BC Author and Watercolor Artist
Low Tide, October Afternoon
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The beauty of the Broughton
Archipelago never ceases to delight
me, particularly the Burdwood Group.
The first time my children and I rowed
through the narrow channel (center left)
we thought we were the only ones who
had ever discovered the beauty of these
small islands.
I sat here in the late October sun sketch-
ing the scene and spent several hours of
the next few days in my studio laying in
watercolour, to express my gratitude that
such a place still exists. How lucky I am that I get to come here and cherish it - and paint it.
New Watercolour ~ Sedimentary pigments on Saunders cold-pressed paper. Check out the Art Retreat and book yours to learn about watercolour pigments, their family groups and behavior, wet and dry.
Size ~ 11 x 14 unframed Price ~ $775.00
Email or call me to secure this painting or inquire about another.
Our Winter 2018/2019 Show Schedule
Saturday November 17, 2018 Albert Munro and I will be hoping the weather will co-operate so we can run the boat from Echo Bay to the 42nd Annual Sointula Winter Festival. This event is now over and done with, it was a terrific Winterfest. The vendors were all talented and skilled artists and craftspeople and the shoppers were cheerful and eager. Thanks to Sointula's Sheila Roote who took on the organization this year, all unfolded as smoothly as if she'd been doing it for years! Four potters had ware in this Christmas fair and all did very well, supporting my belief that if you put in your time, make beautiful and functional items, people love the beauty of hand made items and will support their local potter. Thanks to everyone who supported our work.
February 1- 28 White Rock Library ~ When I was a young painter, emerging on the scene, I was offered the stairwell wall of the White Rock Library to hang my first watercolour paintings. I was thrilled.Within
a couple months of my conversation with Flora Morton, the head Librarian in 1979, my paintings were hanging from the bottom floor to the top. The thrill I experienced with this show was crowned with actual sales and led to an invitation to hang a show at the Station Arts Center. My career was launched. I love the union of art, music and books, a beautiful union of all the arts and I thank the librarians of the White Rock Library for giving me a month in which to revisit my White Rock roots and hang my art, forty years after my first art show. I hope to set up a date to greet people and hang out a bit at the library so watch this space for further info or email me. This show bookends forty years of my life as an artist....
Yvonne's Books ~
If you are interested in the story of the Broughton Archipelago...look for these books on BC Ferries, independent BC bookstores, Billy's Museum or at SeaRose Studio near Echo Bay.
Colour the British Columbia Coast takes you to the southern Gulf islands, Pacific Rim park, the Broughton Archipelago and up the central coast to beautiful Haida Gwaii, featuring the people and places of our remarkable land/seascape. Drawings are printed on good quality paper for colouring or painting, each with a tear-out strip so you can mount or hang your picture. To the left of each drawing a short description of the scene, a book title or internet site offers more information about the topic. An Artist's Tip on each page too, which makes this book a whole lot more than just another colouring book! Retailing at $20.00, Colour the British Columbia Coast promises a lot of enjoyable creative time....
Read Bill Proctor and Yvonne's enduring classic of the history, people and places of the Broughton Archipelago - Full Moon Flood Tide - now a BC Classic with 10,000 copies sold! Tide Rips and Back Eddies continues the tradition and offers an in-depth portrait of Blackfish Sound and more coastal history and traditions.
In Drawn to Sea, Yvonne creates stunning, lyrical word pictures of her home in the Broughton Archipelago. Making the most of the tools available, from paintbrush to chainsaw, she has flourished in this remote area, carving out a home and a career in a place far from just about everyone.
Available in your local bookstore, online or through Yvonne
copyright © Caitlin Press 2013. http://caitlin-press.com/our-books/drawn-to-sea/
'Murder Rides A Gale Force Wind', Yvonne's new novel is well underway and (hopefully) ready for publication in 2019. Will keep you posted!
The beauty of the Broughton
Archipelago never ceases to delight
me, particularly the Burdwood Group.
The first time my children and I rowed
through the narrow channel (center left)
we thought we were the only ones who
had ever discovered the beauty of these
small islands.
I sat here in the late October sun sketch-
ing the scene and spent several hours of
the next few days in my studio laying in
watercolour, to express my gratitude that
such a place still exists. How lucky I am that I get to come here and cherish it - and paint it.
New Watercolour ~ Sedimentary pigments on Saunders cold-pressed paper. Check out the Art Retreat and book yours to learn about watercolour pigments, their family groups and behavior, wet and dry.
Size ~ 11 x 14 unframed Price ~ $775.00
Email or call me to secure this painting or inquire about another.
Our Winter 2018/2019 Show Schedule
Saturday November 17, 2018 Albert Munro and I will be hoping the weather will co-operate so we can run the boat from Echo Bay to the 42nd Annual Sointula Winter Festival. This event is now over and done with, it was a terrific Winterfest. The vendors were all talented and skilled artists and craftspeople and the shoppers were cheerful and eager. Thanks to Sointula's Sheila Roote who took on the organization this year, all unfolded as smoothly as if she'd been doing it for years! Four potters had ware in this Christmas fair and all did very well, supporting my belief that if you put in your time, make beautiful and functional items, people love the beauty of hand made items and will support their local potter. Thanks to everyone who supported our work.
