I wonder which of his two plates Eli will contribute to the set. One has been carefully painted over a grey background, with subtle tones of colour. The other is painted with loose-seeming brush strokes on a white background. Both Eli and Jacqui are becoming used to working on a non-flat surface and I'll be interested to see what they do next.
Jacqui Ross is one of the artists who will be contributing a painted plate to a set of six. The set will be auctioned at a Western Front fund-raising event next March. Jacqui is a Curatorial Assistant there. When the artists have had a chance to see their finished work we will find out which plates will be in the set. These are the…
I emptied my kiln this morning and only five of the pieces in there were mine! There have been two more raids of painters here lately as Eric Metcalfe has volunteered six new plates for auction at the Western Front. The first group, on November 25th, were Eric, Jacqui Ross, Eli Bornowsky and, for his first visit, recently-retired Charles H. Scott Gallery curator Greg Bellerby.…
The City of Port Moody was incorporated one hundred years ago so there have been lots of celebratory occasions all this year. The final and perhaps most significant event took place on Saturday at City Hall. Recently my husband Alan was part of a committee that selected an artist and commissioned a special piece of public art to recognize the fact that this city has…
This coming Saturday will be the third and final chance to meet Keith Rice-Jones as he works alongside his huge show at Coquitlam's Evergreen Cultural Centre. The show is of thirty years of Keith's working in clay so there are new large garden sculptures, wall pieces, his signature urns and various other strong, stained forms. Check this link to the Evergreen's site to read their…