Some of my paintings hanging at our former studio - gallery at the ARC studios.
( Summer 2010 )

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Garry Oaks
( from the Views of Vancouver Island' series )
32 x 36 Inches
oil on canvas
Private owner, Victoria, BC, Canada.

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The deception tree alluring
( from the love in the place of spells' series )
24 x 30 Inches
oil on canvas
sold
Long House Art Collection, Canada.

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Showing at the Jim Gislason's exhibition.
along with Philip Buller, Enrique Manchon & Peter John Voormeij
Now through March 27, 2010

Elliott Louis Gallery
Preview: March 2 - 11, 2010
Opening reception:
March 11, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

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for our annual Open studio . As part of the Eastside Culture Crawl, every November we open our doors and show what we have been up to! The opening is this friday. I hope to see many of you again.

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Some pictures of my opening night at the Elliott Louis Gallery.
The show run until October 20.

Painter Lourdes Lara and Lynn Ruscheinsky ( the hottest curator of the moment. The Drawn Festival, The Emergence shows etc etc..)


Painter Rene Sagastume, curator Lynn Ruscheinsky and painter Lourdes Lara in front of a painting by lourdes Lara.


Some beautiful people that came to keep me company. Painter Rene Sagastume ,
photoghapher Jin Feng and Brazilian art dealer Maria Azevedo.

Friends and neighbors from the Arc Studios, Painters; Lourdes Lara, Ban Wei and Rene Sagastume.

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I will be showing some new paintings at a new exhibition at the Elliott Louis Gallery. Come by and join me at the opening reception this coming Thursday
October 1, 2009.

Exhibition September 29 - October 20, 2009
Opening reception:
Thursday October 1
6:30 to 8:30 pm

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A group of friends and neighbors ( ARC studios residents ). Opening night June 25. 2009, The Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver.

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As the wind weeps on water
oil on canvas, 24 x 28 inches.
Another of my new paintings in view right now at the Elliott Louis Gallery.



Summer Love
Exhibition: June 25 - July 16 - Opening reception: Thurs. June 25, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Summer Love is an exhibition of new work by 8 artists who are showing at the gallery for the first time, including; Luc Bernard, David Edwards, Stev'nn Hall, Lourdes Lara, Michael Levin, Dimitri Papatheodorou, Bruce Pashak, Marco Tulio, 

AND
New work specifically for "Summer Love" by gallery artists; Jim Gislason, Stefany Hemming, Mark Henderson, Katie Huisman & Katherine Surridge.

The Elliott Louis Gallery
#1-258 East 1st Avenue,
Vancouver, BC Canada
V5T 1A6

Tel: 604.736.3282

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday
10am - 6pm
and by appointment

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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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