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When the daffodils bloom I often feel compelled
to gather an armful and arrange them in blue,
or blue and white vases all over the house. I love
to include other special treasures into the floral
'still life'. In this case the yellow perfume bottle
was found on the beach in the Burdwood Group
by Bill P. and gifted to me. Other beach findings
include various shells and the beautiful beads
traded between the Indigenous residents of the
area and the European explorers. Made in the
glass capital of the world, Venice, their variety
and decorativeness delight us all. The bear claw,
as always, a strong symbol of wilderness and the
need to cherish and preserve it.
New Watercolour~ April 2019 Sedimentary
pigments on Saunders cold-pressed paper. Check
out the Art Retreat and book yours to learn about
watercolour, acrylic painting or the sensuous
pleasure of pottery.
Watercolour unframed ~ 11 x 14 $750
Email or call me to secure this painting or inquire about another.
WHITE ROCK LIBRARY PRESENTATION
June 1- 28 (please note date change) 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.
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! (Update, am beginning the third draft...)
When the daffodils bloom I often feel compelled
to gather an armful and arrange them in blue,
or blue and white vases all over the house. I love
to include other special treasures into the floral
'still life'. In this case the yellow perfume bottle
was found on the beach in the Burdwood Group
by Bill P. and gifted to me. Other beach findings
include various shells and the beautiful beads
traded between the Indigenous residents of the
area and the European explorers. Made in the
glass capital of the world, Venice, their variety
and decorativeness delight us all. The bear claw,
as always, a strong symbol of wilderness and the
need to cherish and preserve it.
New Watercolour~ April 2019 Sedimentary
pigments on Saunders cold-pressed paper. Check
out the Art Retreat and book yours to learn about
watercolour, acrylic painting or the sensuous
pleasure of pottery.
Watercolour unframed ~ 11 x 14 $750
Email or call me to secure this painting or inquire about another.
WHITE ROCK LIBRARY PRESENTATION
June 1- 28 (please note date change) 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.
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! (Update, am beginning the third draft...)
Many moons ago, when I was seventeen my family
lived near Crescent Beach. I would walk down 24th
Ave and then down Crescent Road to the beach and
flirt with the lifeguards. Sitting in this waterfront cafe
just at closing with the brilliant sun illuminating the
figures, and the sea just a burnished shimmer of
light in the distance always brings me to that long-
ago place where almost everything was 'future'.
A small acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12, painted partly
from a sketch, partly memory, the high warm key
and the curves of the chair shapes further the
nostalgia and luminosity I was after.....
Framed $550.00
lived near Crescent Beach. I would walk down 24th
Ave and then down Crescent Road to the beach and
flirt with the lifeguards. Sitting in this waterfront cafe
just at closing with the brilliant sun illuminating the
figures, and the sea just a burnished shimmer of
light in the distance always brings me to that long-
ago place where almost everything was 'future'.
A small acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12, painted partly
from a sketch, partly memory, the high warm key
and the curves of the chair shapes further the
nostalgia and luminosity I was after.....
Framed $550.00
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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
