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My newest painting on paper is entitled “Lotus plant” (previously “Life span of the Lotus plant”). In this art work, I focused on filling the sheet of paper, which I rarely do, preferring to incorporate the colour of the paper

Already November! We just turned our clocks back 1 hour for daylight savings time, so it means everyone gets an extra hour of sleep and it gets darker one hour earlier. In the springtime, the reverse happens, and the clocks

What a fantastic mini vacation I’ve just had! Although I live in one of the world’s most beautiful areas, as far as nature goes, I love to travel; even if that means just a few days away in Toronto, a mere

Already Thanksgiving! This is the last long weekend before the Christmas break and generally the last weekend when cottagers come up to visit. Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving? To give thanks for their good fortune and the abundance of food,

Autumn here in Canada brings crisp, cool temperatures most days and the nights are cold. Thus, making an Autumnal scarf was just the ticket. This is the season when people start to put away their summer clothing and bring out

A new direction for my artwork has finally been realized- fabric painting! My background in printmaking (mainly silkscreen) has developed into airbrushing. The primary reason is that in the past, I used varsol to thin my paints and lacquer thinner to

I have just finished my first airbrushed shawl and am quite happy with the results. It was a bit of a challenge as it was black and sheer. As I was painting, it was difficult to gauge the intensity of

Here are some pics showing the development of the collage “Little Lily Orbs”. I used both airbrush and pencil drawing to complete this piece. The airbrushed Lotuses were painted on paper, then cut out. The final step before framing this

September means Back to School! This will be the second fall, that I will not return to teach. Or back to school at all, for that matter. It seems I have spent such a large part of my life either studying or

Often, I am asked what is the meaning behind the name of my art business, MaiTribe. There are two parts to this name: the first part Mai, is an abbreviated form of my name, Maija. I am of Latvian descent