Eric Metcalfe
This time Eric chose to use a bright turquoise as well as his signature red and black on two Naples yellow plates. The results are striking!
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December 21st, 2013
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Eli Bornowsky
I wonder which of his two plates Eli will contribute to the set. One has been carefully painted over a grey background, with subtle tones of colour. The other is painted with loose-seeming brush strokes on a white background. Both Eli and Jacqui are becoming used to working on a non-flat surface and I'll be interested to see what they do next.
December 21st, 2013
Jacqui Ross
Jacqui Ross is one of the artists who will be contributing a painted plate to a set of six. The set will be auctioned at a Western Front fund-raising event next March. Jacqui is a Curatorial Assistant there. When the artists have had a chance to see their finished work we will find out which plates will be in the set. These are the…
December 21st, 2013
Two more raids!
I emptied my kiln this morning and only five of the pieces in there were mine! There have been two more raids of painters here lately as Eric Metcalfe has volunteered six new plates for auction at the Western Front. The first group, on November 25th, were Eric, Jacqui Ross, Eli Bornowsky and, for his first visit, recently-retired Charles H. Scott Gallery curator Greg Bellerby.…
December 19th, 2013
Latest Jugbirds
Alan took photos of my most recent jugbirds when I took them out of the kiln last week. There is one brand-new design and some others have slight changes. Three were commissioned by someone from North Vancouver. She had seen that I made a Kingfisher to take to England and wondered if I had ever made a local version. I was pleased to find that…
November 27th, 2013