Getting Ready For The Crawl

Some of my work from current shows.

Handed Over

Spent the day with accountants, notaries, bankers and delivered the final payment for my gallery and new home in Wells, B.C.

The day started with me throwing a full Irish fit at Tim (the wrong target because his fits always equal mine!), losing my I.D., spilling the coffee and generally falling apart until just the right time where I actually appeared competent and highly organized.

The deed took less than one hour.

The money has now been transfered to the notary. All of it!

Just a few more days and the keys are mine! All mine!

Everything is just fine now...Tim and I are half skiffed drinking celebratory champaigne.

Love List

1. Raspberries from my garden
2. Red shoes
3. The smell of saddle soap and Murphy's oil
4. Fall wind
5. Big cuddly men
6. Silver rings
7. Rice paper and new charcoal
8. Amber
9. White blond children
10. Rusty tools
11. Lichen
12. Bone
13. Red bookshelves
14. Old mirrors with cracking silver
15. Boxes of all sorts
16. Birds
17. Bees
18. The combination of both
19. Rusted barb wire
20. Old woman's voices
21. Chai and Baileys
22. Solo dancers
23. Raven calls
24. Mouth organs
25. Wasp paper
26. Occupyers
27. Flannel nighties and ice cold rooms
28. Ear phoned singers walking down the street
29. Teal
30. Bells
31. Wells
32. Shivers
33. The smell of sweaty horses
34. Clean white sheets
35. Libraries
36. The Marais neighbourhood in Paris
37. Maps
38. Packed suitcases
39. Feathers
40. Rude teenagers

Details, Details, Details

Curator Krisztina Egyed and I sharing a cuddle.


My little corner of the Into The Woods show in the S.A.C. Gallery


Filming "Into The Woods" profile with Ivan Woods, me and Krisztina Egyed at S.A.C. in Squamish




The last few weeks have been so busy. I have learned so much about purchasing a Northern home and gallery. I have moved from excitement, determination, terror, certainty and a calm hopefulness. Tim is so very on board this time and is excited about the changes.

I have wanted to be in Wells for the last 7 years. It took two to go up there and set up the first two galleries. A huge learning curve. I have a good idea about what I am getting myself into.

The plan is to have the gallery up and running by the first week in June. It requires very little work to get it going because the space has been a functioning gallery before.

In the meantime life continues for me in Vancouver. Tim has decided to move home and work on his contract from the Vancouver office. He should be home by the end of November. The CRAWL is my next activity.

I spent the most beautiful day yesterday in Squamish filming another artist profile with Ivan Hughes. There were a collection of artists there all talking about themselves and the work they do. It is for one of the shows called Into the Woods at the Squamish Arts Building Gallery. A really fabulous show. The work will be shown in the CRAWL and then move to the ARTISAN Gallery in Squamish.

We stopped off at the Britannia Beach Mining Museum and checked out my show UNEARTHED.
It looked cared for. I spoke with one of the miners and got really honest feedback which thrilled me. It will be up until November 5th.

Wells Gallery

I have spent the last few weeks focusing on purchasing my new gallery and home in Wells, B.C. Canada.

There is so much to do but I am flying to Wells in the morning to do an inspection on the building and to learn how it works. Am also taking part in the Arts As A Business Conference organized by Island Mountain Arts for the weekend.

Decided not to call it the Outhouse Gallery.

Offer Accepted!

I will be the owner of an art retreat and gallery on November 1, 2011. They accepted my modest offer.

Making It Happen

I have gone and done it!

Today I made an offer on a gallery and house in Wells, B.C. It was the Art Rush Gallery which has now moved to Kimberly. I know it very well and have always liked it. I love being in Wells. The people, the location, the beautiful little town, the art school and the pub all thrill me to pieces.

I have now spent enough time there to become attached. Very attached! I ran a gallery up there two years ago. Every day part of my day is spent fantasizing about going back.

SO I pulled together my pennies and learned to read contracts and talk to banks and notaries. My brilliant husband usually does this. But he is buried under work once again and still in the North.

The next few days will reveal what will happen. In the meantime almost everyone in Wells has contacted me to give advice and wish me luck. Old friends and new friends are offering support and encouragement. I am pouring over paint palettes and finding boxes to pack.

Trust me...I am way to Irish to count chickens before they hatch. But it looks really good.
And I feel sure it is what I really, really want!