Bagpiper Squirrel, Acrylic on Canvas, 18 X 24, Carollyne Yardley, 2010

Let the angels sing, the Bagpiper Squirrel is finally complete (38). I started this painting back in May 2009 (click here to see original post).

I posted progress on it June 24, 2009 | August 09, 2009 | August 19, 2009 | October 01, 2009.  And then I got distracted with the Evening Golf Squirrel which was finished December 07, 2009.

I will now tackle the other unfinished works, and begin new ones. If you haven’t visited my online gallery lately, here’s the link.

Many thanks for your continued interest and support.

The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria invites you and guests to the Grand Opening of our

March 5 - 17, 2010
Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria G6-1001 Douglas St 250-391-2787

“A PASSION for PRINT”

A celebration of printmaking by Judith Welbourn, Lorraine Thorarinson Betts and Thekla Albrecht-Iribarne. The three Victoria artists share a passion for fine art on paper. The show features the mediums of screenprinting, lithography, intaglio, woodblock, and mixed media monotypes.

Opening Saturday March 6, 7-9pm.

Exhibit-v provides an extensive monthly calendar of openings,ongoing art exhibitions and the most reliable list of art galleries in the community. Video clips of exhibitions and the people attending the events, as well as interviews with artists will enhance exposure for these visual arts events.

Check out their website HERE

Collective Vision Jan 28-Feb 14

The “Collective Vision” Show at Coast Collective Gallery Saturday January 30 between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm.

Featuring:
Tony Bounsall, Ernie Chang, Deborah Czernecky, Judi Dyelle, Ken Faulks, Sandra Fowler, David Goatly, Mark Heine, Keith Hiscock, Robin Hopper, Belle Leon, Gretchen Markle, Donna Southwood, Deborah Tilby, Nicole Valentine-Rimmer.

Location: Coast Collective Gallery at Essencia on Esquimaly Lagoon, 3221 Heatherbell Road, Colwood.
http://www.coastcollective.ca

Hello All,

As mentioned in an earlier post, I picked up my VADO HD 2nd generation video camcorder in October 2009. This is the first time I’ve had a chance to edit some video that I took at the end of October. What I liked about the VADO HD 2 Gen is that is works with iMovie for MAC. It actually has really good quality video for a small pocket camcorder, although my first attempt might appear a little shaky.

Artist: Gail Lamarche (and Ground Zero printmakers) | Telephone: 250-656-8032
What: Saanich Peninsula Fall Studio Tour
Where: Picture Panache Framing Studio
When: October 24-25, 2009

Read more about Gail Lamarche and her artwork here

Picutre Panache Framing is excited and proud to be hosting Gail Lamarche in their studio during this weekend’s Saanich Peninsula Fall Studio Tour.

Saanich Peninsula Fall Studio Tour
Saturday, October 24 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sunday, October 25, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Venue # 7 on the Studio Tour Map
Picture Panache Framing Studio
9715A Second Street Sidney

Picture Panache is excited to be participating once again in the Community of Arts Council Saanich Peninsula Fall Studio Tour. As has become our tradition we are hosting an artist you might not see otherwise. This year you’ll enjoy meeting Gail Lamarche who will be presenting  some of her most recent drawings, monoprints and watercolours.
 
 
Gail Lamarche - First Exhibit in Sidney
 
This is the first exhibit of drawings, monoprints and watercolours by Gail Lamarche in Sidney by the Sea. Gail moved to Sidney in April of 2006 from Eastman, Quebec.
 
Her professional life as an artist and lecturer has been mainly based in Montreal, Quebec.
 
She exhibited and taught at the Universite du Quebec, Concordia and Bishop’s University in Lennoxville, Quebec. Her medium of artistic expression has been in textiles (large scale tapestries, batiks, and silk screening), drawing, painting and printmaking.
 
Artwork  Purchased for Prestigious Collections
 
Some of Gails works have been bought by the Federal and Provincial Governments as well as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the National Film Board. Others have been commissioned for specific sites and yet others are in private collections in Canada, England, France and Switzerland. Some of her work was just recently featured in an exhibit at the Museum of Civilization, Ottawa.
 
Artist in Attendance
 
Gail Lamarche will be in attendance both days of the Studio Tour, with a large selection of unframed works in three different media. Picture Panache Framing will be showing one of each media framed, to give you some idea of the visual impact these works will have when framed and displayed in a home or office setting.  Prices for unframed pieces range from $90. to $1000. 100% of the proceeds from sales of unframed artwork work go directly to the artist (we take no commission). Framed pieces on display are also available for purchase and are framed with “all the bells and whistles”! Picture Panache specializes in designing unique framing compositions to showcase artwork loved by collectors.
 
Drawings
 
The drawings presented are all 8 & 1/2″ X 11″. They are in black ink, watercolour and mixed media and are an integral part of this artist’s creative process. They range in scope from sketches for future works to elaborations on a subject, to completed ideas. They are a visual journal. If you are an artist yourself, you’ll love talking to Gail about how she uses this method to reflect and discover new ideas!
 
Recently one of these drawings was sold to the National Film Board of Canada for the film “A Time There Was - Stories of the Last Days of Kenya Colony”.

 Monoprints
 
The monoprints are done in three techniques. The black method and in some instances red, which means inking the plate in black or red and creating the drawing by removing the ink. This image is then printed and overpainted with watercolour. There is only 1 original print in this method. All prints in this exhibit were done since 2007 on the Ground Zero Printmakers Press, where Gail is a member.
 
Several of these monoprints have been exhibited at the Boardroom of BC Government, with Ground Zero Pintmakers Society, at Hemp & Co. and at X changes Artists Cooperative.

 
 
Watercolours
 
The watercolours are 24″ X 36″. Themes or subjects are the garden, the mountains, the spiral or different objects. In some cases the image is composite and built up with compositional juxtapositions and symbolic references and abstracted. Others stay closer to the first impact suggested by the subject.

Three new paintings are now available by artist David Halliwell, including this one called, Save a Little Room for Me.
Check out his paintings at Apes Art Inc.