Tag: challange
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Finding Bravery!
Hello, I thought it was time I got caught up. Where to start…. You might remember the posts I send out about up coming art shows that you could maybe challenge yourself with and enter? Well I did exactly that, I send works out into the big world and hoped for the best. Now I…
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My Newest Challenge ‘Hope’
Some of you may have heard about a thing called ‘The Sketch Book Project’. It’s a group of people who are putting together a visual library for anyone who would like to share their self expression. So naturally… I signed up! At first I thought how hard would it be to fill a little 32…
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Updates on a Few Things.
You may remember in my last post ‘One Print at a Time’. My studio mates and I had set out personal goals for our show and sale. Let me start off by saying, Julia Trops made her goal! Julia needed enough money to get to Italy, and to be able to do an artist residence…
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Tears, Soap Stone and a New Lesson in Patiance
Hello Everyone, As of the last month I have been inspired to attempt a little soap stone carving. A few of my artist friends have expressed the meditative qualities of the process,and how beautiful and amazing it made them feel. So naturally I too would like to experience this. So I got a stone and…
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Artwalk Resonates
Although I was not at Artwalk this Sunday, my mind was still digesting all the wonderful works that I saw as well as all the information that was presented to me. This is a two day event and I was only there for one of the days and all I can say is WOW. The…
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Adventures at Artwalk
My First day at Okanagans Lake country Artwalk was amazing. Three years back, I belonged to the Night Mode Gallery, and I got to show a few works at artwalk. This year was different because this was my first time displaying as an solo artist. The experience that I had today in comparison to last…
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New Fall Line Up!
Printmaking with Trina Ganson Classes offered at Studio 113 in Kelowna’s Rotary Centre of the Arts Soul Drawing Soul drawing is a simple yet profound printmaking process that creates an image through touch. Oil based paints and inks are applied to a plexi or glass or surface then transferred to rice paper resulting in a…
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Work Space – Studio 113
WORK SPACE- STUDIO 113 This month the the Galeria, the showcases and the main Atrium of the Rotary Center for the Arts will be filled with work from the artists of STUDIO 113. JULIA TROPS, TRINA GANSON, ANGELA BONTEN, and LAURI COPEMAN explore their artistic expression independent of each other — each pursuing different…
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Studio Happenings and My Art of Gardening
So I am trying to be gardener. Each year I try a few more plants both on the patio and in the ground. This year my friend has given me a Gypsy Pepper plant, Yellow Tomato, and Alpine Strawberries. Yummy! I am so excited to see if these little guys will provide me with some…
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A New Process to Spark New Ideas
Last Friday I joined a few ladies for my first ever Zandoodle night. Yes I said ZAN doodle! To me it seems like a shortened description for zangy doodles. This form of art practice was loosening, rhythmic and a great way to just try stuff out. As a printmaker I am always attracted to process…
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