NEWSLETTER

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Happy 2015 to all of you. How fast 2014 went by.

2014

I just looked back and it has been many months since I have sent out an e-mail ,so the end of one year and the beginning of another seemed like a good time to do some artistic reflection and to let you also know what is coming up in this New Year.

2014 was an eventful and exciting year for me. It started with me achieving Signature Status (AFCA) with the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA), which was very encouraging. I also had a number of paintings selected for juried shows including 5 shows in the FCA Gallery on Granville Island, the Ferry Building in West Vancouver and the Oil and Water Show in South Delta. I won a couple of awards as well and one of my paintings was selected to be included in the FCA 2015 Calendar.

I took a couple of art workshops and I also gave a Collage Workshop and a couple of demonstrations this year.

The other fun thing that happened was having some of my paintings show up in film productions. AION Gallery rents art out to productions being filmed in BC. One of my paintings showed up in the TV series "Arrow" and 3 of my paintings appeared at the end of " Grumpy Cats Worse Christmas Ever". The Gallery has asked me for some more paintings this year so who knows what could happen.

2015

I had a wonderful surprise in the last week of December as I was notified that one of my paintings has been selected for the Publication called Incite, The Best of Mixed Media. This is the third edition of this book and the focus this year is on The Art of Storytelling. This is the first time I have ever submitted anything to a publication like this so it is really a thrill to be selected. It also can be a bit of a challenge as the photo requirements are quite exacting and my current camera and photography skills are limited. So I may have to embark on a whole new learning experience in terms of high resolution photograpy and editing. My understanding is the publication date for Incite 3 will be in September 2015.

I was also contacted by an artist in the USA, Carolyn Hastings who writes a artists blog in which she profiles various artists. I just finished a number of interview questions from her and I will post a link to her blog on my links section when it is available.

Collage Workshop

I will be giving another workshop at the South Delta Artists Guild (SDAG) along with fellow collage artist Sandra Taylor in April this year. It will be a 3 day workshop April 10th, 11th and 12th. Last years workshop was a lot of fun - so I hope that some of you that live in the lower mainland of BC will consider participating.

Three Women Show at Gallery 1710 (SDAG)

Once again I will be part of a members show with two of my fellow artists in the SDAG, Nancy Dean and Birgit Coath. This show will also run for a week in the 4th week of April.

I will be sending out more information on the Collage Workshop and the Three Women Show in the coming months.

As I said 2014 was a good year and 2015 is looking interesting too. I would like to thank those of you who have been so supportive to me and have given me such wonderful and helpful feedback -- the best to all of you in 2015