Category: My life

Japanese Woodcut Portraits-Capturing the Inner Essence

  FIRST OF ALL – OOPS!!   A Japanese quote: 猿も木から落ちる。 (Saru mo ki kara ochiru) Literally: Even monkeys fall from trees. This means: Everyone makes mistakes. / Nobody’s perfect. Hmmm…I guess that’s me. You’ll have received a blog from me yesterday but an older blog (actually two older blogs). I’m not sure how it

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Sentinels – sculpture and painting on Salt Spring Island

  Oh my, it’s been over a week since I last posted. Blame my absence on family… I am! It was all about visiting and catching up. Even so, we did squeeze in some arty stuff.   I’d like to tell you about our visit to the Sculpture Park at Duthie Gallery on Salt Spring

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Emily Carr, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo and some other gals

  A few days ago I visited Emily Carr House on Government Street here in Victoria BC.     I went with three lovely women – Shirlee, Susan, and Donna, girlfriends and art colleagues – who travelled from Salt Spring for a Victoria art get-together – first my studio, then Emily Carr House then a

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Got my art fix on a short trip through southern BC

  So, I’m back after six nights away on a road trip (was it only six nights???). It was pretty wonderful! I had three opportunities to get an art fix during the trip and I sucked it all up. The primary reason for our getaway was to visit Cam’s step daughter, artist Asha Robertson, in

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