Opening night at the Elliott Louis Gallery. Left to right, painters, Rene Sagastume, the star of the night Jim Ginslason ( Ginslason's highly textured mixed media canvases and poems were a hit. Really good work. ) and Lourdes Lara.



Lourdes lara in front of What a new day brings
Currrently part of the show running until April 24, 2010.

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It was a fun night at the Grey Area Gallery in Chilliwack. It was full of artists, clients, new artworks, food, and smiles. All thanks to the dynamic duo of Jacquie and Louisa!





New found friends, fellow artists from Victoria and Saskatchewan!


Me in the middle of a great and fun group of women painters from Saskatchewan whom now live in Victoria, BC.

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JACANA Contemporary Art presents MIX, an interesting collection of artists working in a variety of different artistic disciplines.
MIX opens on Saturday November 29 from 2 to 5pm.


Painter Rene Sagastume and me in front of one of my paintings at the show.


Vancouver artists, Painter Rene Sagastume and Painter Veronica Plewman.
Veronica was one of the artists showing her woks that night.

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Growing wheatgrass inside my old studio in Victoria. The bright yellow one by the windowsill will turn dark green in a day: It is so interesting to see the rapid changes right in front of your eyes. The idea of self - sufficiency and food production makes a lot of sense to me. We have been applying it to our lives in a major or minor way for a long time.

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Another view from the old studio. Wheatgrass to the left, sunflowers sprouts to the right and a vegetables patch in the backyard. I do miss not having that growing space now.

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Wheatgrass growing in my new Vancouver studio.

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The only things growing now in my backyard are; New buildings, edible flowers, some ever bearing strawberries ( not in the picture: The poor leggy things always shy away every time I try to take their picture )

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and lots of plump and georgeous cloud formations.

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Scouting the new terrain? Hardly ,,, more like storing in my memory all the plethora of experiences a new place provides. When I am not working in the studio, which is most of the time, I do a lot of wandering. The natural setting is more striking here than in Victoria, although the whole of Vancouver Island has some awe inspiring views, amazing really.

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