Art Hub - TBD
Medium: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawing, Ceramics
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Facebook: @thursdayartgroup
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Email: shannonrondeau@shaw.ca
The Thursday Art Group, Bowen Island, BC has been meeting and creating for over 50 years. Meeting at Collins Hall, Bowen Island, weekly on Thursdays from 930 to 12:30. We welcome new members so if you are a creative who likes to share your ideas and generate new ones ...please stop by and see what we are all about. You can reach us at the above email. We are excited to be part of the Here's Bowen Arts Tour 2024. (See Biographies of Artists Below photos.)
This year we will be selling Bronze Sculpture, Ceramics, Paintings and more!
Greta Smith:
I have no formal art training but have attended many workshops and classes
ranging from watercolour, acrylic & encaustic to mixed media. A favorite medium is encaustic, but unfortunately I do not have a space that I can melt and fuse wax in winter so have to patiently await warm summer days.
More recently I have been experimenting with fabric dyeing using plants from my garden which also requires fine weather and an abundance of blooms and foliage. In the winter I create art using mixed media and acrylics.
I retired to Bowen Island and volunteered for a number of different organizations – The Bowen Island Garden Club,
The Bowen Island Arts Council and more.
I spent many years volunteering as chair of the Visual Arts Committee and Board Member of BIAC (now The Hearth). I am proud to have been a member of the committee that built our new Arts Council Building and Library Extension. Currently, I enjoy volunteering with the Friends of the Library, gardening and connecting with the Thursday Art Group Creatives.
For more information please feel free to contact me at gretasmith@shaw.ca
Leslie Stubbs:
Artist’s Statement for Leslie Stubbs
Leslie Stubbs was born in Vancouver and has lived on Bowen Island since 1988. She has been creative all her life, falling in love with photography at a very early age. Painting, writing, dancing, and doing clay work, are some of her other creative passions. Before retiring on our beautiful island, Leslie commuted to the mainland for her work in the communications industry.
The beauty of the natural landscape has inspired Leslie to paint to make cards from her photos to share this beauty with everyone. She has sold her landscape, nature (don’t forget the dahlias!) and view photo cards out of Cates Pharmacy and other locations since 2009.
For the Here’s Bowen Art Tour show Leslie will display several of her original oil paintings for the first time and have prints and cards of these for sale. Photo cards featuring Bowen Island and surrounding views will be included, along with her classic dahlia cards and prints of favourite card images. Some clay pieces reflecting our beautiful surroundings will also be on display.
Leslie lives with her husband, corgi and little white cat in her home with a stunning view of Queen Charlotte Channel and Howe Sound.
Marie Neys :
When On Bowen Island, you will find Marie walking the Cape Sea Walk, down on the Beaches of Tunstall Bay and meandering the many trails that are inland amongst the towering cedars, hemlock and Douglas fir.
Marie works in Acrylics & Oils. Beginning with thin layers to create a blended, watercolour effect, transitioning to thick impasto strokes with smaller brushes or palette knives. Most paintings are created Ala Prima (in one session) so I work fast to capture the moment/mood. Her Palette of Phthalo Blue, Transparent Red Iron Oxide, Sap Green, etc. meld to create the art rich in hue and texture.
Grace Wong:
Shannon Rondeau:
