A Brush with Life - Issue #36 Art Work and Falling in Love
One of the approaches I strive for is to be everywhere people are looking for art. This reach includes the gallery, hard copy awareness such as profile in a provincial brochure, local wrack cards, posters and internationally accessible website and online gallery, books, catalogues, social media post
A Brush with Life - Issue #35 What Must be Murdered For Art
We spend years learning our craft as an artist and a painter - now it is time to kill something in order for something new to grow. At least this is the advice of Sara Genn, daughter of the Canadian landscape painter Robert Genn. In one of her recent letters she writes:The first rule of storytelling
A Brush with Life - Issue #34 And The Winners Are
Oh did we think it was going to be that easy!? It seems to be a wee bit more challenging than I had anticipated to actually reach all of the recipients. More about this later on. We shall get to the winners eventually, but from the looks of my inbox, only one is likely going to be known in time for
A Brush with Life - Issue #33 Savoured Solitude
The clock on the stove says it is 4:27 am. There isn’t even a hint of dawn this late in August. I turn the light on in the pantry so that it will reflect across the kitchen without blinding my sleepy eyes. Water is added to a pot and the element place on high. The stainless steel coffee press and th
A Brush with Life - Issue #32 August Bliss
The Art of Terrill Welch Gallery celebrated its 2nd anniversary last weekend. Two years already! We are having an amazing year and I love that you are part of this success, in whatever way works for you. This includes finding new paintings for your art collection, browsing the gallery in-person or o
A Brush with Life - Issue #31 Art Collecting and Extreme Frugality
What, you might ask, could art collecting and extreme frugality have in common? As an art collector, as well as an artist/gallery owner and a person who practices extreme frugality, I am here to say - A LOT! For me, extreme frugality has less to do with savings (which seems to happen by default) and
A Brush with Life - Issue #30 Earth Sea and Sky Opens
Twelve of the eighteen paintings in the Art of Terrill Welch Gallery’s hottest show of the season were completed since the beginning of 2019. (There has been 21 new works completed and released since January 1st but who is counting? ;) Earth, Sea and Sky is a solo show that is about exactly what the
A Brush with Life - Issue #29 Don’t Do Yourself A Mischief
Plein air painting or painting in the open air seems like it should be a leisurely Sunday picnic in the park. A person sticks on a floppy hat, sets up an easel on a sunny afternoon by the sea and there you have it - a dab, dab and dab of paint and you are done. What could be safer than that right? W
A Brush with Life - Issue #28 First Anniversary Issue
One year and 28 issues later brings us to the first anniversary of “A Brush With Life”. Together, we did this hard thing! Because of your encouraging notes, passionate comments and purchases of my original paintings, I never wavered on my commitment to bring the best bits to you, in this curated new
A Brush with Life - Issue #27 To Return To My Trees
There is a Welsh phrase (not a “Welch” phrase) “dod yn ôl at fy nghoed”, meaning “to return to a balanced state of mind” or the literal translation is “to return to my trees“. This, as you know, is something that I do often. But sometimes, I even surprise myself with how powerful the pull
