The Seymour Art Gallery, a community gallery here in North Vancouver hosts an annual exhibition called “Start With Art,” which is geared especially for children. Artists from the community are invited to exhibit small scale art works that are displayed at
Michelle and I enjoy perusing interior design magazines and watching TV shows of same. I get a giggle when a designer enthuses on how they have included a flower vase into the space and include it under the category of
I met Elisabeth Sommerville almost 30 years ago when she was a graphic designer. She created my stationary and and my 1987 Faces & Figures exhibition poster and invitation. In 1995, she segued from graphic design to fine art in
One of the visitors to the gallery made a comment during my recent 30th Anniversary Studio Show that I just had to address. She was referring to my collection of figure drawings on the gallery walls and said, “I know
One of my patrons brought her school age granddaughter to the gallery to choose a sculpture for herself. I was flattered that both found my work worthy of their time, and I always welcome an opportunity to share my sculpture
Industrial designer, Ernest McCrank attended my Studio Show last December and after admiring one of my sculptures, remarked to me that he was fascinated by the subsurface scattering he observed. I had never heard of this scientific term and asked
In the fall of 2010, I received a commission to do a portrait of a patron’s girlfriend in the attitude of an ancient Roman marble statue. The only caveat was that the sculpture was to be 18” tall. I am not
By Michelle Binkley Rainer Maria Rilke was an Austrian poet who lived from 1875 to 1926. Often referred to as the most significant of German language poets, his writing has often been a place of solace, gritty honesty and baseline truth. Rilke's
A collector came by the other day to pick up a piece he had recently purchased at our Studio Show. It was a 12" square charcoal of a nude with her back turned toward the viewer - strong lines and
An interesting note about photographing sculpture: When using a contrasting background colour to the subject, the eye is initially drawn to the profile shape of the sculpture. Then the viewer immediately begins to appreciate the composition within the profile. The visual