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We hit the Art Trail fairly early and got a LOT in on Day One of the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl 2015. Come along with us and see some of our highlights… With map in hand, we started with a Parallel 49 coffee at 1902 Tea House in Gibsons. #88 Tam Harrington & Alanna Wood […]
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Please drop in and visit on the Art Crawl! I’m #17 on the art map at 504 Sargent Road, Gibsons, just the next street up from the Arts Building. Walk up the foot trail between South Fletcher and Sargent or drive up. By popular demand the 2014 Sunshine Coast Art Crawl will be open 10:00am–5:00pm
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On our recent trip to Portland, we were able to visit with 3 figurative ceramic artists. I had contacted several of my figurative artists and four were able to have us visit, Sara Swink and Kicki Masthem yesterday and today, Jacquline Hurlbert, figurative ceramic sculptor and painter. This is our final studio visit of the trip.
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On our recent trip to the Oregon Coast, we visited figurative ceramic sculptor Kicki Masthem just outside of Portland, arriving just at cocktail time. Five years ago Kicki had a traumatic year. Her husband left her, then died and then she got MS all within a short time frame, probably with all the stress contributing
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On our road trip through Oregon Coast, we stopped overnight at Clint Brown’s to see his fabulous dramatic figurative drawings then headed up to Portland, visiting 2 more figurative artists along the way. Sara Swink’s large and well laid out studio is behind her home in a large garden, tidily arranged with large tables for
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After wandering down the Oregon Coast, thanks to our new best friend, our car navigation system, we found our way through the winding small streets up into the forest beyond Corvallis to the home of figurative artist Clint Brown just in time for cocktail hour. He and his wife Cheryl have a lovely forested property,
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Studio visit to Montreal colorful abstract painter and graphic designer Claire Desjardins. Juicy colorful sunshine and joy caught on canvas with paint.
Claire Desjardins, colorful studio visit, colorful sunshine & joy in paint Read More »
A year of home renovations and special effect painting after 14 years in the same house, green scumbled kitchen, hand lettered antiqued cafe signs.
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A few of the little random bits in the creative chaos I call home. Tintin and the two Thomsons join Rubber Ducky on my bathroom window sill, a Tintin rocketship blasts off in the kitchen on my hand painted ceramic tile backsplash and Babar peers down from my stacker washer dryer in the smallest room.
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