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Blanc. Playing with different colour palates. These are from a small sketchbook. The first textured white background was done many months ago and only this week did this idea come about. #whitepaintings#sketchbookshare#artprocess#smallabstractpaintings#canadianpainting A few pages... "First Date" & "First Page" - the second slide had about 10 lives. Watercolours in sketchbook. #watercoloursketchbook#smallartworks#organicabstraction#watercolorabstract#artonpaper#smallpaintings Problem child. Painting in my small sketchbook. This one had many lives - it was a bit of a brat, it wouldn't listen to me. #bratpainting #smallpainting #organicabstraction #dailypaintings #artexplorations Ripples in the sky Dot on a heart flower Two pages from my small sketchbook. My process lately is to get purposely lost while making a painting or drawing. A wash or erasure gets rid of a plan. These surprises are what have been interesting me lately. #smallpainting #organicabstraction #artprocess #artonpaper #artsurpapier #artquebec Two small paintings on paper. The last two pages of my recent sketchbook. Things are getting darker, and more purple... #smallpaintingonpaper#paintingonpaper#purplepainting#artsurpapier#artquebec Purple palette days - two mini paintings on board. More to come... #purplepainting#organicabstraction#miniaturepainting#smallartwork#smallpainting#purpleinterior A gathering. Watercolour & gouache in a small sketchbook. #smallpainting#bluepainting#abstractpaintingonpaper#organicabstraction#artonpaper Hybrid drawing. Watercolor & digital. #hybriddrawing #organicabstraction #procreateandpaper Jumeaux violets. Ink, acrylic & gouache on paper, 24 x 20 cm. This one took many twist and turns but I think it ends here. #smallworksonpaper#organicabstraction#abstractartonpaper#canadianpainting#smallartworks Cleavage. A small sketchbook painting. Watercolour & gouache. The white is almost as cold as it is outside. #sketchbookpainting#organicabstraction#smallpaintings#paintingonpaper#artstudy a little something. Watercolour in sketchbook. Trying a new way to resist. #watercoloursketchbook#artonpaperstudy#organicabstraction#smallpainting Something in blue. Watercolour & poster paint on paper. #organicabstraction#paintingonpaper#paintingstudy#canadianpainter#bluepainting#smallartwork miniscus twins - a small painting on paper. #sketchbookpainting#abstractonpaper#organicabstraction#worksonpaper#artsurpapier Sink. Weekend work - a page from my Strathmore sketchbook. Acrylic & watercolour. #strathmoresketchbook#artonpaper#organicabstraction#abstractonpaper#smallpaintingonpaper#smallpaintingsforsale#artstudy Something quick. Mini painting on paper, 13 x 11 cm. #minipainting #paintingonpaper #abstractpaintingonpaper #organicabstraction #redpainting #artmontreal Blue not blue. A painting from my small sketchbook. The blues were so different alone. Ink, acrylic & gouache on paper. #smallpaintingonpaper #paintingsketchbook #abstractdrawing #organicabstraction #montrealart #canadianpainter Growth strategies. Drawing from my small sketchbook. The black & white makes this one considerably more graphic. #abstractart #organicforms #organicabstraction #artistsketchbook #abstractdrawings Something about growing. Graphite & acrylic on paper (small sketchbook), November 2025. #paintingsketchbook #organicabstraction #paintingonpaper #canadianart #studyonpaper Will you be my polypore, a sketchbook painting. Watercolour & acrylic on Strathmore paper, Nov. 2025. #sketchbookpainting #strathmoresketchbook #organicabstraction #artonpaper #artquebec A red fiction. Acrylic on paper, small sketchbook. #smallabstractpainting #paintingonpaper #sketchbookpainting #organicabstraction #redpainting Object fiction series, a small painting on paper. Sometimes lately I am working on very small surfaces - the gestures seem exaggerated at this size. Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 cm, November 2025