What I felt profoundly on the other side of our country was bounty … Vancouver Island is so rich in colour, flavour, kindness, soul … I spent two bountiful weeks there, one of which was teaching “The Memory Chair” … we made memories, remembered many earlier memories and had a most memorable week.

The time together meant so much to all of us because we had not been together in seven years and poof ~ there we were, at the Raven’s Moon Craft Cidery stepping back into the pleasures of being in this wonderful place creating together.

The outpouring of laughter was constant and as always, Laura’s food was outstanding.

Here are some pictures from our days together…

Thursday we passed a piece of clay from hand to hand creating a face together …

This precious creative time left us with (in our own words) joy, inspiration, bliss, peace, exhilaration, contentment, enthralled, openness, learning and gratitude, and … I think everyone should wear rabbits and ravens on their heads.

Meanwhile, back on the East Coast, a group show called :

Posturing – The Art of The Body opened in Tatamagouche at the The Ice House Gallery

Featuring the work of Michael Greer, Peter Bustin, Mark Schwartz, Chippie Kennedy, Ian McKinnon, Louise Pentz, Simone Labuschagne with Guest Clay Artist – Mindy Moore and myself.

I do not have images from the exhibit but when we visit the show later this month I will post work of my fellow artists.

These are my pieces for the show. Done layering or painting over my life drawings of the model …

and, so exciting for me, was taking some of my line drawings, creating a pattern with them and sewing their bodies to articulate them in the poses I had captured with my pencil or chalks. Fully integrating my two worlds …

Plans are in the works for another workshop next spring, so stay tuned . . . .

Until we speak again . . . xo