May post

Since the workshop on the Island I have been to Victoria to visit for the first time The Red Gallery in Victoria where they show my work. Marion and Bobb a very nice couple, they started the gallery a bit over a year ago and have been quiet successful selling painting and representing a nice group of Artist. I am one of the lucky one exhibiting there.

Here is some of my work showing there.

Okanagan Series 24x24

Flowers Series 20x20

Song of Shapes 22x28

I went to Victoria with my friend Elyse and stayed with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law in a hobby sheep farm that was alot of fun!

I even bought wool from the hobby farm and from those sheep, beautiful wool natural dye. My intention is to knit a sweater for Mark!!! Oups! Unfortunately, I knitted and painted too much lately and I am NOT allowed to paint or knit for three weeks....so here I am blogging instead!

I will be more active with my blog since I am taking a course to improve my blogging!

So that's it for now and see you soon!

Back from of an amazing workshop in Nanaimo!

This last week was challenging, stimulating, encouraging and pushing the limits of our artistic journey. All of that with a dedicated group of 12 artists.Steven Aimone, our facilitator was challenging us through talks and guidance, moving around what we called our individual studio spaces, leading us through our creativity. This workshop was organized by Mary Stewart  a talented artist from Nanaimo. She organizes many different workshops during the year, all very successful.

Sara Morison, good friend and artist from our 5enses group, in  her studio space 

and Steven Aimone with Eve Llyndorah and Helen Webster (above)

One of my large paintings on unstretched canvas

I mainly painted large but challenged myself with some small ones as well. 

Small painting, 10x10 on acrylic canvas 

The last day each artist did a presentation to the group of their progress through the week. It was emotional and revealing and we connected with each artist and their artistic evolution.

Lisa Danesin experimenting lines and movement

Leslie Miller 

Eve Llyndorah spontaneous and layer of paint  applied with spatula 

                                   Barbra Scott  a very hard worker and dedicated artist!

Thanks to Steven and Mary for a wonderful experience!

Spring News!

The month of March has been a busy time organizing different shows for the months to come.

36x48 mixed media on canvas showing at Delany's coffee shop in Dundarave West Vancouver.

On Sunday I am going to attend a workshop on Vancouver Island run by Steven Aimone. This is the second one that I will take with my friend and artist Sara Morison.

Then with the group of 5enses  we will be exhibiting at Sopa Gallery in Kelowna. The show is called U8. More than 400 paintings will be for sale and every painting will sell for $800 or less. This is a contemporary show with artists from everywhere in Canada and the States. The opening date is April 5th at Sopa Fine Art Gallery and will last two weeks.

Here are some of my works there.

18x36 acrylic on canvas, Sopa Gallery

from the 5th to the19th of April

30x30 acrylic on canvas, Sopa Gallery Kelowna

18x36 acrylic on canvas, Sopa Gallery Kelowna

16x16 acrylic on canvas, Sopa Gallery Kelowna

Now the next show for me is going to be at Bistro Louis Gervais down by the Auto Mall in North Vancouver. 

I will be exhibiting by myself for two months from April 1st to June 2nd. The paintings they chose are from my series Movement and Balance. See below for some examples of this series.

30x30 acrylic on canvas

16x20 acrylic on canvas

After all of that, excitement will continue to flow with the Second Art Crawl on the North Shore.  This event will take place the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of April when the general public (including all of you!) will be able to visit 80 studios throughout the North Shore.  The 5enses will be at my studio at 997 Forest Hills Dr, and at Mena Martini's studio in West Vancouver, from 11am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday. Please bring your friends and enjoy chatting with the artists. It is a great opportunity to meet the artists in your community, in a very relaxed way and you will see a lot different art and studio where the work is done. FUN!

There will be more happening this Spring, so please stay tuned!

Activities in March

Delany's Coffee House the show is still on....

