A quick end of year post. I made 73 paintings and illustrations this year. In 2022, I started working in gouache, oil, watercolor, and ink. That doesn’t mean that I’m abandoning acrylic, by any means, but it has been exciting challenge. I’ve also made an effort to start working in series more. So, I did…
Opening night for the Mastrius 100 Days of Summer is ONE WEEK away! The show will have paintings from over 100 Mastrius Members and 10 Master Artists and is online from Friday, August 26 to Wednesday, August 31. Visit the Mastrius Art Show Website to SUBSCRIBE to the show newsletter (at the link in our…
There is a big online art show and sale happening in August and I’ve been juried into it. Mastrius (@mastrius.official) is an artist mentorship group that started in Calgary nearly 2 years ago and has been growing like crazy. I’ve been a member for about 1.5 years and have learned so much from my excellent…
I received some good news in the email today. I have been awarded Active Member status with the Federation of Canadian Artists. Earlier this month, I completed my submission, which included 10 recent works. Per the FCA website: Active Status is granted if the jury believes that the majority of the works submitted could reasonably…
What a privilege it has been to have a whole year of Mentorship from master artist Charlie Easton along with a wonderful group of other emerging artists through Mastrius (Formerly Levelling Up). The focus of this group was on critiques. Not only did I have my work critiqued once a month, but I got to…
(Excerpt) We never thought we’d get excited about engineering, but a very cool #LUartist has won us over. 😄 Everyone, meet JAMES WINDLEY! Mechanical engineer by day, @jameswindleyart transforms into a plein air and studio artist by night. He paints in his heated garage converted to a COVID office/workout space/art studio where he has engineered himself a magnificent setup…