A Brush with Life - Issue #10 Sit and Wait
An artist’s life is often filled with transitions, pauses, reflection and bewilderment. Where do I go from here? What is next? Is this the right path? These moments can create the most severe anxiety if one does not learn the practice of “sit and wait”. During these times I often ask myself - what i
A Brush with Life - Issue #9 Overlapping lives of Painters
Great art is the work of thieves! In fact, Pablo Picasso is attributed with saying “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” And, if he didn’t say this, he should have because he was a master thief as well as a great artist. So what is the difference between copying and the concept of stealing I am
A Brush with Life - Issue #8 Falling on Golden Light
September, with its golden light, breaks into dashes of warm hues that come cascading down through my imagination onto large canvases. I cannot stop them - even if I wanted to try which, of course, I do not! I will start teaching oil painting classes next week. The students are more than ready to be
A Brush with Life - Issue #7 Savouring Summer
Let’s break from routine and do an online exclusive show for newsletter insiders! Shall we? August and September are my personal favourite months of the year. It is a time of easy strolls and even easier laughter. It is also a time when melancholy is cradled close and comforted by the warmth of soft
A Brush with Life - Issue #6 Over She Goes!
Building, cresting and over she goes! Yes, more than ripples but it needn’t be much more, though often it is. The pounding surf of the sea causes me to breathe deep and exhale with a howl of glee just from the power in it all. A quiet ebbing tide can bring on the most profound sense of melancholy wh
A Brush with Life - Issue #5 The Sea And Me
Opening today in the Terrill Welch Galery is "The Sea and Me " - a solo exhibition of seascapes. Whether the crash of a humongous wave against the rocks or the slow ebbing of a slack tide, I belong to the sea and with my brushstrokes the sea belongs to me! Starting with the poster painting, let's go
A Brush with Life - Issue #4 Going Where?
What does it mean these days to be an international artist? Well, I am not sure there is a simple answer to this question because our ease of connections have created a small accessible world. I am suspicious that it might be harder NOT to be an international artist than it is to be one. For ex
A Brush with Life - Issue #3 Summer Bliss and NOT
Ah yes, summer! Do you have a special summertime art connection? Maybe a particular painting or a museum exhibition or art show you attended? Or want to attend?One of the highlights from last summer was going to the Claude Monet exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery that resulted in a series of mu
A Brush with Life - Issue #2 A few influences
What influences this painter? - We may ask.
A Brush with Life - Issue #1 An Introduction
We shall begin and continue the Terrill Welch Gallery newsletter adventure with the good bits! Insider stories, discoveries, snippets, opinions, new works and shows for fans and art collectors of Terrill Welch paintings. Published every 2nd Friday, may we always enjoy the mysteries that can be disco
