In conversations with the artists who come here for painting days I've gathered that Paul Mathieu is a gardener. Eric has a little patch behind the Western Front which supports a lovely selection of healthy plants, thanks to the tender care given them by Karen Henry. But Eric has often said 'you need to see what Paul's done with his garden!' And Paul has…
Recently I've been enjoying designing 'special request' jugbirds. Sometimes, when I'm in London I meet up with Julia, an old friend from my year in Montreal. She's been following my pottery career and recently decided to ask me to make a little jugbird for a good friend. Apparently he's a keen bird-watcher and his favourite is the English Blue Tit. …
Clay artist Ying-Yueh Chuang was our guest at last Wednesday's meeting of TriCity Potters. She gave us a power point presentation that showed us her progress as a student and now professional artist. The photos covered her early experiments with assembling and glazing press-moulded forms and where these ideas have taken her in almost two decades since. Ying-Yueh came to BC from Taiwan…
Alan and I took the ferry over to Victoria last Wednesday. Al has packed up lots of his archaeological material and was ready to deliver the boxes to the Royal BC Museum as the repository. I had completed a group of jugbirds for a new gallery (for me). Vijaya at Eclectic Gallery in Oak Bay had seen my work, found me through my website and…
The other two artists to paint in my studio recently were Mina Totino and Marlene Madison. Mina's plates wound up with strong bold colours and lively brushstrokes. She painted three of the squarish forms and finished up with a little bowl piece. I think she'll be happy with the results. I love the orange, grey and purple one, with the red border. …