What better way to spend the Victoria Monday holiday than to have artists here to paint, chat and eat lunch together? The visitors this time were Eric Metcalfe and Katie Lyle again, and first-timers Western Fronter Jacqui Ross and recently retired Emily Carr instructor Marian Penner Bancroft. As usual total concentration prevailed and wildly different images appeared by late afternoon. We were able to…
As I was driving up to Whistler Alan was giving a paper at the Canadian Archaeological Association Conference there. (I had heard it before, I promise!) He spoke on 'Nuu-chah-nulth Whaling Chiefs in the Archaeological Record of Barkley Sound' and I'm told it was very well received. I joined him for a reception in the conference centre that evening and we stayed for interesting lectures…
On my way to Whistler I stopped at the home of Bette Copeland in West Vancouver to deliver the Blue-Footed Booby. She had found the Booby jugbird on my website and bought it. But she has been away for some months so she allowed me to display it in our Fantastic Feast show in the interim. I think she's quite glad he's had a life!…
Alan travelled up to Whistler last Wednesday with the Carlsons to attend the Canadian Archaeology Association's annual conference. I drove up to join him on Friday. More about Whistler soon. But on the two days of lovely Spring sunshine here I actually spent lots of time in my studio, preparing plates for another plate-painting 'raid' yesterday and assembling two largish new birds. I…
To start our TriCity Potters' meeting last Wednesday June announced the winner of the Peoples' Choice Award. Visitors to "Fantastic Feast" at Port Moody Art Centre voted for their favourite piece in the show, and the winner is Maple Ridge resident and our board member Brigitta Schneiter. Congratulations! Her prize is a tempting basket of gourmet food from local Eden West Fine Foods. Thank you…