February 1- 28 White Rock Library ~ When I was a young painter, emerging on the scene, I was offered the stairwell wall of the White Rock Library to hang my first watercolour paintings. I was thrilled.Within
a couple months of my conversation with Flora Morton, the head Librarian in 1979, my paintings were hanging from the bottom floor to the top. The thrill I experienced with this show was crowned with actual sales and led to an invitation to hang a show at the Station Arts Center. My career was launched. I love the union of art, music and books, a beautiful union of all the arts and I thank the librarians of the White Rock Library for giving me a month in which to revisit my White Rock roots and hang my art, forty years after my first art show. I hope to set up a date to greet people and hang out a bit at the library so watch this space for further info or email me. This show bookends forty years of my life as an artist....
Yvonne's Books ~
If you are interested in the story of the Broughton Archipelago...look for these books on BC Ferries, independent BC bookstores, Billy's Museum or at SeaRose Studio near Echo Bay.
Colour the British Columbia Coast takes you to the southern Gulf islands, Pacific Rim park, the Broughton Archipelago and up the central coast to beautiful Haida Gwaii, featuring the people and places of our remarkable land/seascape. Drawings are printed on good quality paper for colouring or painting, each with a tear-out strip so you can mount or hang your picture. To the left of each drawing a short description of the scene, a book title or internet site offers more information about the topic. An Artist's Tip on each page too, which makes this book a whole lot more than just another colouring book! Retailing at $20.00, Colour the British Columbia Coast promises a lot of enjoyable creative time....
Read Bill Proctor and Yvonne's enduring classic of the history, people and places of the Broughton Archipelago - Full Moon Flood Tide - now a BC Classic with 10,000 copies sold! Tide Rips and Back Eddies continues the tradition and offers an in-depth portrait of Blackfish Sound and more coastal history and traditions.
In Drawn to Sea, Yvonne creates stunning, lyrical word pictures of her home in the Broughton Archipelago. Making the most of the tools available, from paintbrush to chainsaw, she has flourished in this remote area, carving out a home and a career in a place far from just about everyone.
Available in your local bookstore, online or through Yvonne
copyright © Caitlin Press 2013. http://caitlin-press.com/our-books/drawn-to-sea/
'Murder Rides A Gale Force Wind', Yvonne's new novel is well underway and (hopefully) ready for publication in 2019. Will keep you posted!
As I become a 'mature' artist, people who purchased paintings from me twenty and thirty years ago are aging into smaller homes and reducing their possessions. I've had a few interesting communications from individuals who have purchased my art 'second-hand' or inquired about the insurance 'value' after inheriting an artwork from 'Grandma'. I've even been offered the opportunity to re-purchase paintings sold long ago, and this is one of them.
Thus, this plein air watercolour came back into my possession, bringing with it the powerful and beautiful memories of my painting workshop in Avignon, France in 1985, when I was thirty-two years old. After boarding the TGV (tay-jhay-vay) from Avignon to Paris, I traveled from Paris to Monet's garden at Giverney, the artist's mecca. Sitting by the shore of Monet's pond, painting the waterlilies he had nurtured and celebrated in his inimitable style inspired me - forever. Is there a better way to create beauty than to grow a garden and then to paint it? As I reflect on my life and painting history, it is clear this journey was an inspirational and an exalting high-light in my life. I knew it then, and I was not wrong; it remains true to this day.
Thus, this plein air watercolour came back into my possession, bringing with it the powerful and beautiful memories of my painting workshop in Avignon, France in 1985, when I was thirty-two years old. After boarding the TGV (tay-jhay-vay) from Avignon to Paris, I traveled from Paris to Monet's garden at Giverney, the artist's mecca. Sitting by the shore of Monet's pond, painting the waterlilies he had nurtured and celebrated in his inimitable style inspired me - forever. Is there a better way to create beauty than to grow a garden and then to paint it? As I reflect on my life and painting history, it is clear this journey was an inspirational and an exalting high-light in my life. I knew it then, and I was not wrong; it remains true to this day.
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Colour the British Columbia Coast I am so happy to share that my adult (and kids!) colouring book has been very successful and is still available in independent book stores. I love it when people send me drawings they have coloured and tell me what it meant to them. Contact me anytime for signed copies, or come by for a studio visit..... |
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You can order Drawn to Sea, Full Moon Flood Tide and Tide Rips and Back Eddies
(each 25.00) or Colour the British Columbia Coast (20.00) from me, see contact
page or email me...searosestudio@hotmail.com
A beautiful video was made at Nanaimo North
Library, by Derek Johnstone of Shaw TV,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHSNFD1atfg&feature=youtu.be&list=PLRSwDpSO92L18I9BBNULrpkIdR4pfnpQK
