produce is flooding the place. Yum! Most of the vendors are local Mennonites so that means grass fed, non drugged meat and organic, non pesticide veg and fruit. Ah heavenly. My favourite beef seller has the most amazing beef I've ever tasted ( Read more... )

Why is someone always cutting onions when I watch Lilo and Stitch?

"It is my family. It is small. And broken. but still good". And I'm sobbing in the corner, every time!!!

My next store table neighbor at Condition Red was offering full body cut out badges and I really liked them. So I thought I'd offer commissions for them so I can play. Below is a sample. So the price is $40 each plus $6 for shiping unless you want it delivered to Furfright, Midwest Furfest or Fan Expo. These are watercolour on bristol and ( Read more... )

Recovering from Condition Red, getting caght on computer stuff and making plans for next weeknd's camping. Overall had a good time, made some money, did some fun sketches and got to go home each night to my bed and cats. The con was not huge but the feeling was friendly and relaxed. I would have liked to get more homework but things were a bit ( Read more... )