Happy New Year!
To start the New Year, I finished this big painting of an ocean at night. It is all shades of blues; teal, cobalt, ultramarine and indigo with lots of phthalo turquoise. It's a decent size, 6'X4' of water energy. I wanted a feeling of stepping into a wave of saturated blue. If you need some colour therapy. This is it!
Here is a before and after shot of my collage room. I think you will be able to tell which is which ;)
Does anyone else's work space get into such a disaster in such a short amount of time?
Well we showed up in the newspaper when we had our open house!
I got the scoop on the painting I donated for a fundraiser. My painting went to a good home! A woman saw my painting when she entered the room, loved it and told Starr that she hoped she would win it in the raffle AND THEN SHE DID. I am so pleased my painting made her day for that is my intent with my work.
This a small painting that I had fun doing as part of my Fire Element Series. This one is staying in my studio awhile.
Last night, the walk home reminded me of that poem, "The Highwayman" by ...errrr...whatispickle...... I will look it up... Alfred Noyes. ( Funny, that name Alfred has come up three times in two days. Hmmm). So, where was I? Yes, the moon, the moon was indeed a ghostly galleon, albeit, there was no moor, just your typical neighbourhood streets.
THE wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
I do love using indigo for moonlight paintings. It has just the right amount of mood without dominating the painting with darkness.
Vine Maple Trees don't mind growing under shady West Coast canopy. Here they grow, protected from the hot summer sun, getting gentle light, filtered by their tall, evergreen neighbours. In the fall, they blaze out of the dim undergrowth like golden flames.
Poster designed by Michael Gordon
Yesterday was our first open house at 195 Pemberton Studios. Open from 11-5pm, it was a busy day with many of the community coming by to see what we were up to. It is so nice to meet new artists and hear feedback from locals. Working art studios that are open to the public are few and far between on the North Shore and it was lovely to hear support from the community.
Matt Framion (left), sculptor, painter and musician takes a quick break with
Michael Gordon, artist and graphics designer.
Christa Harding, busy in her studio.
The amazing sculptures of Regina von wyl were on display.
Sandrine Pelliser, fine artist, (short dark hair) stands in front of her studio.
The "O", is a Corian sculpture by Richard Marmion, sculptor, designer, artist.
The ever amazing Terri Margo (on right) stands with friends.
Sunflower painting #2. This is about 95% done, just waiting for it to dry before tweaking some values here and there and messing with the sky.
This morning had that lovely fall feeling with sweet wood-smoke in the air and patches of blue peeping through the clouds. The mountains play hide-and-seek through the clouds.