![Evening Shores](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231029_125104-220x170.jpg)
Evening Shores
Original Watercolours
Watercolour prints on Canvas
![Old Cock Road](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Old-Cock-Road-Halifax-220x170.jpg)
Old Cock Road
Depicts a small pedestrianized street in Halifax, which links Commercial Road to Market Street.
![Lost Heartbeats](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/lostheartbeats-220x170.png)
Lost Heartbeats
Bold and high contrast colors intended to be the visual equivalent of a heartbeat, one that is lost because it was not taken.
![Detached From Color](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sentinel-scaled-220x170.jpeg)
Detached From Color
Photography as a means of self-expression. The most important quality of a photograph, as in all art, is to evoke an emotional response.
![Summer Study](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Summer-Study-220x170.jpg)
Summer Study
Summer Study is an acrylic on canvas painting inspired by the blooms and foliage in Ontario’s national and provincial parks.
![in cemento veritas](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fuckovid-enamel-on-surgical-masks-220x170.jpg)
in cemento veritas
Clothes that survived covid 19, very similar to what survived after the 2,000-year-old catastrophic eruption of Pompeii.
![Jellyfish and Microbeads](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Jellyfish-and-Microbeads-scaled-220x170.jpg)
Jellyfish and Microbeads
By pairing the natural with the unnatural, I create a subtle awareness of the plastic pollution crisis. Mixed media watercolor on paper.
![Peppers for a Stew](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Peppers-Watrclr-220x170.jpg)
Peppers for a Stew
This is a watercolor of three peppers in orange, yellow, and red being cut up to be put in a meat stew with other vegetables.
![Covidscapes](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/yatchman_cynthia_covidfloralwithmoonscape-220x170.jpg)
Covidscapes
These images were done during our Covid isolation.
![Time](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/time-scaled-220x170.jpg)
Time
Time is inspired by the emotions of time. The now is where time does not exist.
![A Spring Collection](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Monet-after-Midnight-small-220x170.jpg)
A Spring Collection
A collection of artwork with Spring in mind.
![3 Untitled Portraits of Young Men On the Verge Of Infamy](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2016_16-220x170.jpg)
3 Untitled Portraits of Young Men On the Verge Of Infamy
The illustrations are done with ink on paper and all measuring @ 5″X7″.
![Elvis Has Left the Building](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Elvis-Has-Left-the-Building-2019-Lorette-C.-Luzajic-36x48-1-220x170.jpeg)
Elvis Has Left the Building
This artwork uses layers of collage and mixed media to portray memory, drawing on city life, poetry, art history, and other urban influences.
![Diversity Dance](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ashton_DiversityDance-220x170.jpg)
Diversity Dance
Celebrating the differences. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas.
![Birdhouse in the Birches](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Pastel-Autumn-220x170.jpeg)
Birdhouse in the Birches
A quiet scene from the Reiffel Bird Sanctuary on the Fraser River Estuary, near Vancouver, B.C.
![In cemento veritas](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mario-loprete-b-boy-oil-on-concrete-20-cm-x-30-cm-Copia-Copia-220x170.jpg)
In cemento veritas
Paintings and sculptures.
![Profiles in Honesty](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screen-Shot-2024-06-18-at-2.11.41-PM-220x170.png)
Profiles in Honesty
A book review of Writers and Missionaries, by Adam Shatz.
![Not my circus, not my monkeys](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/circus-monkeys-220x170.jpg)
Not my circus, not my monkeys
Visiting the fascinating world of idioms and expressions and how they convey dozens of cultural subtleties and concepts.
![A freelance journalist’s take on transitioning to dystopian fiction writing](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/dystopian-future-220x170.jpg)
A freelance journalist’s take on transitioning to dystopian fiction writing
The dystopian genre has produced some of history’s most iconic books, like Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World…
![The Whole Wide World](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/www-220x170.jpg)
The Whole Wide World
A review of The Whole Wide World. I was surprised that my sister did not like it all, so I tried to examine why it impacted me so much.
