In conversations with the artists who come here for painting days I've gathered that Paul Mathieu is a gardener. Eric has a little patch behind the Western Front which supports a lovely selection of healthy plants, thanks to the tender care given them by Karen Henry. But Eric has often said 'you need to see what Paul's done with his garden!' And Paul has…
The other two artists to paint in my studio recently were Mina Totino and Marlene Madison. Mina's plates wound up with strong bold colours and lively brushstrokes. She painted three of the squarish forms and finished up with a little bowl piece. I think she'll be happy with the results. I love the orange, grey and purple one, with the red border. …
I'm posting photos of the latest painted plates in two blogs.The work was really bold and colourful this time. Eric chose his usual oval plate form, one white and one terra cotta. I applied grey slip to the white one and he uses red, turquoise and black for the design. This combination has become a new favourite for…
On Wednesday I was able to empty a very full kiln load. My pieces were on the top shelf and all the lower shelves were filled with twenty plates painted by my recent 'raiders'. In the next day or two I'll post nice photos Al took in our light box of all the work. Yesterday I packed up all the plates and took them in…
Chilliwack potter Holly McKeen was our guest at last Wednesday's TriCity Potters' meeting. Holly gave us a Power Point Presentation on her remarkable and speedy career in pottery. She also brought along quite a few pieces of her distinctive crystal-glazed work and finished up with a little demonstration of her method of producing a functional lasagne dish. Only about twelve years ago Holly and her husband…