After my two days in St. Neots and then two all-too-brief nights in Berlin (again, catching up with six family members) I wound up at (nephew) Mike, Mel, Molly and Sam's house in Sheen in SW London. I had scheduled a Gillian day and managed to tick off some super destinations. First an above-ground train to Waterloo, and then the Northern Line tube got me…
Now that the latest firing is done I needed to get some of the work packed up. The three vessels intended for Victoria's Alcheringa Gallery were carefully wrapped in paper and bubble wrap and secured in a box with a handle. Wednesday morning saw me braving the 2nd Narrows bridge to meet up with Robert, who has taken said box on to the sea-bus,…
While I have been waiting for my kiln to be cool enough for me to empty I've been out in the garden. It's time to cut off all those huge hollyhock plants. I couldn't help myself but harvest oodles of their seeds. So if you join us for 'Pottery in Port Moody' next weekend you may take lots of those seeds and we'll have a…
For many years senior artist Eric Metcalfe has been spending each day drawing and meticulously painting with gouache, adding to an ever-growing series of works. Now West Vancouver Museum's curator Darrin Morrison has chosen just some of these wildly colourful graphic paintings for a show which also features reference to Eric's earlier performance and collaborative work as Dr Brute. This link will take you…
Last night Al and I braved horrid rain to drive over to West Vancouver. We grabbed an early supper at Park Royal South's Trattoria Restaurant before heading on to the West Vancouver Museum. Renée Van Halm's solo show 'The Shape of Things' was opening. The walls of the two galleries were filled with her large impressive paintings and some smaller works and aha! there were…