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
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.
Bread & Puppet
I love the work of Bread & Puppet Theatre. In the late 1980s and early '90s, my husband and I visited Vermont where we went to see the Bread & Puppet farm with their barn full of enormous puppets and printed posters and cards. It was terrific to see such creativity addressing political, social issues… Continue reading Bread & Puppet
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
After the Flower
I'm back again, this time with a poem I've recently written plus a sketch. Here they are: After the FlowerYears agoI named myself after a flowerbut hell on earth now calls forsomething less innocent,so I will call myself clenched teethfollowed by shouts out loud.I'd like to become:she of rock earth and treesshe protector of birds… Continue reading After the Flower
Arts of May 