diane.ptolemyartist

diane.ptolemyartist Niagara Artist; history in painting, illustration, commissions & teaching. Exciting projects ongoing.

"The house is gone, but the ground remembers the footsteps." --Unknown I enjoy sketching old houses, especially the ones...
03/18/2026

"The house is gone, but the ground remembers the footsteps." --Unknown
I enjoy sketching old houses, especially the ones that are gone.

Above Louth Falls.
03/18/2026

Above Louth Falls.

May brooks and trees and singing hills,join in the chorus too, And every gentle wind that blows,send happiness to you. -...
03/17/2026

May brooks and trees and singing hills,
join in the chorus too,
And every gentle wind that blows,
send happiness to you.
--Irish Blessing

TBT My photo of a watercolour commission I did many years ago. The father of the girl with her legs buried in the sand...
02/20/2026

TBT My photo of a watercolour commission I did many years ago. The father of the girl with her legs buried in the sand brought pictures to work one day and I asked if I could do this painting.

Sketch of a tree without (much of) a trunk in Vineland. Pastels are a messy medium but I enjoy it now and then.
02/19/2026

Sketch of a tree without (much of) a trunk in Vineland. Pastels are a messy medium but I enjoy it now and then.

Caucasian Winngnut and flowers. This is a massive old tree that was designated with a plaque honouring Moses Rittenhouse...
02/17/2026

Caucasian Winngnut and flowers. This is a massive old tree that was designated with a plaque honouring Moses Rittenhouse for land gifted for horticultural research in Vineland.

I often do things twice.. ..just so I can be doubly frustrated. Lol
01/28/2026

I often do things twice.. ..just so I can be doubly frustrated. Lol

Two wintry house painting commissions from my Port Perry days. (Blown up from small old photos)
12/11/2025

Two wintry house painting commissions from my Port Perry days. (Blown up from small old photos)

Community minded last week; volunteer dinner invite for house tours and sign work at Balls Falls, and two donations wen...
11/09/2025

Community minded last week; volunteer dinner invite for house tours and sign work at Balls Falls, and two donations went to new homes at the silent auction for the GPAG Glam Gala.

Would you share your old diaries online? I'm about to; a few pictures from my old Sheridan days. From day one to the end...
07/03/2025

Would you share your old diaries online? I'm about to; a few pictures from my old Sheridan days. From day one to the end these black books were our notebooks, sketchbooks and always with us to write down our ideas and record our assignments. We were constantly sketching classmates, family and surroundings. I dedicate this post to a fellow student who is a successful Toronto artist/poet and more... and she is on some of my old pages shown here. Check out the talented jeaneng.wordsandpaint

TBT.....a fellow worker in Orangeville commissioned me to do a painting on an old circular saw blade. (You can see the h...
02/20/2025

TBT.....a fellow worker in Orangeville commissioned me to do a painting on an old circular saw blade. (You can see the hole) I managed it without chopping off any toes. (Photo of an old photo.)

TBT .. Computer technical drawings from my Ontario Hydro days in the Audio Visual Department in Orangeville. I learned e...
02/20/2025

TBT .. Computer technical drawings from my Ontario Hydro days in the Audio Visual Department in Orangeville. I learned early in my life to always present my art portfolio even if the interview was for clerical work.

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