Hello Friends and Art Lovers,
Welcome to my very first blog entry.
Here you will find stories about my life, my art and also insight into my life with Victor Bosson, my Neighbourhood Series paintings and current art events.
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Please keep scrolling for all my news regarding
1) the current progress of my large Neighbourhood painting
2) my print galleries locations
3) the rumours that I have disappeared off the face of the earth
4) info about my website
For your convenience and for those who wish to know the gallery outlets for my limited edition prints and art cards, my current **updated print gallery locations** are listed below.
What's going on with that neighbourhood painting anyways?
As you know, I paint slowly, methodically, and with an unmeasurable amount of attention to detail and imaginative colours.... hence my not so detailed but
colourful self portrait above.
My ultimate goal as an artist is that my neighbourhood paintings will always speak of my passion for Victoria and the character and community spirit that is inherent in the city we live in.
Painting A LABOUR OF LOVE ..... slow and steady
Due to the many shows, projects and ongoing challenges with my neck and shoulder injury, I must report I am working at a slow pace and more comfortably.
The most detailed and most expansive neighbourhood painting in progress is my view of GONZALES BAY, ROSS BAY, CLOVER POINT, MOSS ROCK AND THE FAIRFIELD NEIGHBOURHOOD area. This acrylic painting on panel measures 20 x 40 inches which is considered a large painting for me. My view point is from Walbran Park high atop the rocky hillside near the concrete outlook adjacent Denison Road.
NOTE For the first time ever, I have actually included our studio/home in this major painting. With artistic license, I have trimmed back some of our perimeter cedar trees so you can see where Vic and I live near Moss Rock. Many of our neighbours will be happy to see their colourful rooftops showing through some of the trimmed treed areas.
This painting is a truly a labour of love. Detail wise, it is unlike any of the expansive views I have created. I now realize that I can not predict the date it will be completed. This year or next? ...it is hard to say.
What I do know is that I am so looking forward to when my print galleries and I can show you the finished Giclee print of my neighbourhood painting. Many of you have stopped by our studio during our studio tours and have seen this painting in progress. If you have been inquiring at my print galleries about a print of this particular painting, I must say to you all..
... thank you for being patient and thank you for understanding..
To see this work in progress, please visit our studio during the
FAIRFIELD ARTISTS STUDIO TOUR.
April 30th and May 1st, 2011
11 am to 4 pm.
Fairfield is a neighbourhood rich with artists and we hope you will visit many of their studios in the tour. Please drop by our sunny and bright studio and we welcome you to snoop around in all 5 of our rooms and enjoy our original paintings, ArtLife digital montages, prints and art cards.
Available for purchase will be Coastal Moments, our beautifully illustrated and designed journal by members of the Island Illustrators Society. As life time members of the IIS, we are so proud of this elegant journal that celebrates our members art and the 25th Anniversary of the Island Illustrators Society. Coastal Moments will be available at our studio during the 2 day tour.
This link below will take you to our studio tour map and artists guide which features Victoria's Fairfield Artists. Click on MAP and down load our tour map and artists guide so you can find us all. Vic and I are # 9 on the map location.
http://www.fairfieldartistsstudiotour.com/
I will be sending out invites mid April to anyone who is on our mailing list.
If you or your friends would like to be added to our mailing list contact us at
e-studio@shaw.ca
MS and ArtLife
How to make the serious side of life less serious
Over the years I have been busy painting and multitasking while assisting Vic with the on going challenges of his MS. Management of everyday stress and energy levels are always difficult for any family living with MS. One of the important roles in my life is to always be looking for ways to keep our life as normal and as simple as possible. I have found by doing this we are less likely to unravel and go completely bonkers and bolt out into the street and start raving about the price of printer ink and avocados!
A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
Vic and I both love to laugh and make up stories. Often these stories and ideas become the framework for new artworks. Our loony humour and love of satire plays into keeping stress at bay. This easy going brainstorming eventually developed into putting our ideas into digital montages. I eagerly learned many of the art programs in our computer programs so I could assist Vic. Our individual styles and methods of art making are so different but by bringing our ideas together into montages, the ideas are meshed. These fun visual ideas and projects we now call ArtLife.
