LOVING ART

I have always been an art enthusiast and love to have "originals" in my own home. I follow a few artists who either live or have lived in Vancouver. Here are a few of their pieces. Alistair Bell lived in Vancouver from 1929 to 1997. He was a self taught print Maker from England. Pheasant Red Geese Stuart Slind studied at Emily Carr and paints some gorgeously rich landscapes! ...

SODALITE BLUE: ANOTHER 2012 COLOUR TO LOVE!!

Power of Blue I have painted many dark interiors for clients; grey, brown, green, red, and even black but never blue. I don't get a lot of requests for dark blues. It's just not a popular interior colour. Why is that? when the majority of the world will wear blue over any other colour. Blue is the first colour most people choose as their favourite. And everyone I know has at least one pair of ...

2012 A Colour Party!!

2012 Colours; Tangerine Orange, Sodalite Blue, Bellflower, Solar Power, Cabaret, Cockatoo, Sweet Lilac, and Margarita are so powerfully descriptive that you don't need to know what they look like to know what they look like. Cabaret is a little ambiguous, but you can guess it's going to be lively and bold. (It's actually fuschia or rose/violet). Tangerine orange, bellflower, solar power and ...

Art Inspiration - Matisse

A few years ago I was in Nice, France where I spent a day at Musee Matisse de Nice. I stood in awe of that great artist's work and was particularly amazed by his cutouts. Some pieces were literally the size of entire gallery walls! Massive murals full of colours and shapes. Flowers and Fruits, 1953 Masks, Washington Gallery La Gerbe, 1953 What a beautiful way to design a wall !!  Some ...