Terrill Welch by herself

Oct
20
Terrill Welch by herself - issue #11 Five Brand New Paintings and a Story

Terrill Welch by herself - issue #11 Five Brand New Paintings and a Story

Each of these paintings has a story and the landscapes are all significant and intimately familiar to me.
18 min read
Sep
15
Terrill Welch by herself - issue #10 September’s Luxurious Expanse

Terrill Welch by herself - issue #10 September’s Luxurious Expanse

I celebrate quietly… with leprechaun leaps and silent fist pumps along the empty seaside trails. Don’t get me wrong, I (and we) do LOVE all of our guests and part-timers that we share the island with for part of the year. It is just that, well,….
15 min read
Aug
18
Terrill Welch by herself - issue #9 WAYS OF BEING

Terrill Welch by herself - issue #9 WAYS OF BEING

I have often fantasized about what it would be like to live in a monastery and spend much of my day meditating in solitude. We are now getting really close to this...
12 min read
Jul
21
Terrill Welch by herself - issue #8 Living Deliberately

Terrill Welch by herself - issue #8 Living Deliberately

They came all summer long and into the fall, pulling trailers or hauling campers or boat. Driving slowly, past the old cabin on the river side and the barn on the field side, to pull up onto the stubby wild chamomile in front of the steps of my grandparent’s house.
13 min read
Jul
07
A Brush With Life - Issue #127 My Special Birthday Surprise For You

A Brush With Life - Issue #127 My Special Birthday Surprise For You

This is my way of saying thank you in a meaningful way for your ongoing support and patronage as I entertain my semi retirement from being a full-time artist. No worries, there are still going to be more new “Terrill Welch paintings” in your future!
10 min read
Jun
16
Terrill Welch by herself issue #7 Learn to Lose Well

Terrill Welch by herself issue #7 Learn to Lose Well

We could give up. We could walk away in defeat. In fact, in the face of grinding adversity, we could never even try to live a meaningful life. Most often though, we don’t give up, do we?
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
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
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
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