Art jam is becoming a way of life, and art for these 3 soul sisters . … More Art Jammin with my Soul Sisters: altered books, Viking runes, creativity & courage
9 day mentorship with Harold Klunder at the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (MISSA). Transformation and reorientation. … More Harold Klunder Mentorship: Transformation & Reorientation
Michèle texted me in the middle of a hellish moment in my day job with an offer I could not refuse: did I want to join her as a travelling companion for 2 weeks in Iceland? … More Origins: The Iceland Viking Art Jam Saga
I realized that years ago in art school I was visually immature, I wasn’t painting from my gut, or at least my gut was still grappling with stupid adolescent ideas and so the art was forced, it was unfulfilling and I really didn’t know where to go with it. … More Art Rebirth and the Viking Art Jam
After having her creative well run dry, an artist gets a refill and shares her recipe for Art Jam in this first of a series of journal entries…. … More Replenishing the creative well: Art Jam Recipe #1 – A Classic Russian Cosmic Twist
Irene Borins Ash has traveled widely and shares some of the places and events that have inspired her photography. … More 5 Places and events that inspired my photography – they will inspire you too!
Heidi has asked me to join her on-line community at Studio H. For my first foray I thought I’d write about my recent visit with Heidi and Michael and share something of the exciting view and one watercolour I did while there. For those of you who have not visited the Victoria region and the … More a visit with Heidi and Michael
Metchosin is a geographical muse. The land is brimming with retired couples, farming families, artists, writers, crafters. A herd of laying sheep napping under the shade of trees. Stretches of road that have willows like walls on either side, peering over the top like a whimsical tunnel. The ocean is a short walk away, and … More The Gift of Artistic Freedom; Metchosin Style.
Northern Iceland has so much to offer from awe inspiring landscapes to cultural gems. Heimilisiðnaðarsafnið / Textile Museum in BlönduósTh is one of them … More Contemporary & Traditional Textile Arts in Northern Iceland
I left Victoria for a couple weeks in July to visit family in Manitoba. Miyoko continued working on her projects, tending the garden, and going camping on the island, visiting some truly spectaculr areas like Tofino, and enjoying some really fine weather -southern France style. I was going to the hot, dry prairies and hoping … More Since Then at Platform Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba