April News

 Fantastic News:

The Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) has just granted me signature status.
What does that mean? Signature Status with the FCA recognizes a high level of excellence achieved by an individual artist. I can now add the letters AFCA (Associate Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists) to my signature.

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Interesting weekend:

I had the opportunity to meet Alba at Gallery 1710 on Saturday April 2, 2022.

She is a Barn Owl, and such a beautiful bird, the feathers around her face are like spun gold. She is a permanent resident of OWL (Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society); a badly broken wing when she fell out of a nest as a youngster has rendered her unable to survive in the wild.

 

Barn Owl

OWL rep, Colin Iverson, brought Alba for gallery visitors to see, and talked about the OWL organization and their resident raptors.

 The Gallery show "Skies and Wings and Feathered Things" has 121 pieces of 2 and 3D art, 43 decorated birdhouses and two showcases containing16 whimsical corvids.

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 News from my Studio:

New Watercolours:

Chickadee (graphite)

Raven Watching (varnished watercolour)

 

 

unnamed shell paintings: ( both varnished watercolours)

 

 

 

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My paintings in Skies and Wings and Feathered Things show:

 

Chickadee and Raven Watching from above and

 

The Watcher

 

 

Pecking Order (diptych)

 

We are also selling decorated birdhouses, 40% of the sales will be donated to OWL.

 

My husband built two houses for me to decorate:

 

Blue Rapsody:

Tweety Bird Express:

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UPCOMING EVENTS:

 Federation of Canadian Artists - Success Exhibition 

Granville Island

April 12 to April 24 (opening reception April 14, 2022)

Here are the paintings I have in the Exhibition:

 

Paisley Watcher 2

 

In the Early Morning Sunshine 

Paisley Cobwebs

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Artists in our Midst - West of Main Artwalk

I am participating in the Preview Exhibition at the Roundhouse

and in the West of Main Artwalk - located at the Knox United Church at 39th and Balaclava with more than a dozen other artists!

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Bird Videos:

Ballet, bird style  

 

Alba visits Gallery 1710

That is all for this week,

 happy Wednesday, with whimsy,

 

Gillian, AFCA