![House of Hunger/Book Review](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/144753190-220x170.jpg)
House of Hunger/Book Review
Lexi Kent-Monning’s book review of House of Hunger by Uzodinma Okehi.
![Stories from the Darp](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/PinchingZwiebackCover_800_1301_90-220x170.jpg)
Stories from the Darp
A review of Pinching Zwieback, stories by Mitchell Toews.
![From A Candle To A Flame To A Wildfire Of Hope](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Incandescence-220x170.jpg)
From A Candle To A Flame To A Wildfire Of Hope
This is a review of Mehreen Ahmed’s novel, Incandescence published by Impspired Magazine, UK and written by Chitra Gopalakrishnan.
![The Corner Store](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/c9fqyqiecds-220x170.jpg)
The Corner Store
A local landmark, a collection of antique merchandising gear, and what Tuffer Gibson calls his baby, that’s the Corner Store.
![Review of Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/motherthing-220x170.jpg)
Review of Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
A review of Ainslie Hogarth’s Motherthing, a New York Times Best Book of the Year.
![On “Writing What You Know” When You Can’t Write About Yourself](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/water-hands-220x170.jpg)
On “Writing What You Know” When You Can’t Write About Yourself
“Write what you know” is common writing advice. But how do we make this mean something and make it a part of our own writing?
![Jean Paul](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/jean-paul-220x170.jpg)
Jean Paul
One of literature’s great eccentrics, Jean Paul was popular in Germany in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
![Problematic Pollock: Why is he painting on the rug?](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/soup-220x170.jpg)
Problematic Pollock: Why is he painting on the rug?
Exploring some of the ways in which cultural history has glorified Pollock’s work and turned it into a monolithic iconic entity.
![Eyes on the Prize](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/stagecoach-220x170.jpg)
Eyes on the Prize
Before there was transgender there was One-Eyed Charley.
![A Review of Love Breaks My Bones, and I Laugh by Couri Johnson](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/lovebreaksmybonescover-220x170.jpg)
A Review of Love Breaks My Bones, and I Laugh by Couri Johnson
A book review of Couri Johnson’s latest novella of fabulist short stories.
![The Lang Fairy Books](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Grey_Fairy_Book_1900-220x170.jpg)
The Lang Fairy Books
A brief overview of the famous series edited by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, and his wife Nora, who did much of the rewriting.
![Review of Lilies on the deathbed of Étaín and Other Poems](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/lillies-220x170.jpg)
Review of Lilies on the deathbed of Étaín and Other Poems
A review of Lilies on the deathbed of Étaín and Other Poems by Oisín Breen.
![April’s Foul Day](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Crystal_Meth-220x170.jpg)
April’s Foul Day
This is a short story on grief and loss.
![Oh Lucky One](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1c8sj2io2i4-220x170.jpg)
Oh Lucky One
Welcome to the aftermath – Our hero from last June’s ‘Minor Marvel’ in Literary Heist is back.
![The Carny Contessa](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/g4gj5xb1ebc-220x170.jpg)
The Carny Contessa
A successful Hollywood writer, meets an unconventional protagonist and writes a new “chapter” for his career.
![Oh Bobby, Why Didn’t You Look?](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/beach-220x170.jpg)
Oh Bobby, Why Didn’t You Look?
The accidental death of a child and the impact upon his family and his father’s lover.
![Woowo](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ship-220x170.jpg)
Woowo
A teenage girl learns of her grandfather’s horrifying death.
![Night Shift](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/c9fqyqiecds-220x170.jpg)
Night Shift
A cynical store clerk working the night shift refuses to assist a 14-year-old prostitute who is later murdered by her pimp.
![Enough is enough](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/doctor-220x170.jpg)
Enough is enough
A hospital nurse has an opportunity to eliminate a threat to her policewoman partner.
![Minute hand](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/antique_clock-220x170.jpg)
Minute hand
A magical realism story about a man finding redemption through fixing a clock.
![Last Supper](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/peanutsoup-220x170.jpg)
Last Supper
In “Last Supper,” a death row inmate has an unconventional last meal the night before his unjust execution.
