Terrill Welch

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

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

Pssst! It is here. The Gallery Pod is sitting in the driveway as of Wednesday. Yes!!! With all of you supporting my work and especially adding paintings to your collections late last fall, we did it! Congratulations to us and thank you so much for your ongoing appreciation of art and landscape paint

During this past couple of weeks I have been watching interviews with American art critic Jerry Saltz and reading his fascinating small, perfect summer reading book HOW TO BE AN ARTIST. Born in 1951 Chicago, Jerry Saltz now lives outside of New York City and was a Pulitzer Prize winner in 2018. Salt

Our island mornings quickly turn into sun-bleached transparencies roughly visible between the deep swallowing shadows of midsummer. I am not fond of this heavily squint-worthy time of year. Even our southwest coast cool weather this spring and summer doesn’t limit the effects from the angle of our J

There has been this rolling over-and-under ease between work and rest these past two weeks. My mantra has been - just breathe. I am waiting and preparing for a turn in the tide that usually flows through my artist’s work life. This year’s summer lull as I wait for the Gallery Pod leaves my energy so

The creative genius hidden in idle loafing around should never be underestimated. The art of doing next-to-nothing is a practice that deserves to be well honed, revered and celebrated. This is what I tell myself. I am truly not very good at loafing even though I practice several times a week. I will

The southwest coast and much of British Columbia has been having a hard time warming up and dying out. We are at least a couple of weeks behind recent years. However, the wild flowers have flourished and it is still pleasant out as long as you keep your sweater on or at with you. I shall evidence ev

We have never had an issue where two weeks of artist adventures requires that it be broken into two parts. But there is always a first for everything. If you haven’t read part one that arrived at the usual time on Friday morning in your inbox, you might want to start there. Or, if you are a person t

Artist road trips are likely when work most seems like play in a slow and meaningful way. We left Mayne Island on Wednesday morning May 11th and by Wednesday May 25th had slow travelled 3,520 km, delivered two paintings to art collectors in Lethbridge Alberta, completed two plein air painting sketch