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.
Jun
02
A Brush with Life - Issue #126 Scratching the Earth’s Surface

A Brush with Life - Issue #126 Scratching the Earth’s Surface

Paintings just like to be seen and have a continuing conversation with you. It is this simple. Whether it is online or in a gallery space, viewing original art is an opportunity for a deep and intimate visit with what is presented.
11 min read
May
19
Terrill Welch by herself - Issue #6 Savouring  Neither Here nor There

Terrill Welch by herself - Issue #6 Savouring Neither Here nor There

14 min read
May
05
A Brush with Life - Issue #125 Following Joy

A Brush with Life - Issue #125 Following Joy

When we asked our art collector about her selection of these two paintings, she replied that she was following her joy. Doesn’t that make you smile?
9 min read
Apr
21
Terrill Welch by herself - Issue #5 Night Paintings and Spring Mud

Terrill Welch by herself - Issue #5 Night Paintings and Spring Mud

With fear in my eyes, I would look up and see a clattering snowshoe-removing mosquito about the size of a small elephant becoming airborne. I knew from experience that it was heading straight for any of my delicate exposed skin.
15 min read
Apr
07
A Brush with Life - Issue #124 West Coast Sea Escape

A Brush with Life - Issue #124 West Coast Sea Escape

As the spring day really begin, we have a new “West Coast Sea Escape” show with paintings by Terrill Welch in the Terrill Welch Gallery Pod, OPEN DAILY 11-4 with extended hours 10-4 for the Made on Mayne Spring Tour at 428 Luff Rd, Mayne Island B.C….
8 min read
Mar
17
Terrill Welch by herself - Issue #4 Arbutus Tree Company and Rough Seas

Terrill Welch by herself - Issue #4 Arbutus Tree Company and Rough Seas

My outer and inner worlds seem to be mirroring each other these past few weeks. Turbulent and unsettled with smatterings of loveliness pretty much sums things up. I was telling a friend that I felt like I was…
14 min read
Mar
03
A Brush with Life - Issue #123 Early Spring and the Anticipated Arrival of Blossoms

A Brush with Life - Issue #123 Early Spring and the Anticipated Arrival of Blossoms

Very soon there will be plum and magnolia blossoms ringed with crocuses and daffodils combined with that earthy richness of freshly turned soil. This time is truly only days away for Mayne Island. As gardeners rattle their newly arrived seed packages, I am sorting my plein air gear…
9 min read
Feb
17
Terrill Welch by herself - Issue #3 Finding Something New

Terrill Welch by herself - Issue #3 Finding Something New

When I was feeling like I just wasn’t able to yet put paint on the large canvas for my other subject, I chose these seals and placed my small gessobord on my plein air easel right in front of the large easel with its still white canvas with a few pencil markings.
14 min read
Feb
03
A Brush with Life - Issue #122 Starting to Stir

A Brush with Life - Issue #122 Starting to Stir

Spring starts early here on the southwest coast of Canada. As soon as the days are noticeably longer the snowdrops bloom and the magnolia buds form. Not even temperatures dropping to just below freezing seems to still the stirring of new growth…
8 min read
Jan
20
Terrill Welch by herself - Issue #2 The Coziest of Cozy Season

Terrill Welch by herself - Issue #2 The Coziest of Cozy Season

There is a false sense that everyone is gone. This untruth seems to prevail only because the majority of people leave the island to the seals and otters during January and the first half of February. This climate is warm in the winter by Canadian standards. Cold is not the issue…
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