May Flowers

Cool temperatures have delayed signs of spring but everything seems to be bursting into bud and flower now.

 Feast your eyes on these cherry blossoms:

 

 

Not just a blossom here and there, but entire trees and rows of trees full of blossoms. 

 

 

 

 

Single blooms above and double blooms below.

 

   Hellebore's in many colours: 

 

 

 

I love the "furry" buds of the magnolia:

 

 

The Camellia bushes are in bloom too.

 

 

 

Oregon Grape bushes are ready to bloom:

 

I can't remember what this one is called:

 

 

 

 Of course the weeds are growing well too!

 There is a bee in the bottom left of the first picture.

 

 

 

I don't know the name of the plant above, I like it, but it is a pest when it gets in a lawn.

Below, well you know.

 

 

 

 

Spring must finally be here.

 

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Shows:

 

RiverHouse Restaurant 

 Final month:

I have 22 paintings at RiverHouse Restaurant in Delta,

if you are in the area why not drop by for a look and something to eat.

 

Here is a small sample:

 

 

 

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Gallery 1710 (in Tsawwassen)

 

I have four paintings in the "Small, Smaller Smallest" Show and Sale:

Recognize the image on the poster? Yes that is mine.

 

view the entire show 

 

Magnolia Trio

 

 

 

Maple Keys

Honesty

 

 

 

Hydrangea

On Saturday May 6 from 12 to 4 pm we are having a free Card making workshop;

all supplies provided - drop by and make a Mother's day card.

 

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From the studio:

 

Maple Keys 2 (Ink and coloured pencils)

 

 

 Vancouver Reflections -Wall Centre (Watercolour)

I have entered these in a (juried) show named "Oil and Water", hope they are accepted.

 

And just for fun:

 

Tulip Whimsy (watercolour and pen): 

I am making cards of this image.

 

 

 

 

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Spring sale on trees and boats, that is painted trees and boats for your walls:

Dancing Tree (Varnished Watercolour on wood panel)

18" x 12" black metal frame - $250

First Snow (matted watercolour, not framed)

20" x 16" - $125

 

 

High and Dry (varnished watercolour on wood panel, not framed)

11" x 14" - $100

 

contact me at (604) 319-9809 if you need details 

 

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And finally hope you enjoy these as much as I did:

 

 

Well that is all for this time,

happy Wednesday, with whimsy,

Gillian

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

April Showers

April Showers

 "Life is not a highway strewn with flowers,
Still it holds a goodly share of bliss,
When the sun gives way to April showers,
Here is the point you should never miss.

Though April showers may come your way,
They bring the flowers that bloom in May,
So if it's raining have no regrets,
Because it isn't raining rain you know, it's raining violets.

And where you see clouds upon the hills,
You soon will see crowds of daffodils,
So keep on looking for a bluebird,
And list'ning for his song,
Whenever April showers come along."

 

April Showers - a 1921 song composed by Louis Silvers with lyrics by B. G. De Sylva 

 

 

 

 April is a fickle month, one day sunshine and then hail and sleet the next.

Wait a minute, it snowed at the beginning of March too?

How will May start?

Our birdhouse in the midst of a hail storm that left an inch of hail and sleet on the ground just days ago.

The cherry trees somehow managed to hang onto most of their blossoms.

 

 

Daffodils, inside and out, a welcome sign of the spring flowers to come.

 

And of course Forsythia, did you know that it is from the Olive family?

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Shows:

 

RiverHouse Restaurant

 

I have 22 paintings at RiverHouse Restaurant in Delta for the next couple of months.

If you are in the area why not drop by for a look and something to eat.

 

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Gallery 1710 (in Tsawwassen)

 

I have five paintings in the "Sea to Sky" Show and Sale:

 

view the entire show

 

Old Forest Spirits 1 and 2

 

High and Dry

 

 

Mussel and Kelp

 

 

 

Dancing Tree

 

On Saturday, April 15 (12 to 4 pm) I will be doing a demo in Gallery 1710: 

Drawing nature in pen and pencil.

Here are my most recent drawings, this is what I will be talking to visitors about.

Magnolia Trio

 

Maple Keys

I use pens (ink and gel) and pencil crayons to create these botanical style works.

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 A couple of thoughts on cats:

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 So we started with "April Showers" and will end the same way.

April Showers - Al Jolson (1921):

Well that is all for this time,

happy Wednesday, with whimsy,

Gillian