I've been told I might go to hell for this one. I'll make sure to pack plenty of nuts. Title: Saint Squirrel: Keeper of Lost Nuts | Protector of Roadkill = Â in progress. This painting was inspired by "one of our squirrels" who was hit by a car that we attempted to rescue. [...]
{original post at New York Times By SUZY MENKES Published: May 24, 2010} PARIS ”” It has been dismissed by opinion makers as “the decade that taste forgot” ”” the era of bell-bottom pants, glam rock glitter, clammy polyester, shrunken sweaters and a palette of orange, brown and avocado. Yet suddenly ’70s style is being [...]
{original post by By Grania Litwin, Times Colonist May 20, 2010 5:39 AM} Victoria's David Goatley is one of a handful of artists being considered to paint an official portrait of the Queen to celebrate the 60th year of her reign in 2012. Goatley, who has painted headmasters and chancellors, New York firefighters, captains of [...]
Title: Veteran Squirrel and His Bride, 2010 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 18 X 24 Artist: Carollyne Yardley
Original article from Arts Beat - The Culture at Large A painting that Picasso created in a single day in March 1932, “Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur (Nude, Green Leaves and Bust),” sold for $106.5 million, a world record auction price for a work of art, at Christie’s May 04th, 2010. The painting, more than [...]
Original post from Coast Collective at Esquimalt Lagoon The annual Mother's Day Paint-In and Craft Fair at Royal Roads University marks its 15th anniversary this year and returns to its roots by featuring artists working in the open air. In addition to the dozens of artists and craftspeople who will be showing and selling their [...]
Working in the lab - still working on this one called The Veteran Squirrel. (60)
We visited Toronto last week. It is perhaps my favorite Canadian city visited so far because of the art and culture, but also for the ladies who wear big hair and makeup. Yup, that’s right. I just love people who wear makeup. Living in Victoria for last 36 years is a life in granola-paradise, but now [...]
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