“Lighting new cigarettes, pouring more drinks. It has been a beautiful fight. Still is.” – Charles Bukowski
Tag: Gastown
Drawn Together Therapeutic Art Workshops
For more info or to host a workshop, contact me! DRAWN TOGETHER WORKSHOP SERIES with Katarina Thorsen: FULL DAY (6.5 hours) or 3 PARTS (2.5 hours each) In this therapeutic art workshop series, artist/author and art facilitator, Katarina Thorsen takes you through personal explorations of your Past, Present and Future through creative expression tools. Katarina creates…
Meeting Lyle. A conversation in China Marker.
I spent a wonderful afternoon in Gastown yesterday visiting with Lyle and some of his friends. It’s a nice exercise in trust-building to simply sit and sketch someone you have just met, and chat while you do it. I loved it. See Lyle on Mike McCardell: Thank you, Paul Marquis, for arranging the day! Update:…
Broken vintage doll as blank canvas. #art #inspiration #Gastown #Vancouver
I found this doll at Salmagundi West in Gastown yesterday and I adore it. I don’t know what it is about these curiosity shop treasures that totally inspire me. I plan to use this one as a canvas upon which to paint medieval landscapes with baby Frida Kahlo flying through. Stay tuned! In boys and…