For the love of collage

... and SPRING! Today it's a wonderfully crisp and sunny day in Vancouver. Finally. So much rain and snow this winter has been emotionally challenging for many of us. However, there is always joy to find in any weather pattern from today's bright sky to our foggy grays such as renowned artist Toni Onley used to portray.

Right now it's easy to find my joy since I have been invited to share my collage style with some students from West Vancouver school, Ecole Pauline Johnson, next week. This year their annual fund raiser is taking the form of a gala Art in the Park event. Working together with their grade 6/7 class, we will provide one of the actionable items. This will be so much fun!

How did you survive the winter? Did you take a vacation from your local scene or engage in a new hobby? Maybe you simply hunkered down and created your way into bliss? Let me know if you have any "how-to-survive-the-winter-dulldrom" secrets to share. We may wish to stash the suggestions away for next year when our joy feels a bit dampened.

Keep creating!
~ Kathryn

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Anonymous Art Show

Happy New Year! I am once again embarrassed that so much time has elapsed since we last chatted. It was quite a year, that 2015. I cannot say that I'm sad to see it go. However, one bright spot in the year was that my daughter, Ruby, & I participated in the Anonymous Art Show - the North Vancouver Community Arts Council's annual fund raiser. I have attached a few snaps of our submissions. My painting can be seen on the group photo of Those-Who-Make-It-Happen (top row, second painting on the left). We had fun getting our paints out and spending some quality art-time together. Ruby was thrilled to use acrylics, as opposed to mom-friendly washable paints. If you have a hankering to gift art at Christmas, make sure you check out their site in early November to get the dates of the 2016 show. Not only will your family & friends be thrilled to receive an original canvas, but the local art community will thank you too (each canvas is $100 with $50 going to the art...

DELIVERY: You are invited

Culture Crawl

The Eastside Culture Crawl in East Vancouver BC is an annual art crawl that takes our city by storm. The hub, at 1000 Parker is a weekend event within itself with literally floors of artisans occupying an old factory warehouse building... which is perfectly decrepit and artsy. My favourite is always Jill Pilon, at Watershed Studio. Her new linear series is brave and forward feeling. Clean in a collage-messy way. She is a huge inspiration to me. Currently I am focusing on more transfer technique discovery on cardboard. Nothing more freeing that playing on cardboard. Minimal material investment = more relaxed approach. I hope that, like me, you will make the most of staying inside during the winter to create and paint. The seasons are meant to inspire; use them to the fullest! ~ Kathryn

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