Alan and I took the ferry over to Victoria last Wednesday. Al has packed up lots of his archaeological material and was ready to deliver the boxes to the Royal BC Museum as the repository. I had completed a group of jugbirds for a new gallery (for me). Vijaya at Eclectic Gallery in Oak Bay had seen my work, found me through my website and…
Alan and I returned from our latest adventure just over a week ago. This time we joined a tour of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Al was anxious to make a return visit to some of the fabulous Mayan archaeological sites and to see some that have been revealed since he was there many years ago. I had never been there. Part of the fun for…
Our second album of the Cub trip includes many more images of art, artists, the art school, murals and studios. Tropical climate lends itself to bright colours everywhere. We spent a little while in Cienfuegos Central Plaza, with its restored pre-Revolution buildings, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The theatre is quite spectacular and we learnt that performances take place there regularly. There seems to be…
Shortly after my last post I got the flu AGAIN! What a waste of time that is. But now, half way into January, I'm finally feeling more energetic and have been spending some time in my studio again. The 'Raiders' were scheduled to be here last Friday but I postponed that to this week, partly to really recover but also to allow enough time…
It's been a month since I last wrote a blog. The day after TriCity Potters' November meeting Alan and I left for Cuba. We joined a ten-day Art Tour sponsored by UBC's Museum of Anthropology which took us to Havana, and rural towns to get a feel for the country and to see museums, the Art School and to meet artists who mainly work in the Afro-Cuban tradition.…