On January13th we attended a birthday party being held in the beautiful grounds of Brighton’s Royal Pavilion. Each year they have an ice rink and surrounding marquees with a restaurant. I loved the way they bathed the Pavillion in lights … Continued
Today is the start of the art show, ‘Complex Threads’ being held at the Schack Art Center in Everette Washington. It involves former students of the Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts. I have a piece called ‘Galaxy’. In the … Continued
We had the results and party for the ‘painting the pub competition’ with my DuPont art club. It took place at the Duke of Wellington where we have a permanent gallery for our art. The patrons of the pub voted … Continued
Brighton photographer, Nick Ford, and I work together on occasion. He forwarded this lovely close up photo of a sculpture which is on the Brighton sea front. In order to understand the full sculpture, I have included a photo I … Continued
Well, we had a lovely flight home only to discover a rather wet carpet under the Eve’s. Apparently the hot water cylinder had cracked and started to leak after my father in law turned on the heat the week before. … Continued
Last night I attended a retirement party with people from my former employer, the WCB, for my former coworkers, Eric Fielder and his wife Debra. It was lovely seeing many faces from the past. It was also amazing to hear … Continued
From September 29-31st I attended a two day workshop given by Jason Pollan on mixed media. The aim was to extend ones comfort zone in art. We’ll, the few studies created certainly did that as these two pieces can attest … Continued
My piece which I have titled, ‘Reeds on Red’, is finally finished after dozens of hours of work. It is hand stitched mainly on painted silk. The size is 30 x 48 inches so required many hours of stitching. It … Continued