Just three days ago, on December 27th, it was the fourth anniversary of Creative Potager. During this four years, the space has shifted and changed with the patterns and needs of my life. We have shared much haven’t we? Blogging is sometimes a little like a public journal. It captures more than we intend because of the comfortable conversational exchanges. It doesn’t capture all of course. An artist has to have a few secrets. But it does string together my intentions, my focus, the main events and the rhythms of my work. Much has happened in four years and much has remained the same.
I still take you on long walks where the winter afternoon light is fine.
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Places where the Surfbirds entertain with flashes of white above the water.
Mallard ducks can surprise as I climb over large sandstone rocks along the shore.
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Places where trees embrace moments that we may not have noticed otherwise.
Places on a small island off the southwest coast of Canada where the sea is ever-present.
Thank you for walking with me this past four years.
Thank you for joining me in the studio to render these impressions from our walks.
Together, we have mixed paint.
We have brushed it onto canvases and gessobord.
We have pushed it around with a palette knife.
In a effort to render those walks and those moments, where the heart and soul is most alive, I have worked hard both en plein air and in the studio. And you have been the most gracious, supportive and encouraging of company.
Tomorrow, I shall post on the Terrill Welch Artist website my personal selection of the best thirteen of 2013 paintings. There were over fifty finished works to consider so it wasn’t an easy task to choose just thirteen. However, without hesitation I can say it was a good year and a year you were so much a part of making it so.
Thank you! You are one of the finest of Monday morning blessing.
This not the end of course, just a pause for acknowledgment before we proceed into 2014 which is shaping up to be a truly grand adventure. More about this next week.
I have no question today so I ask instead – What question do you most want to answer before the end of 2013?
Please note: The last four photographs were taken by photographer Allison Mullally at a recent studio photography shoot.
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Creative Potager – Visit with painter and photographer Terrill Welch
From Mayne Island, British Columbia, Canada
For gallery and purchase information about Terrill’s photographs and paintings go to http://terrillwelchartist.com
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