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Submission for exhibit called ‘NEXT’. Like the salmon, we have all spent the last few years struggling to make it upstream. The flashes of colour and rippling water could be likened to a dance of life. The salmon story to … Continue reading Watercolour Paintings of Salmon Swimming Upstream
The Land Unfolds Before Me was the theme for my show at the 2019 Eastside Culture Crawl. A full collection of my art can be seen at https://batzgallery.com/. Elizabatz Gallery, Studio 218, Parker Street Studios (1000 Parker St), Vancouver. The … Continue reading The Land Unfolds Before Me
Food & art: ‘themed’ snacks designed by the caterer for my art show ‘Precious Stones‘. I was told that he came in and took photos of my exhibit and then went back and designed these amazing platters of food. Cheese, … Continue reading Still Life Arrangements of Food
When I initially wrote this the exhibit wasn’t due to go up until the weekend and I was in the throes of planning and packing up paintings, hoping the walls would look something like this! My plan for the Britannia … Continue reading My Exhibition at Britannia Art Gallery in Vancouver
Precious Stones A Japanese saying goes, ‘The pebble in the brook secretly believes itself to be a precious stone’. These paintings are portraits of pebbles, stones and rocks, all of them precious things. Where: Britannia Art Gallery (in the Library), … Continue reading My ‘Precious Stones’ Exhibit at Britannia Art Gallery
These illustrations are from the Soleado Spanish Course that I’m working on. I did the original illustrations in colour but they will be printed in black and white. This set takes place in Mercado San Miguel in Madrid, a gourmet … Continue reading Illustrating ‘Mercados’ for a Spanish Course
Hey, everybody, I’m planning a small show called ‘Precious Stones’ at Britannia Art Gallery this summer. I’m still selecting what to put into it but perhaps something like this collection. Trio of Pebbles, permanently mounted into custom shadow frames with … Continue reading Plan for Britannia Exhibition
July 2017. Where I attempt to turn my dream of a gallery/studio space into reality. November 2017. A mass of learning curve experiences later my gallery was finally ready. This is from the first night of last year’s Eastside Culture … Continue reading Cosmic Challenge: Dreams into Reality
Way back in 1995 a friend and I started putting together three books for a Spanish course designed for adult learners. Of course, audio is an important component of any language course so we gathered together a bunch of Spanish-speaking … Continue reading Turn Spanish Conversation Audio CDs into Videos
For years I have attended the Eastside Culture Crawl, an event that has grown to 500+ artists participating and over 30,000 people attending. The event was always held in mid-November and my favourite place to ‘crawl’ was 1000 Parker St, … Continue reading Transformation of a Messy Studio into an Art Gallery
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