A Brush with Life - Issue #78 Steady As She Goes

As we sail along in our ship of life and work through recent times, it is reassuring to be able to refrain that everything is “steady as she goes!” There are neither storms nor drought impacting the seas of our daily lives or the gallery overall. We are traveling at a swift clip and making adjustments for unexpected events, while the studio and plein air painting sessions continue. This mix between our personal lives and the Terrill Welch Gallery are as harmonized as incoming and outgoing tides. In any meaningful way, one aspect cannot proceed without the other. This is true for our artists… and for our fans and art collectors too, yes? Are you finding it so as well? While this is not an easy time in our global history for sure, we seem to be collectively on course and navigating our way to safer ports. We hope to give you a reprieve from any personal struggles and take you on an art adventure that will spark your imagination and raise your spirits! This issue has been completed while under full sail and yet, it should feel rather relaxed as if crossing open waters under a soft breeze with seasoned sailors. Enjoy!

This past two weeks has seen a smaller Arbutus tree painting completed and ready for sharing…

“Morning Gifts at Saint John Point” by Terrill Welch, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches.

Artist notes: It is morning and the winter sun has just come around on the left. Navy Channel is calm and the low warm light feels like it will hang draped over the Arbutus tree for eternity. Maybe we shall stay right here for a while.

The shifting mood of the southwest coast of Canada invites an expressive fluid painterly brush. Bill Hibberd and Terrill Welch are both British Columbia landscape painters willing to accept this invitation. The Terrill Welch Gallery is pleased to bring you these ten oil paintings in our shared two artist online exclusive show that is closing on May 19th.

Following this show, Bill Hibberd is going to strike out more prominently on his own. If you wish to stay in touch and follow his work, let us know and we can assist with pointing you in the right direction. The Terrill Welch Gallery would like to thank Bill for joining us for this two artist show. Bill is an absolute pleasure to work with and we wish him every success in future endeavours!

Tomorrow, 10:00 PST May 15, 2021 - Sign Up For A Conversation with Artist Elena Maslova-Levin who currently has a solo show in the Terrill Welch Gallery. Fourteen Shades of Green: the dance of life in every blade of grass”. More information at: 

Though the gallery has ongoing online exclusive show and physical gallery shows, sometime it is just fun to browse through all of the listed available works and choose a theme to explore. Can you can guess the theme question that has us selecting these paintings?

It is…. what is the sensual and elegant significance of a curve? Now, if you wish, go back and look at the selected paintings again. Do any answers come to mind for this theme question?

When we looked at the paintings and asked this question, we came away with sense of awe for the strength and resilience in curves and how they can give way without receding or losing their balance. What about you? Anything else?

 I am Reading “Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest” By Suzanne Simard. The book was recently reviewed in The Tyee and it is as good an article as any to rea what the book is about. Suzanne Simard skillfully weaves memoir and science together in such a way that I slip easily into her world to explore the familiar forest with refreshed understanding. I think there might be many of you who will enjoy this newly released book.

With heartfelt hope we wish you all the best until our next issue. We wish you time to dream, time to play, time with those close to you and time to take in the beauty of our natural world as you sail your own ship through your daily life.

Make sure you take time for small pleasures.

All the best until then! Terrill 👩‍🎨🎨❤️