Spring is here isn’t it? Almost everywhere the water is flowing and the seedlings spouting... even if through fresh snow in some locations, in Canada at least. This is a time of turnover for the Terrill Welch Gallery as I pack up and return the winter studio to its home location and prepare for

The Terrill Welch Gallery’s winter studio has been a productive space over these past few months. Now it is time to get all the edges painted and the work released into the online inventory ahead of setting up the first physical show of the season. Officially, the first gallery show Between Here and

Dazzling in the midday brilliance or softly soaking up the dusk, spring light, with its length stretching longer into the evening due to the time change, feels like survival and jubilation. I just want to hug friends and even stranger, then hold them out at arms length, look them in the eye while gr

One might think that a landscape painter on a small island off the southwest coast of Canada would be isolated and separated from all that is relevant and important to art collectors and the art world. After all, even her subject area and approach are possibly more mid-century in style (you are supp

Seasoned painters have processes they use to reach their completed work. For some, this is graphite or charcoal sketches, or a series of photography sketches or quick painting sketches completed plein air or as studies in preparation for larger paintings. Other times, a larger work will even be comp

It could be a painting in process, an elite boutique in full renovation mode, the world’s projected population or the weather. But there are often times when we must reset our anticipated outcomes. This issue is about releasing and embracing what, at first, was unexpected.

Have you broke into song? Shall we do it together? “Morning has broken, like the first morning....” If for some reason you do not know this song, that was made popular in the 1970’s by Cat Stevens, later know as Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), feel free to go

January - the month when many of the full-time west coast islanders take a break to someplace warm and away from the heavy rains and high winds. Not this painter though. January is the month when the winter studio starts to look a little like the busy workshop. It is a hunker down for studio paintin

At the close of each year, I reach back and pick up the best bits and toss them forward, leaving stepping stones for the year ahead. In this way, I am fortunate because this year, I have so many solid and elegant gems for tossing.Gathering a monk’s collection of polished simplicity, I find myself pr

There is the holiday hustle, the slipping out the back door to the pub, the pulling the covers over ones head, the avoiding of all malls and family gatherings, the baking frenzy and a bazillion other ways to navigate the month of December. But for me, it is the last minute relaxing during the holida