Therese Joseph a member of  the 5enses, did a great video of our January Opening reception at Delany's coffee House in West Vancouver. The show is still on for an other two weeks, if you have a chance to go this is well worth it.

Please click on the link to see the hanging and Opening reception, this is fun!             http://youtu.be/Ac_g6DkvoiI

On Monday the 5th of March, the North Shore Artists Guild will hold an Opening of a group Art show, at the Kay Meek Theater in West Vancouver.  The reception will start at 6:30 to 8:00PM
 Bring a friend !

Here are my two paintings. 

Concerto 30x36

Acrylic on canvas

Joyful Moment 36x36

Acrylic on canvas

My energy as been devoted also to painting on a new series called Passion. For that series I have  painted on unstretched canvases for the large ones. I really enjoyed the process and the freeness of doing it. The colours that I used in this series bring me happiness in those gloomy days and make me forget the rain and the darkness of Winter.  

Here are some of them.....

Acrylic on canvas 47x50

Acrylic on canvas

36x42

Acrylic on canvas 31x31

Acrylic on canvas 36x60

Hope you enjoyed!

News from the Kunst Supermarkt in Soleure CH

The Kunst Supermarkt in Switzerland has been a very successful experience for me. I sold 32 paintings in all including a large one. I was very impressed with the organisation and the number of people going to the show. There were about 80 artists all having one or two easel buckets (containers, see the photos below), showing about 25 paintings in an easel bucket at a time. Every night they would put add more paintings to the easel buckets if paintings were sold. People would come and take paintings, look at them walk through the show and decide which one they would buy. It was a very free atmosphere, very relaxed and no one felt pressure to buy. They could leisurely look around and decide what to do. A bit like a Supermarket!!

Soleure is a very quaint town in the Swiss German part of Switzerland. I had a chance to browse through it and enjoy the beauty of the houses and the charm of the street with friends and family who came to the show.

In life you have to take chances.  I did and it worked for me. I have to say thank you to Therese Joseph, a member of the 5enses, who told me about that show. It is nice to be a group of painters who exchange ideas, concepts and encourages to go and participate in different shows. 

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It's been a very busy month!

For the last four weeks I have been busy painting with my friend Dorane from Switzerland. She came to paint and get inspired for a new beginning! It's been very successful and a very prolific month for both of us.

Here is one painting I did on unstretched canvas.

During that period I also went with her at the Portico Gallery in Squamish to bring 5 paintings.

Here are some of the works showing at this very nice gallery in Squamish. 

12x36 West Coast Series

24x48 West Coast Series

12x36 West Coast Series

Hope you enjoyed it!

Art rental Show at City Scape this Thursday!

Happy New year to all!n

It is time to start the New Year with new ideas and goals.

This first two weeks of January have been very busy for me with the organisation of exhibits for the next few months. 

This Thursday is the rental show at CityScape where I have 6 paintings among many artists from the Northshore. 

Art Rental Show

January 13-28, 2012

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 12, 7-9pm

Join us for “Meet the Artists Reception” Thursday, January 12, from 7-9pm and view the entire Art Rental Collection!

Visit CityScape Community Art Space for the semi-annual salon-style exhibition of the Art Rental collection. The Art Rental Show features more than 400 pieces of original artwork created by local artists.
100 pieces have just been added to the collection!

This is a unique opportunity to enjoy original art in your home or office. Art Rental is a convenient and affordable way to enhance any space. Artworks rent for as little as $10 to $40 a month. Works are varied in subject and style; created in watercolour, acrylic, oil, pastel, photography and mixed media – something for everyone.

Delany's show at Dundarave in West Vancouver!

Then the next thing is the 5enses show at Delany's in Dundarave from January 20th till the end of March. Here are some examples of some of the pieces you are going to see there.

Opening for that event will be held from 6Pm to 8PM on February 9th

Please bring your friends for a glass of wine and Surprises!

You will have some more news very soon.....stay tuned.....