The POLES are in my head!

I'm about to be part of a really exciting public art initiative on Gabriola Island- painting selected hydro poles, yes we're bringing colour to the streets.  I was ecstatic to be one of the artists selected by the Gabriola Arts Council to participate in this project, and even better yet is the company I'm in- Melinda Wilde, Derrill Shuttleworth and Clint McC.
So now the fun begins, as i drive/walk/cycle around my neighbourhood all I can think about is the hydro poles.  The plan (as I know it) is that we will paint 3-4 poles in a distinct way that represents our neighbourhood. We may be using fish in my area (tyee, coho, blueback are just a few names of the local roads), so tonight I thought I'd just have fun doing up a few sketches and mock designs.
I'm not sure how they'll go over, but they are just ideas at this point and the Island meeting is on monday night and is open to all.  If you have any suggestions, comments, ideas please throw them at me.  In the meantime, I'm having fun imagining the possibilities.
And I won't even tell you what my comrades are planning for the group piece this saturday by the post office, you'll want to check it out as we kick off the "festival of the arts".

A little painting to remember: whispers of love

"Whispers at the door. where love is"

It's taken me a little longer to do this piece for my Aunt Lilli than I intended, it was a struggle just to start. I wanted to send her a little painting for her to remember and celebrate her brother (my father), today's his birthday and I know were all missing him a lot. I used a lot of matte medium, fluid acrylics, white jelly roll pens, stamps, music sheets, dictionary definitions and parts from my dads obituary to create this piece that I hope she see's as a celebration of a beautiful man.

Look what a dollar buys !

On Friday my daughter and 4 of her friends are coming over to kick start "friendship fridays", i've decided to take Bianca out of school one day a week and allow her a chance to try out a new experience -with some of her friends that are home schooled.  
I thought they may want to write about their experience, or have a little journal, a place to write, draw and create.  So I went to the GIRO (Gabriola Island Recycling Organization) and picked up these old books for 5 for $1.  They'll transform them with a little Gesso and a lot of creativity into journals.
Apparently if we gesso the inside pages, maybe saving a "special" word from the page, and put wax paper between them as they dry, we should have a few very unique journals.  I'll update you as the transformation of these books into journals happens.