Finally there were enough pots to fill the kiln for a bisque firing, thanks to another day of my studio being 'raided' by Vancouver painters. We had a fun day with Philippe Raphanel, Mina Totino and her first-time-here friend Jan Wade. They each painted several plates, with Philippe astonishing us with a variety of layered colours, experimental wax resist again and a final swoosh of thinned underglaze…
I've been taking another look at the photos I took while Al and I were on our all-too-brief holiday in Puerto Vallarta in early February. Even though we have now been home for a month I felt like putting the best photos into a Picasa album for you armchair travellers! Join us for a little slide show of the ocean, flowers, birds and some art…
How can it be March already? After concentrating on getting tiles and lots of Raiders' plates fired recently I am now trying to catch up on making lots of my own work. There are jugbirds to be made but I have to confess that the idea of painting the new plate shape myself was rather intriguing. So I have been applying colours without having a planned…
On Thursday evening I attended the preview reception for the Western Front Gala Auction. Son Mike joined me and we took a careful look at all the donated art. There were photographs, prints and paintings waiting for the Gala evening ( which is happening as I write) as well as our six specially painted plates. The Luxe Hall (originally built to house the Knights of…
On Saturday, a week ago, Alan and I popped in to the Equinox Gallery rather early for the opening of two new shows. We were on our way to the Stanley Theatre's matinée of Pride and Prejudice, but didn't want to miss Renée Van Halm's 'Nudge' show opening entirely. Stupidly I didn't take any photos at all but if you open this link you'll see…