Inspired by all the fabulous birds Down Under I chose to paint this jugbird with the large bill as a Kookaburra. I love the turquoise markings on his wings and the crazy stripes on his tail. Do let me know what you think of this one. I have photos of several other birds I can imagine making as jugbirds. I was painting the other largish…
What a relief to open the kiln this morning and find that all the work is bright and buttery smooth! I was firing plates painted by Paul Mathieu, Monique Fouquet and Eric Metcalfe as well as my own work and dishes and tiles painted by my niece and great-niece when they were here from Texas. Here are the plates, all made of white earthenware this…
I love getting emails from my website! This morning someone from England sent me a photo of an Eagle jugbird he'd bought at a shop in SW London. It was originally shown at the now-closed Candover Gallery in Alresford, Hants in an 'Animals' show. You don't often get any news of old friends from your studio after they've left. Happy! Another exciting piece of news…
I was late getting to see the astonishing ceramic show at Evergreen Cultural Centre's Art Gallery so my blog is too late for you to go and see it yourself. But I wanted to let anybody interested see these photos of the delicate and painstaking installation in the gallery space. My apologies for not having made careful note of the titles and of which artist…
A perfect day to be in the studio - rainy but not cold. Once again Eric Metcalfe arranged for a group to come out to Port Moody to paint plates. Monique Fouquet was the driver for Eric and Paul Mathieu. Plates requested were a yellow and a grey for Eric, two white for Monique and two larger white platters for Paul so I made them…