I've enjoyed making some line drawing sketches recently. Here's another one from my work room with part of the avenue below. Inside Outside, Line Drawing by Lily S. May, Oct. 2025
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On the Table
Here's a line drawing I recently did of the crowded table in my workroom. I've been doing more writing than visual artwork over the past two years, but am feeling drawn to drawing again (ha). I'm interested in seeing how the drawing and writing will influence one another. On the Table, line drawing by Lily… Continue reading On the Table
By the Lake
I was fortunate to vacation in Prince Edward County, Ontario, recently. My husband and I walked by Lake Ontario in two provincial parks. I felt at peace in these places of waves, rock and open sky. Here's a few photos I took. Lakeview Trail, Sandbanks Provincial Park, Ontario, October 2025, ©Lily S. May Lakeview Trail,… Continue reading By the Lake
Genocide drawing
Those of you who've read my blog for a while will know that I often do unplanned artwork. That is, I begin working without a particular goal in mind. Instead I see what emerges as I go along. That's what I did with this line drawing that I made over two days this week. Parts… Continue reading Genocide drawing
In the Trees
Photo & Haiku by Lily S. May, 2025 The writing isn'ton the wall. It's in the treesof burning faces.
Spring–Toronto ’25
Spring is flowering in Toronto which has helped with a nerve-racking election in Canada and ongoing dreadful world news. Here's three recent photos from walks I've taken in my neighbourhood and near Brickworks Park: Scilla blue!, sunbeam on new green and a display of !pink. Scilla near Brickworks Park, April 2025, © Lily S. May… Continue reading Spring–Toronto ’25
Blue
Here's another poem I recently wrote, plus a photo I took in 2021: Blue Forget me notblue silk skyof forgivenessof acceptance into the realmof all imperfect creation:the blue of birds' flightour sadness held by the skyreflected back to usto the lost blue soundof the heart of the landbeneath the cityto the seekers of deathto the… Continue reading Blue
Unearthed 2
I hope you are well as we move into spring. I've seen crocuses and snowdrops blooming in Toronto this week and birds and their songs are returning. The scratchboard drawing reproductions (see Unearthed) have also returned, though these are from the printer and not from their wintering homes. The drawings came out well with much… Continue reading Unearthed 2
BIMPE XI
I'm a very slow packer who ponders every possible way to prevent damage when I'm mailing artwork or the card decks I sell on etsy. But earlier this week I did send 3 relief prints to another international print exhibition--the eleventh Biennial Miniature Print Exhibition. It's held in Vancouver British Columbia in Canada, with the… Continue reading BIMPE XI
Mercy for the Children Linocut
I've been working and not working on this linocut since March or April. I put it aside after seeing the first proof. In it, the creature's body was not working right for me--it was not defined enough. The rough print has been hanging folded on my bulletin board since then. I had intended to print… Continue reading Mercy for the Children Linocut
Arts of May 