From my ELEMENTAL SERIES ‘Clear Wing’ was chosen for the annual Lawson Killer Juried Exhibit at Gallery Stratford. It is 24″ x 36″ and printed on canvas. It is a very soothing and peaceful photo. I spent a long time with the winged one as it emerged from it’s chrysalis last summer. Magical nature.

Mother and son both have work in this exhibit. See next blog for Alex’s sculpture.

June Flamenco performances in Kitchener at The Registry Theatre and the Multicultural Festival. Thanks to Kim Green for all the work teaching and organizing. I enjoyed the challenge and accomplishment of performing four dances. Our iguana didn’t dance..

Gallery 96 is having a fundraiser on Saturday, May 30 at Factory 163 (163 King St.) in Stratford from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Come celebrate spring and support our artist run gallery. Artwork, plants and more available to purchase. See you there!

Maya Fair now has a new blogspot. Check it out:

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GREEN MAN

This photograph was taken at The Cloisters in New York where The Unicorn Tapestries hang. Looking through the lens, he was looking back at me.

To see my store front on ETSY go to 

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I have notecards of some of my photographs currently for sale.

Congratulations to the United States for choosing this inspiring leader. 

The current 26 minute version of ‘The Fight Master: A Documentary About Paddy Crean’ by Elisabeth Feryn and Lesley Walker-Fitzpatrick was shown at the Paddy Crean ‘Art of the Sword’ Workshop in Banff, Alberta this January. You can view a short clip of this film on this website. Go to Visual Art – Multimedia – scroll to second item in this section.

PLEASE HAVE A LISTEN TO THIS TIMELY SONG. The song needs to fly. It can be found by clicking on ‘Poetry – lyrics’ on this website then scrolling to the bottom of that page and clicking on  ’Listen to the song here’. It was created during work on the Canada Council Grant ‘Have We Forgotten? The Hope Project’ through ‘Hermione Presents’ that marked the 90th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge April 1917 – 2007.

The lyrics come from a longer poem written in the anguish I felt in March 2003 at the beginning of the Iraq war. The music was composed by Charlene Nafziger. It is sung by students who participated with the artists on this grant project. This audio clip is rough but heartfelt.

See more about the grant project under ‘Visual Art – Multimedia’ and by visiting   www.hermione-presents.com

Protected under Creative Commons Attribution – Non-Commercial – No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada License. Non-profit projects: Please sing and play the song – give credit / do not change. And please notify us at MayaFair of any performances or projects through Contact Us page. Thank you.

Increasing urban sprawl is threatening the unique character of Stratford and the future viability of the downtown core. The City of Stratford has developed a sound plan to protect the downtown core by directing large future commercial developments to the West end of the city and away from the East end which is already heavily commercialized. Walmart is not respecting Stratford’s Official Plan. The City has been forced to defend the Official Plan at the OMB. The hearings start January 21, 2009. I am a citizen participant defending Stratford’s right to determine future growth and development.

Richard performing his one man play about Pulitzer winning poet Theodore Roethke at Saginaw Valley State University on Nov. 12, 2008. We arrived at the theatre on Nov. 10th with a staged reading and by the evening of Nov. 12th had a play. I was privileged and honored to be director. In the audience that night was William Heyen who wrote:

“Richard Fitzpatrick’s moving and memorable tribute to Theodore Roethke is stunning–honed, honest, balanced, inspired, the work of a great actor who understands a great poet with all his heart and mind.”                                  

William Heyen, author of Shoah Train, National Book Award Finalist for Poetry