We love our neighbourhood and the fact that it is filled with other artists. So, we thought we should share our experience with visitors from around the world. Check out our website avantcrossingguard.com or go straight to tickets at our online store.
It’s been a busy few months. In June, we worked with our friends artist Gareth Gaudin and Alison at Dales Gallery to create a show of Gareth’s original drawings from the graphic novel Silence Is A Song I Know All The Words To, which is a collaboration with spoken-word poet Shane Koyczan. The original drawings are now available for purchase here. I’ve been making a lot of new jewellery; some goes up on the online store, some to Eclectic Gallery in Oak Bay, and some we keep around for our open studios which we’ve been having about once a month. GJ’s been very prolific making sculpture. He’s working on a figurative piece today and has two new kinetic pieces, one of which you can see in action here. GJ also submitted recently to Dug North: The Automata Blog and had one of his kinetic pieces featured; very exciting!
A new figurative piece in progress, by GJ Pearson.
Beast on a Biscuit Tin, kinetic sculpture by GJ Pearson.
Jumping Machine by GJ Pearson; video to come soon.
Firehorse Designs new necklace: Pearls, glass and silver.
Firehorse Designs new necklace: Black stones, grey pearls and glass.
Firehorse Designs new necklace: Pink pearls, rose quartz and Italian glass.
Firehorse Designs new necklace: Various jades and pearls in shades of green.
Firehorse Designs new necklace: Mother of pearl, gold-coloured fresh-water pearls and glass.
Firehorse Designs new necklace: Carnelian, brown jade and silver.
What a glorious day for the Paint-In; 25 years of showcasing local professional and emerging artists in one of our most beautiful neighbourhoods. We spent several hours walking the route, chatting with friends and fellow artists. Tens of thousands of visitors had a great time viewing the work of over 150 artists. There was also great food and live musical entertainment. This year our friend Dame Mailarta, as part of her Portrait Palace project, walked the route to have her portrait taken with all the other participating artists. She also had a display set up where the public could take a picture of themselves posing as a stamp of the Queen which they could mail or email to the project. It was an amazing day!
One view of the crowds taking part in this year’s Paint-In.
GJ and I pose at Dame Mailarta’s spot on the tour. GJ loans the Queen his jaunty boater hat! Apparently the cardboard corgi caused great consternation to many of the little dogs passing by.
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