NEWSLETTER

Looking back I was somewhat surprised to realize that it has been 5 months since I last sent out an e mail to those of you on my mailing list. At that time in January we were in the midst of that long cold wet winter -- happily the sunshine and warmer weather is back. On a personal level it has been an interesting year so far with the highlight being that I have a lovely 5 month old granddaughter. I am also happy to report that my shoulder seems to be healing and so I hope to get back to painting more.

My intent in January was to take some "time out" and do some more experimenting and to take a couple of art courses myself. I did take a fabulous course on abstracting figures on line. I have not done an online course before but the theory part of the course was great and course participants, from literally across the world, were joined together on Facebook. I throughly enjoyed it and even though I don't paint in oils I found the concepts and examples very helpful. In fact I recently had 4 of my figure paintings accepted into the South Delta Artists Guild "Oil and Water Show" including one called "Tulips and Geisha" (see below) which won and Honourable Mention Award. The Oil and Water Show is on till Saturday June 24 and I would encourage you to go and see it. There are over 80 terrific paintings which encompass a variety of different media and styles. Check out the information at www.southdeltaartistsguild.com.

I had a number of paintings accepted into the Gallery shows at the FCA on Granville Island over the winter and spring. I have also added several paintings to the inventory at the AION Gallery which rents out art to film productions in BC and have placed a few paintings at the Little Cricket Gallery in Maple Ridge.

Two other accomplishments include having one of my paintings called "Flower Power" accepted in the 8th International Association of Acrylic Painters (ISAP) on line show. Last month I also received my copy of the publication " Acrylicworks 4, Captivating Color" which includes one of my works.

So thats the latest for now. I have no idea what the rest of the year will bring but I continue to feel very fortunate to be part of the artist community and have painting as part of my life.

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