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Nancy Bennett 🇨🇦
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I’m creeping along painting so slowly and carefully, trying not to screw this up. Today I worked on the hydro poles and the rocks. Didn’t want to risk painting the wires. Next time.
#artistlife #workinprogress
Centre portion of a large painting of a snowy scene. Grey skies, houses and hydro poles along the top of a hill, hockey players at the bottom of the hill on a small patch of ice with rocks sticking up. Trees, the players and some people watching are unpainted, sketched on pink.
November 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I think there's a business case for a service that re-dyes faded black clothing. Charge by the pound, boil them with new black dye, rinse, dry, return. I'd pay.
A selection of folded black tshirts and pants in various levels of fade. Some look grey.
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Mornings are colder and darker now but shopping at the St. Lawrence Market has become a habit. Snuggling down in bed is not an option. Mama needs groceries! The maple items will last me well into next year.
#StLawrenceMarket #Toronto
Sunrise over urban neighbourhood. Trees, houses, a smokestack and a cement tower are silhouetted against the sky. The sky is mostly cloudy but an orange sun burns through close to the horizon. The clouds are in waves of shades of orange, green, purple and grey. My groceries on my kitchen counter. Kitchen utensils and a blender are behind the food. Clockwise from 12:00 - A loaf of multigrain bred, a 1 lb bag of maple sugar, 2 ataulfo mangos on a dozen eggs, bag of green beans, 2 bananas, one orange, two egg tarts, two avocados, a pile of small potatoes, bagels, a bag of cubed orange squash, 1L maple syrup, 1kg jar of plain yogurt, bag of white cheese curds.
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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This blah grey day is coming together. I like to so much, I’m nervous about taking every next step.
#workinprogress #art
In-progress painting of a snowy scene, grey skies, distant houses. Skaters playing hockey down in the gully.The people, trees and hydro poles are unpainted, sketched in bright pink.
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Before the grey rolled in.

#sunrise
Sunrise over an urban neighbourhood. Trees, a smokestack and a cement tower rise above the treeline. A ribbon of orange runs along the horizon with the sun a bright ball of yellow divided by a thin cloud. Above the sun, the clouds are soft in waves of greys, purples and blues.
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Painting this was an indulgence. Colours like a handful of Smarties, swooping and drooping, a vase made up of shapes. It hangs in my home for now. A 5 yr old came to visit and declared it pretty. I'm feeling pretty pleased now.
#artistlife
Painting, 27x30, vertical grey-green background. A purple vase with vertical ridges holds five tulips all in different colours. Dark pink Deep yellow, red, light pink, lemon yellow. The stems swoop and droop, a few spiky leaves stick up out of the vase twirling and drooping.
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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I've been missing the sunsets all through the summer. It sets out of view for me till late October. I guess cold temperatures are the trade-off for getting to see this.
#sunset #seasons
Sun sets behind the Toronto skyline. The buildings and trees are all dark silhouettes. The sun in lightest yellow at the horizon, 1/4 from the right. The sky is full of poofy clouds that are orange on the bottom form the sunset and purple-grey on the top. Bits of light blue sky show through near the top. Same view of the Toronto skyline wiht the sun setting behind. TThere's a bad of bright yellow at the horizon, and the pink underside of the clouds. Higher up, the clouds are all grey with fleck of pink that have caught the light.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Sometimes in what I thought would be the middle of a painting, I find myself in Everything I do from this point on has an equal chance of making it worse or making it better zone. Proceed with caution.
#artistlife
Portion of a painting. Snowy scene of 5 people playing hockey on a patch of ice at the bottom of a hill. At the top of the hill are 7 people watching. Behind the people are grey outlines of houses. All of the people are very rough, sketched in bright pink. There is one hydro pole and a tree branch sticking up into the grey sky. The ground is snow in rough paint strokes. The entire painting, 36x40, horizontal. Grey sky with sun barely shining through. A line of dark grey houses along the top of a hill. Down in the gully, a group of people play hockey on a small patch of ice. There are dark rocks sticking through the snow. The people, trees and hydro poles are unpainted, sketched in bright pink.
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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If you see this, post your bird art.
I only have one so here it is -
Very rough painting, painted with a palette knife. Thin branches across grey, white and green background, red flecks of berries or small leaves covered with snow. In the bottom right corner is a cardinal, bright red with yellow beak.
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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I've been on a soapmaking binge for the past few weeks. Today I made plain white soap. No colour, no scent, no milk or honey. Just water, lye and oils. This is my personal favourite.
#soap
Ingredients for soap on my counter with living room and windows behind. L>R Lye, shortening, olive oil, coconut oil, Brita jug of water. Three long narrow moulds full of soap. They're about 3"x20" and lined with white plastic. The soap is light buff coloured and looks like pudding or fudge. The soap is out of the moulds and cut into bars, lined up in a cardboard tray. Three bars are on top of the soap in the tray. They're light buff/tan colour with smooth side and bottom edges and top surface has been smoothed with a spatula.
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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It might be time to finally finish painting this old thing. I let it rest over the summer but now I think it's time to get back to it.
#GoLeafsGo #CanadianArt #workinprogress
Incomplete painting of a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, 27x30, vertical. The jersey is large filling the whole panel with 1/2" - 2" around the edge is deep blue-grey. The entire surface is painted but it's flat, needs more light and shadow.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Life was just too sweet.
Nine bottles of honey ranging from 250g to 1kg lined up on a wooden table with windows behind them.
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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I got my honey harvest from Toronto Bee Rescue today. This is 1/4 hive share after the bears helped themselves to some in Sept. Usually there’s a bit more but that’s life in the wild. Hives are around the GTA.
#shoplocal #honey
Jars of honey on a dark wood table. 3x1k 2x500g 11x250g
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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It was a good day in the studio yesterday. I added some shadows and some light and it popped to life. I'm very happy with that can. Very happy.
#art #workinprogress
Incomplete painting of a handful of flowers and grasses in a can of Carnation Evaporated Milk. The background is shades of dark blues and browns. The can, stems, leaves and a few blades of long golden grass are painted. Only the blossoms remain in white sketch lines on the dark background.
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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I cut off my tomato plants at soil level in Sept. Since then it's been so warm it sprouted and put out flowers. We're expecting snow tomorrow so I doubt I'll get a second crop of tomatoes but I can always hope.
#BalconyGarden
Small tomato plant about 8" tall in a pot with a pink metal support ring. The plant has about 8 well formed flowers. In the background is the cement balcony floor and other flower pots, some with other flowers that defied my cut back.
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Still a work-in-progress but I’ve been unhappy with it till today. Today I’m happy.

