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This was my fourth and final drawing. It's taken from a photo that my sister took of her cat. The title of this work is Caesar, the Ankle-biter.

Do You Remember Colouring with Coloured Pencils?

November 5, 2015by Johanne Yakula 4 Comments

For many of us, drawing with coloured pencils was a right of passage when we were young. Some of us braved that blank white sheet of paper and did our own […]

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Do Objects absorb Evil Energy?

October 15, 2015by Johanne Yakula 3 Comments

With Halloween just around the corner I thought I would share a story I read in a magazine some years back about how antiques absorb energy. It still gives me […]

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The Dust storms during the Depression were fierce and you really feel this sensation in this work. The buildings are insignificant in the force of nature thus are only show in outline as if made of thin sticks.

Textiles as Fine Art

August 14, 2015by Johanne Yakula 4 Comments

About a year ago I was teaching a course called “Building a Career as a Visual Artist” for the U of A’s fine arts certificate program when two students began […]

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Old fashioned Taffy candy

Do You Remember these Candies?

July 15, 2015by Johanne Yakula Leave a comment

Nostalgia in my life is not relegated only to my passion for old houses but what I eat too. Last month our community held its annual Highlandia festival with plenty […]

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Adopt a Chicken - why not?

Has your Chicken Written to you Lately?

June 23, 2015by Johanne Yakula Leave a comment

Some have suggested (in a nice way) that I have a strange sense of humour, so when my friend told me she couldn’t go for our weekly walk because she […]

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A vineyard in the Loire Valley of France.

Reconnecting with the Artist Within

February 25, 2015by Johanne Yakula 6 Comments

Life has a way of getting in the way of doing things that feed the soul. Most of us rarely take the time to just sit and ponder about where […]

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Imagine living next to this thing.

Infill Woes, again

February 19, 2015by Johanne Yakula 4 Comments

Citizens, Unite! Are your neighbourhoods feeling the pressure of infill building? Are our communities being sold to the highest bidder – to whomever can build the largest house on the […]

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“Guillaume” will live on

February 13, 2015by Johanne Yakula Leave a comment

Many thanks to those of you who responded when I asked for an opinion on whether I should keep Guillaume as the name of a character in my book set […]

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Image from Amara D. Angelica

Can’t speak French? Great – I’d like your Opinion

January 6, 2015by Johanne Yakula 18 Comments

I have been hard at work on the second draft of my novel I started last winter. I was talking about the book to a French-speaking friend who grew up […]

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Licorice Lovers by Carmen Gonzalez

The Art of Carmen Gonzalez

November 6, 2014by Johanne Yakula 1 Comment

One of the things I am most proud of as an instructor is the success of my students, and one such person is Carmen Gonzalez. A graduate of the University […]

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