Terrill Welch

We, at the Terrill Welch Gallery, are feeling a little like seagulls resting in Mayne Island’s recent sun. It is a time of pause or waiting while much is going on behind each rush of northwesterly wind across the Strait of Georgia. The gallery rooms are open online and by appointment as British Colu

Recently, we were introduced to a new art term “brick-and-click” that refers to galleries that have both a physical space and online access to browse and purchase art. It is kind of like a polka as we switch back and forth between in-person and online - fast! There is nothing like a pandemic to spar

In Japan, sometime in the 1980’s, a term developed called “shinrin-yoku” or “forest bather” in English. It means to take in the forest atmosphere or mindfully be in our natural world. The benefits of forest bathing has now been part of studies and can even be part of your physician’s prescription to

Landscape painters, like the rest of us, yearn to freely travel again. There is something about discovering a new stream, stretch of beach or an alley in a centuries old city that will always easily spark inspiration. Right now, these adventures are on hold, even though the desire to explore is stro

A little less than a foot of snow blanked the southwest coast and our small island this past few days. Early blooming spring flowers withered as temperatures dropped below freezing. Still, the art shows must go on and we take you between the waves of past and present in this issue, beginning with a

The gallery has been plagued with a vexing problem for years and we have just found a great solution. One of the biggest challenges of showing artwork online is determining its scale or size in relation to other aspect of a room you might like the painting to reside. We have already tried a differen

January on the southwest coast of Canada can leave the small Gulf Islands with long nights, high winds and power outages. It is not a matter of if it will happen but rather when and how long the storms will last. However, planning and resilience and just plan old acceptance can harness this time in

As we gather together the best bits from the year that has ended and set our intentions for another year that has just began, I am reminded of something I wrote about waking several years ago... “Soft light of dawn creeps into my sleep. Waking, I find the trees silhouetted against my dreams.” Even t

I promised you a special holiday issue today and we are hopeful that this offering meets with your expectations. Since it is the holidays, and the very day of December 25, 2020, all the other gallery artists are home with their immediate households. So there is not much of a “we” today as I pull up

We can’t be sure but there seems to be a few things going amuck this holiday season. Santa still seems to be snoozing and the elves are up to no good everywhere it seems. So we have decided to keep this issue simple and feature a small works collection for you. As a subscriber to A Brush With Life,