ArtLife is all about laughing. Vic's visual ideas can be developed and become a reality through the use of his computer art skills and with the Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter programs. Our abundance of quirky ideas are integrated into digital montages and mixed media on panels and canvas. The ArtLife images are multi layered and take many weeks to create. I manage all the physical work like the panel preparations, the framing and often take over on the computer, printer, colour management and the technical detail work when Vic needs to rest.
Saving Energy
Through experience, I have found that Vic's daily energy levels are dictated by his MS. Some days are good and some days are bad and we just go with that. We are so grateful for all the time we get to spend together and we enjoy such a rich and creative life. Sharing our humour and helping each other is a valuable asset in our creative partnership in life and in art.
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Ready to Pass
by ArtLife
Mixed medium Digital Montage
5.25 x 14.5 inches
Prints available, please inquire |
My Neighbourhood Series is alive and well.
My Neighbourhood Series is in its 27th year and is still a major inspiration for my personal vision and new paintings. As a painter, my life is so full of intriguing opportunities and varied interests. Amidst all the hours I enjoy painting in the studio, working with Vic, researching and documenting Victoria's urban landscape and architecture, traveling and doing group projects, my Neighbourhood Series remains an ever constant in my life.
The Neighbourhood Series is an expansive body of work and expresses many things on many levels and I must admit it is one of the most complex subjects that has captivated me for almost 3 decades. It has opened up my eyes, my heart and forever connected me to my past and my present.
INSPIRATION
I can almost pinpoint the moment of inspiration on that fateful day twenty seven years ago. As I climbed to the top of Moss Rock and observed the expanse of the Fairfield neighbourhood rooftops and the Straits of Juan de Fuca, I felt an unforgetable exhillerating feeling... like the neighbourhood was the holding out her welcoming arms and giving me a big hug. What I did with that big hug was to paint with joy and colour the character and charm of my favourite Victoria neighbourhoods.
WEBSITE
Our website http://www.weaver-bosson.com/ which includes my Neighbourhood Series prints and card collections and the ArtLife works, has not been updated due to our technician has retired.
Many apologies to all who have visited the site to view my prints and artworks and did not find the current print release information.
When time allows, we will be designing a new website and a new format which will allow us to update our print and artworks information easily. If you are on our emailing list, you will receive our new site link when it is up and running.
In the mean time ....please inquire with my gallery representatives to find out what limited edition prints are currently available
Current GALLERY LOCATIONS
for my NEIGHBOURHOOD PRINTS AND CARDS
Please call these galleries first to inquire about your print and card selections.
Picture Perfect Gallery
University Heights Shopping Centre
# 324 B- 3980 Shelbourne Street
Victoria, B.C.
Phone
250-721-1313
Broadmead Gallery
Royal Oak Shopping Centre
# 102 - 4440 West Saanich Road
Victoria, B.C.
Phone
250-744-1447
Options Picture Framing
2651- Douglas Street
Victoria, B.C.
Phone
250-381-4022
Framing and Art Centre (for order inquiries)
1640 Cedar Hill Cross Road
Victoria B.C.
Phone
250-381-8599
Loves Olde Towne Gallery (for order inquiries)
# 102-535- Yates Street
Victoria, B.C.
Phone
250-385-6722
Neighbourhood Series Art Cards only
Thrifty Foods
Fairfield Shopping Plaza
1590 Fairfield Road
my cards are displayed by the Customer Service desk.
Side Street Studio Oak Bay location
# 204 2250- Oak Bay Ave
Phone
250-592-1262
Cheers, and thanks for following my blog.
ART IS GOOD FOR THE HEART
website
http://www.weaver-bosson.com/
email
e-studio@shaw.ca
COMMENTS ARE VERY WELCOME.
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Ready to Pass
Mixed medium/ Digital Montage by
ArtLife
5 x 14 inches
Prints Available |
