What better way to spend the Victoria Monday holiday than to have artists here to paint, chat and eat lunch together? The visitors this time were Eric Metcalfe and Katie Lyle again, and first-timers Western Fronter Jacqui Ross and recently retired Emily Carr instructor Marian Penner Bancroft. As usual total concentration prevailed and wildly different images appeared by late afternoon. We were able to…
All of a sudden there have been at least four events that I'd like to mention on my blog. I've been to an auction preview, a gallery opening, two other ceramic galleries, a 70th birthday party and yesterday an Artist Salon! And it's only going to get busier with our TriCity potters' show being juried and opening soon, followed by the Ceramic Symposium in less…
I've been invited to the Western Front for the Auction Preview tomorrow evening. In the list of work available our plates appear under 'The Raiders', valued at $1000. http://westernfrontauction2013.tumblr.com/post/44165944520/the-raiders-2013-set-of-8-plates-estimated-market Click on the link to see the invitation to the preview and the Saturday Gala Dinner and Auction. Our eight plates are shown on this link.
Eli quietly spent much of the time on the fine plate with grey quarters. He is interested in patterns and in discovering what colours we have or can make. Again, we don't know which of his pieces will join the 8. His third piece that day was a mug I'd thrown for him. It is mainly black and, sorry, we didn't take a photo.
Katie so enjoyed herself on the previous 'raid' in January that she invited herself here for another chance to paint plates! I guess it makes a change from her regular job working in the Western Front. It will be her responsibility to assemble the 8 plates and display them. Here are her two carefully painted plates with images based on a portrait.