#oilpainting #workinprogress #artstudio
Incomplete painting, 36x40 horizontal. A group of kids playing hockey on a frozen patch of ice at the bottom of a gully. Houses, trees and hydro poles line the top of the gully. The ground is snow-covered, the unpainted parts - players, houses, trees and poles - are sketched in bright pink. Close-up of the players on the ice. A few rocks stick through the ice and snow. Close-up of the trees, houses and poles.
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Super moon.
View over an urban neighbourhood with streetlights on and lights in the windows of the buildings and houses. The sky above is dark blue with the full moon midway above the horizon at centre. The camera put a faint starburst and halo around the mood. There are white and grey clouds swooping into the light.
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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I’m have new tomato flowers on a little plant that sprouted up after I cut the original plant to the ground. Doubt they’ll have time to turn into tomatoes but you never know.
Small tomato plant with three yellow blossoms.
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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At last the snow is looking like snow.

#workinprogress #snow
Close-up of a portion of the painting. Textured board with underlayer of greys and blues, white scraped over top. The entire painting, 36x40, wood panel hanging on the studio wall which is splattered with paint from previous paintings. Painting is of a winter scene. Grey sky, snowy gully with patches of ice at the bottom and skaters on the ice. Unpainted and sketched in bright pink - houses along the top of the gully, trees and hydrophones. Unpainted and covered with tape are the people on the ice patches.
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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The view leaving Iqaluit, Nunavut, with warm sunlight and frozen ground. From a friend’s photo. I hope to visit one day.
“Beacon/Beckon”

#canadianart #artsky
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Bit by bit it's coming together.
12x16 wood panel on a wooden easel. The surface has been painted with layers of brown, pale orange and blue. Sketched in white paint on the dark background. An open can of Carnation Milk with a tangle of flowers in it. The can of milk has been painted. The label is the traditional white with a red banner around the top and a thinner banner around the bottom. The words Carnation and Evaporated Milk. A small piece of pumpkin pie on the lower red banner. The greenery has been painted, long thin stems on the flowers with longish wavy leaves.
November 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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This goat milk soap is all wrapped up in quilts with Judy the cat for added insulation. In a couple of days I'll slice it up and put it in the cupboard to cure for a few weeks. I know it looks like fudge but trust me, it's not.
One tray of homemade soap in a plastic covered trough. The soap is golden brown and glossy, looks like fudge BUT IT'S NOT. That mistake has been made, not by me. Three plastic lined trays full of golden brown goat milk soap. Black and brown cat laying on top of the quilts and towels wrapped around the trays of soap on my kitchen counter. Behind her are large windows with houses and trees and a cloudy sky.
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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The Arts & Crafts show at Eastminster 310 Danforth (beside Carrot Common) is a must for me to kick off the holiday season. Lots of beautiful original crafts handmade by true artisans. It's open till 5pm today. Get to it!
#Toronto #ArtsAndCrafts
A group of tiny homes built into a piece of driftwood with a painting of trees in the landscape behind it. The tag reads "Little Home Village". It was created by Janet F. Potter. Creator Barbara Lewis seated behind a table holding her painted glassware. Large round plates painted as fish, glasses with decorative painting and tealights inside. Artist Deniz Ergun Seker standing behind her table of dioramas of rooms with Victorian style characters and decorations. A selection of pins and decorations are displayed in front of the rooms. Ceramic artists Karen Franzen standing behind a table displaying her handmade plates, mugs and pots.
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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More photos of what I saw and the last photo is what I bought.
Frilly mushrooms in the North building farmers’ market. At top are pink mushrooms that look like a rose. Bottom is grey and white mushrooms that look like seashells and a rose. A glass case with tubs of olives and peppers at Olympic Cheese, South building. Outdoor produce stall at the Norhh Th building. Broccoli, cauliflower, onions, garlic. My haul. Clockwise from 12:00 - Bag of white cheese curds, large jar of yogurt, cauliflower, avocados and mangos, red potatoes, two custard tarts, apple fritter, almond croissant and cheese and onion scone, cinnamon bun, two oranges and a loaf of bread.
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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It was chilly at the St. Lawrence Market this morning but the selection of food and produce was still excellent! Worth getting up early on a Saturday for, for sure!
#Toronto #StLawrenceMarket #GoJays
The St. Lawrence Market south building which encompasses the original 180 yr old market building and larger building built around it. Blue sky with pink clouds above it. South Building, Ponesse Foods stall with piles of produce - oranges, bananas, avocados, mangos. Two women stand on the left choosing and paying for food. The clerk is inside, behind the piles of produce. Olympic Cheese stall with glass cases of olives and peppers. A statue of a black & white cow stands out front with the word Beemster on its side. A glass case of bread and pastries at Future Bakery.
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM