Terrill Welch

Terrill Welch

I am a landscape painter exposing life’s mystery in an ordinary day. Stripping away the human illusion of our separation from nature is at the core of my work.
Nov
27
A Brush with Life - Issue #66 Two Artist Feature - Between Branches

A Brush with Life - Issue #66 Two Artist Feature - Between Branches

Discover where the work and stories of Canadian landscape painters, Annerose Georgeson and Terrill Welch, meet and where they diverge from within their own unique forests and experiences. We are thrilled to bring you this online exclusive show “Between Branches - our being with trees” that extends f
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Nov
13
A Brush with Life - Issue #65 Enjoy Being Late For Everything

A Brush with Life - Issue #65 Enjoy Being Late For Everything

In a human hive assembled into broken slices of time, it is relatively easy for a self-directed person to organize activities into these imagined slivers of existence. This is why we sometimes ask a busy person if we are desperate to get something done. They look at you for a moment, look away into
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Oct
30
A Brush with Life - Issue #64 Art Crush in a Pandemic Market

A Brush with Life - Issue #64 Art Crush in a Pandemic Market

As we move firmly into the fourth quarter, it is time to reflect on the calendar year and assess where we are at and what opportunities might be ahead. What a year! Some have been devastated by the impact of this pandemic. Some have done better than usual and still others aren’t sure yet how they ar
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Oct
16
A Brush with Life - Issue #63 What A Difference A Day Makes

A Brush with Life - Issue #63 What A Difference A Day Makes

A the tip of Edith Point one day and then down at Reef Bay the next. What a difference a day makes! It is this diversity that has kept me engaged with our natural Mayne Island landscape for years. In this issue we will start there, and then we have a video introduction to the new “Close To Home” gro
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Oct
02
A Brush with Life - Issue #62 Close To Home Opens Wednesday

A Brush with Life - Issue #62 Close To Home Opens Wednesday

The pandemic has kept most of us close to home during these past months and this reality has brought many changes to our daily lives and expectations. This is equally true for the artists in the Terrill Welch Gallery. Allow us to introduce one new painting from each gallery artists that is in the up
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Sep
18
A Brush with Life - Issue #61 Playing The Fool

A Brush with Life - Issue #61 Playing The Fool

I often say that embarrassment is not fatal when I about to take a risk where I know I am reaching beyond my capacity, skill level and experience..... but I just have to try! I strongly recommend that we do what we don’t know how to do. Do something for others that we are not good at yet. Even do so
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Sep
04
A Brush with Life - Issue #60 A Favourite Time Of Year

A Brush with Life - Issue #60 A Favourite Time Of Year

September is often like the second new year for us. Studio visits are happening, edges are being painted, hanging wires added and new work put into inventories. The artists’ studios are vibrant and full.
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Aug
21
A Brush with Life - Issue #59 Dig Deep And See What Is

A Brush with Life - Issue #59 Dig Deep And See What Is

Do you remember those moments when you don’t have a clue but you proceed with naive confidence anyway? This is how it all began. In one of these kinds of moments. I had decided that the Terrill Welch Gallery needed a logo. I found a great AI online support through Looka and started designing. I knew
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Aug
07
A Brush with Life - Issue #58 Three Year Anniversary

A Brush with Life - Issue #58 Three Year Anniversary

The beginning of August is our three year anniversary of the Terrrill Welch Gallery. Thank you for your support and ongoing patronage.
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Jul
24
A Brush with Life - Issue #57 Wholeness in Work and in Life

A Brush with Life - Issue #57 Wholeness in Work and in Life

The West coast blues turn soft, swaddling our newborn summer with hope and anticipation. July! Even in late July our brief summer seems endless as the warm evenings and early mornings catch a distant sea-breeze and lift the edges of our linen sheets, thrown askew while sleepy limbs reach toward open
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