![Restrained](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/elderly-220x170.jpg)
Restrained
A student working for the summer at an institution for elderly, psychiatric patients is shocked to discover the lack of real care and caring.
![California “Area 13”](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/golfcart-220x170.jpg)
California “Area 13”
A wrong turn thrusts a man into reconciling California’s past, present, and future while examining his own.
![One of a Kind](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/w9wn_cir9jm-220x170.jpg)
One of a Kind
Ricky Gordon, a high school basketball coach in a small town, upon his father’s death, must come to terms with the parent he never respected.
![Mine Heart](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/61zsxz3yjbo-220x170.jpg)
Mine Heart
Mine Heart reminds us of the atrocities which men can inflict upon humanity.
![Albatross](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/zztfupfsl4i-220x170.jpg)
Albatross
“Albatross” is a story about loss, acceptance, and the importance of resilience in becoming a grown up.
![David’s Stare](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ynlz2hpm4to-220x170.jpg)
David’s Stare
A “commercial” artist receives sage advice from a revered Master.
![Many Wee Undead](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/sp-p7uut0tw-220x170.jpg)
Many Wee Undead
Tells the tale of undead leprechauns unleashed on a quiet village by the misspoken spells of ignorant Wiccans.
![Kept at Bay in the Bay](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/q9b0p-m6kjs-220x170.jpg)
Kept at Bay in the Bay
One step out, not sidestep, from West Africa,
One firm stride, with full slide, into America.
![malaise](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/9rloii_qmmw-220x170.jpg)
malaise
what is this strange feeling in me,
that gnaws on my marrow.
![Anchors and Angels](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/800px-Ancient-Egyptian-Hieroglyphs-220x170.jpg)
Anchors and Angels
How the wonders of nature and life can sometimes be lost in translation or even during the attempt to describe them at all.
![Torture by Telephone](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1401613-220x170.jpg)
Torture by Telephone
A tongue-in-cheek description of an annoying phone call
![it takes awhile…](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/osd4nghd4km-220x170.jpg)
it takes awhile…
to forget childhood traumas or hideous
events like world trade center falling
![Crows](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/corn-220x170.jpg)
Crows
Tired of hunger
tired of emptiness
![Heresy](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/zxnkxnr32ng-220x170.jpg)
Heresy
Every day is a headache when come morning time the lion or lamb will come to ruin a Shepard’s day.
![The Lives of Jellyfish](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/fo4_-oknxje-220x170.jpg)
The Lives of Jellyfish
I can’t stop thinking about jellyfish. I can’t stop thinking.
![Welcome and please remember your Islamic hijab](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/6exrx8goj9y-220x170.jpg)
Welcome and please remember your Islamic hijab
I walk quickly inside a lantern’s wall
my own fingers struck one hundred matches to the flame
![The Urns We Carry](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/14521509-220x170.jpg)
The Urns We Carry
My sister-in-law died last spring from a drug overdose. We found out that the funeral home would seal her ashes in several different urns.
![Silent Wings](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ahpj-rrq8ei-220x170.jpg)
Silent Wings
Tell me of your night
its whispers and its clouds.
![Last Night I Saw Joe Hill](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/solitary-220x170.jpg)
Last Night I Saw Joe Hill
Like the song and the writer, I wonder about meeting one no longer in this world. By speaking with them we learn and this gives me hope.
![Just another Thursday](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/police-220x170.jpg)
Just another Thursday
A panoramic view through snippets of my life as I deal with wage slave jobs, random debauchery, and just a little bit of police harassment.
![Tinnitus](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sandbags-220x170.jpg)
Tinnitus
Looking straight at reality but trying to incorporate whole thinking/feeling, including the tools from dreams.
![In a Void — What’s the Point?](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/hospital-220x170.jpg)
In a Void — What’s the Point?
This work lives in the shadowy forest between science and art between comprehension and imagination.
![Life in the Northern Woods](https://www.literaryheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/woodstove-220x170.jpg)
Life in the Northern Woods
From out of winter forest,
bearded men, in heavy coats and boots…