My good friend and mentor, Ludolf (Ludo) Grolle, suffered a major heart attack on Friday, June 11th, 2010. Thankfully he seems to be doing well, and certainly hasn’t lost his unique sense of humor. Although he’ll be at the St. Boniface Hospital for another week or so, things are looking very good for a recovery.
Hopefully this will serve as a wake-up call to Ludo to stop smoking (when we visited him today and the nurse asked him if he smoked, his reply was “Not any more”). I know that it has certainly served as a personal wake-up call for me to start making more healthy choices when eating, and to take regular exercise more seriously. It’s way too easy to skip a day on the old treadmill, or grab some artery clogging fast food instead of eating a nutritious meal, but when you think of the potential consequences, making the right choice becomes quite a bit easier.
About Me
- Blake
- Blake McArthur is an abstract painter from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His work, which has been described as being both organic and industrial at the same time, can be found in private collections across Canada, as well as in the United States. Working with acrylics on paper and canvas, Blake strives to create lush abstract paintings that allow the viewer to explore and discover on their own, without having the constraints of realism imposing a view of what they should be seeing. He considers his most successful pieces to be those that result in the greatest number of distinct interpretations. Although his style would be labelled as abstract expressionism, he does not attempt to create abstract representations of particular objects or concepts, but rather simply tries to express himself through colours , shapes and textures. Music is an important part of the creation process for Blake, and he allows himself to be carried away by the music he listens to as he paints, letting it, rather than conscious thought, guide his hands.
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