On Wednesday May 20th Robert Shiozaki and Anyuta Gusakova were co-presenters at the monthly meeting of TriCity Potters. We met Robert when he and Kathryn O'Regan collaborated for a show in Port Moody Arts Centre not long ago. It was a preview show for a larger one held at Amelia Douglas Gallery, Douglas College, New Westminster. Since then Robert has joined us at our meetings…
In conversations with the artists who come here for painting days I've gathered that Paul Mathieu is a gardener. Eric has a little patch behind the Western Front which supports a lovely selection of healthy plants, thanks to the tender care given them by Karen Henry. But Eric has often said 'you need to see what Paul's done with his garden!' And Paul has…
The other two artists to paint in my studio recently were Mina Totino and Marlene Madison. Mina's plates wound up with strong bold colours and lively brushstrokes. She painted three of the squarish forms and finished up with a little bowl piece. I think she'll be happy with the results. I love the orange, grey and purple one, with the red border. …
I'm posting photos of the latest painted plates in two blogs.The work was really bold and colourful this time. Eric chose his usual oval plate form, one white and one terra cotta. I applied grey slip to the white one and he uses red, turquoise and black for the design. This combination has become a new favourite for…
On Wednesday I was able to empty a very full kiln load. My pieces were on the top shelf and all the lower shelves were filled with twenty plates painted by my recent 'raiders'. In the next day or two I'll post nice photos Al took in our light box of all the work. Yesterday I packed up all the plates and took them in…