Dec
22
Terrill Welch by herself - Issue #1 Before the Beginning
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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.
Dec
09
A Brush with Life- issue #119 Cozy Season with Sold Paintings
The last few days have been draped in lazily drifting snowflakes broken up with warm winter sun edged by a
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Nov
25
A Brush with Life - Issue #118 We Have Successfully Migrated
With the ease of a flock of Canadian geese heading south, our "A Brush with Life" newsletter has
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Nov
11
A Brush with Life - Issue #117 Change is Always in the Wind
Today, I could use several carbon copies of me to implement online changes that hopeful will be seamless for our “A Brush With Life” newsletter. The short version is that the platform (Revue) that hosts “A Brush With Life” is suppose to become nonexistent by the end of the year. I have been monitori
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Nov
07
When it Rains in Winter
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Oct
28
A Brush with Life - Issue #116 Finding Small Beauties while at the Easel
There is the smell of snow in the mountains around us as daily highs drop to 11 degrees or so Celsius and water barrels refill after more than 100 days without rain and unseasonably warm temperatures. Blustery winds hint at future winter stores and leaves and tree cones fly through the air. The shif
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Oct
14
A Brush with Life - Issue #115 Red Line Series Featured in New Show
Sea levels rise, damage from storm surges increase, wild fire smoke gives us deep orange moonrises, glaciers in the mountains melt endangering our freshwater supply and we are running out of suitable sand to make cement as we mine the landscape relentlessly for its resources. I could paint stunning
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Sep
30
A Brush with Life - Issue #114 More Sunshine During a Volatile Time
There must be a special word for being able to acknowledge more than one observation at the same time but I do not know what it is. I do know that I only need to acknowledge, to notice, and then allow things to make sense on their own schedule. This past two weeks has been glorious on the southwest
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Sep
16
A Brush with Life - Issue #113 Late Summer Gold
Our ordinary everyday can sometimes be humbling. If we set global news and events aside, this past two weeks have mostly been about establishing new routines and taking stock. Or maybe even if we take external events into consideration, it has still been a time of taking stock. I am revie
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Sep
02
A Brush with Life - Issue #112 The Terrill Welch Gallery Pod Is Open
Once upon a time there was a Canadian contemporary landscape painter, Terrill Welch, who needed to create a new gallery space on small rural Mayne Island on the southwest coast of Canada, right in the middle of everywhere. She thought and thought and considered and then considered some more. It was
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