Getting my work out there!

I will be showing some of my more colorful work at the French chocolaterie called Chocolaterie Nouvelle France on 21st just off Main... so for the Drift this weekend, people can see my work at 2 locations within 4 blocks of each other... and I will have a refreshingly empty home and studio; walls crying out for new work! (Collage is my passion right now...:)

Just came home from a Trade Show, sold a painting, and made some good new contacts - it is fun getting back to marketing, especially when there is such a variety of ways to do it.

The Drift On Main

This year I am participating in the artwalk for the Main Street area here in Vancouver. This painting, A New Day, is the one I am planning to feature in the Opening Show this Friday night at the new Creekside Community Centre. Then on Saturday and Sunday, my work will be displayed at Ripples Bed and Bath on Main Street at 17th Avenue.

Anyone who comes to see my work at Ripples will be invited to enter a draw for one of my watercolors - and you can pick from a selection. The draw will be on Sunday after the show closes...

For more information,and a map for the artwalk, click on this link

The Road Becomes a River

Heavy rain in La Manzanilla has turned the road at the side of my house into a deep gorge that threatened to undermine the steps. Luckily, Dan was there to monitor the situation, and he ordered some large rocks to fill up the trench - there's no point in having the road graded or even filled with sand or gravel; it just gets washed away in the road that becomes a river during heavy rain. These rocks were placed aver 2 weeks ago, and now I hear that there has been more rain, and some of them have even moved. By the dry season (November onward) the roads should have been fixed, unless we get another crazy winter of unseasonable rain.

A Colorful Painting Finds a Good Home

I sold one of my favorite paintings during last winter's artwalk to friends from Vancouver Island. I just saw it in its new home on a recent trip over there. It is gratifying to see how well it fits in to the beautiful home of Geoff and Janis...who also referred me to one of their favorite galleries - Gallery 223 in Nanaimo. So now I have some work being shown there also. Thanks, Geoff and Janis!