I knew it wouldn't be long before local, i.e. not Vancouver-based, artists would wonder if they could also have a go at painting on a non-canvas or paper surface, and join me to paint with underglazes on a Gill-made plate. Port Moody artist and instructor Judith Atkinson wondered, so I invited some of the TriCity potters who I know particularly like painting on a surface…
Now that Alan is slowly recovering from his surgery I am finding time to get into my studio again. Local artist and TriCity Potter Gay Mitchell asked if she could come and paint any tiles that I have left over from workshops. She has a show scheduled for Gallery Bistro here in Port Moody at the end of November and I believe she'd like some…
Back in the early seventies Alan and I bought our first and only jade plant from the window of a Chinese restaurant in Vancouver. Believe it or not we still have said plant and several of its offspring. Every year I take them outside for the summer so that they can enjoy shade, fresh air and some attention. They survive the winter grudgingly on a…
I think that the six local potters who joined me for a day of painting in July can be very happy with their finished work. Maria and Linda have already popped over to collect their one plate each. Ysabella, Susan and Barbara, come when you can, phone first. June already has hers, with a plan to fire it to cone 6. Maria tells me she…
Later this morning another full kiln will finish firing. Some time on Friday I'll be able to check the results of two fun painting days here, and eleven new jugbirds and some plates of my own. The anticipation is always exciting. As some of you will have gathered, our summer is rather low-key as my husband patiently waits for a date for open…