Vancouver Draw Down 2015

Once again I'll be participating in the Vancouver Draw Down at Killarney Community Centre, and it's just one week from today!

Check out the Vancouver Draw Down website, Facebook page or Twitter feed @vandrawdown  for details.

I'll be at Killarney CC doing some crazy mad lib drawings.  Have you ever seen a cat riding a bike?  Birds playing hockey?  A backpack playing tennis?  Well, I have, and you can see something just as crazy if you come to KCC on June 20 from 11AM to 1PM.

Vancouver Draw Down TODAY!!

I am surrounded by squares and scraps of fabrics in various colours and have been up late the past few nights cutting and pinning fabric to boards in preparation for today's Draw Down event at Killarney Community Centre.  I'm up early, partly to finish up some last-minute preparations, and partly out of sheer excitement!

I will be set up in the lobby of Killarney from 10:30 to 12:30 today, with a group of volunteers from the sewing club and a quilter/artist friend to assist the people of Killarney (and anyone else who ventures into the neighbourhood) create a "community quilt".   Participants will be given a square of fabric and invited to make a drawing of their family, or a symbol of what "family" means to them.  Then, the squares will be assembled by sewers into blocks and made into a quilt top, right there on the spot!

I'm hoping that this will be a real "happening"!  Come on out and check out the action!

http://www.vancouverdrawdown.com/community-quilt-killarney-community-centre.html

Vancouver Draw Down is coming!!!

It's almost time to get out and draw!  If you're in the Greater Vancouver Area, then the only problem you're going to have on June 14 is deciding WHICH amazing drawing workshop you're going to participate in!  I'm excited to be participating in this project for the first time!

Now in its 5th year, the Vancouver Draw Down  is a city-wide day of drawing that celebrates creativity and challenges commonplace ideas about what drawing is and what it can do. Reconnect with the power and pleasure of making your mark at over 45 FREE drawing workshops on Saturday, June 14.

Come help me make a community quilt at Killarney Community Centre, or visit the Cave of Wonders with my friend Katherine Nielsen at Hillcrest!  Do one, or come up with a game plan that lets you hit up several events! Visit vancouverdrawdown.com for workshop details.

Check out the latest via social media:
facebook.com/VanDrawDown
twitter.com/VanDrawDown
instagram.com/VanDrawDown

Solo Show Held Over, and Artist Talk scheduled!

Great news!  My solo show in the Gallery at White Rock Community Centre has been held over and will be up until October 15th, 2013!  I am scheduled to give an Artist Talk at the gallery on September 25th at 7p.m.  The gallery will be open from 7pm to 8:30 p.m., with light refreshments and music.  I'll be talking about my process and inspiration, and then sticking around to talk informally and answer any questions about the artwork.
Please register for the event by searching for course # 25726 at https://webreg.whiterockcity.ca/Activities/ActivitiesAdvSearch.asp

Here's a link to the event on Facebook, which includes a map to the gallery.

Solo Show Opens Tomorrow!

My solo show is opening tomorrow afternoon, Saturday July 27th in White Rock.  There will be an opening reception from 2 to 4 pm with refreshments and treats.  I will be on hand to answer any questions about the artwork and to give a short Artist Talk.  Details are in the poster above.

Working with Wax

I was in the studio today after not being in for a while.  It felt good to be working again, and I'm getting a rush of creative energy which is well-timed (whew!) as I have a solo show coming up and need some new work.  I started work again on a project that I began in my final year of art school, three years ago, and I have to say, I'm seeing a huge difference in how I am approaching this work now after spending the last 3 years working mostly in colourless wax and getting to know how the wax behaves when heated, melted and manipulated.  It's very different coming back to an older project when you have a much better handle on the materials.  More on this later I guess, hopefully with photos.

Solo Show News

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I will have some recent work in my first solo show this summer in White Rock, B.C. from July 27 to August 23.   I am working hard in the studio to create some new encaustic paintings.  Some of them will be very tiny and colourful, and I've also got some ideas on the go for some larger showcase pieces with found objects embedded in them.