Lots of candy has been given out in spite of pouring rain and now, as I write, there are loud fireworks exploding all around the neighbourhood. While it's been raining I've been happily busy in my studio. At last I have space in a salt kiln scheduled for November so my recent work has all been stoneware. Yesterday was devoted to mixing more slip to…
Coquitlam potter and Potters Council member Eliza Wang has had her vase, "Longevity" selected to be shown with only 19 others at NCECA/Houston in 2013. Well done, Eliza. Your piece is quite lovely! I hope you don't mind my sharing the good news with other potters. TriCity Potters are very proud of your success. Here is the link to see the other winners and…
Last Saturday Oct. 13th Al and I and our friends Roy and Maureen drove over to North Vancouver for the opening day of the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. After many years of operating 'Artists for Kids' in a local school the school board now has a brand-new building and has designated the lowest two floors for a gallery. The permanent collection of Canadian…
Recently Al and I spent a happy afternoon on South Granville street checking all the galleries. Highlights were: finding BC Binning paintings in the downstairs show at Art Emporium, the amusing, slightly mind-boggling reverse-perspective work by Patrick Hughes at the Winsor Gallery and the Joe Fafard sculptures in the new 'Masters Gallery Ltd.' We walked across 4th Avenue into the now trendy Armoury District to…
All around the world today (well, almost) was Bird Art Installation Day! Artists installed their bird art in group locations for just a few hours and have taken lots of photos. Local found-object sculptor Bill Thomson invited those he thought would be amused to make birds for this pop-up event and he and Burnaby Arts Council provided their garden behind Deer Lake Art Gallery. The…