Christmas Creations

2014

Tiles painted in alcohol inks and framed in old barn board.

I used masking fluid to leave the letters a brilliant white. Alcohol ink dries very fast and is tricky to paint with.

Challenging but fun!

The colours are vivid and bright.

    

NOW AVAILABLE

Great Ideas For Christmas Gifts

2015 Art Calendars

Desk Calendars $10.00 each

Wall Calendars $20.00 each

Magnetic Calendars $4.00 each

I will have a table at the craft/home business show in Canal Flats on Saturday, November 22nd 

from 10am to 3pm 

at the Canal Flats Civic Center.

8911 Dunn Street.

ALSO, I will be showing and selling on 

Saturday, November 29th at the 

Headwaters Winter Art Show and Sale

from 10am to 3pm 

at the Canal Flats Civic Center.

8911 Dunn Street.

SEE YOU THERE!

Master Artist Seminar
Hollyhock, Cortes Island, B.C.
October 17th - 22nd, 2014

       I have admired Robert Bateman's paintings since I was a little girl. So, it was a huge honour and pleasure to be able to participate in a 6 day seminar with him this October 17th to 22nd. The event took place at Hollyhock Adult Learning Center on Cortes Island.

       The grounds and buildings at Hollyhock are beautiful. It was a very unique and special place to visit.






       There was a lot of information to absorb in a relatively short time. There were 9 other students in my session, a very small and intimate group. I enjoyed their company and hope to keep in touch with them. Some people traveled from as far away as the Yukon, Toronto, Sussex-England, and California. Over-all the experience was amazing,(exclusive of the weather!)

CHEERS!

GLASS  WORKSHOP

I am very excited about this upcoming workshop in Canal Flats on 

October 4th and 5th, 2014. Darlene Madden will be our instructor 

( Inspiro Mixed Media).We will be creating 14" glass mandalas from 

stained and tempered glass, ceramics, tiles and embellishments. 

The class will start at 10am and run until 4pm on Saturday. 

Sunday's class begins at 10am and willl finish between 2 and 3pm. 

Cost for the class is $160.00 for non-members and $150.00 for 

members of the Headwaters Art Society. Participants must register 

through me and can reach me by email at cartwrightleslie@gmail.com 

or phone (250) 349 5305. We still have room for a couple more people.

 Don't miss out on this exciting and fun opportunity.

 Playing With Alcohol Inks

"Family Tree"

Alcohol Ink on 6" x 6" Ceramic Tile

I have noticed a lot of beautiful art being created with alcohol inks. 

The effects of alcohol inks on shiny surfaces gives the impression 

of stained glass. The ink dries incredibly fast, is bright and vibrant,

and is very smelly! (Use well ventilated area). It presents many challenges

because it is fast drying but also because it is a thin liquid ink. The

tendency is to run, spread across the surface. This makes the ink

rather difficult to paint with in a conventional manner.

I found the inks a lot of fun to work with and enjoyed the bright

imagery that I was able to create with them.

Columbia Basin Culture Tour

August 9th and 10th

10 am to 5 pm

The Headwaters Art Society 

5003 Hot Springs Road

Fairmont Hotsprings, B.C.

Demonstrations

Paintings, Jewelry, Books, Metal Art

Playing with Watercolours

Early in July while my best friend was visiting, I dug 

out my water colour paints and paper and blew the dust 

off of everything. I felt a bit rusty at first but quickly 

became engrossed with the picture you see above. 

Cheers!

Pynelogs 100th Anniversary Celebration

My grandmother and I pose in front of the 12" x 12" painting that I donated for the celebration. The painting depicted my Grandmother, Jean Cartwright (Kennedy) when she was a nurse at the Lady Elizabeth Memorial Hospital ( present day Pynelogs). 100 tickets were sold at $100.00 each and guaranteed that the ticket holder would leave with one of the canvases at the end of the night. My Grandmother was one of those ticket holders.

My father, Colin Cartwright and my Aunt Carol (Berube) were born at the Lady Elizabeth Memorial Hospital. 

The tickets were drawn randomly and a good friend of my Grandmothers, Helen Kipp, was drawn first. She was able to choose first from the gallery of 100 pieces of art. Helen rushed over to the painting of my Grandmother and staked her claim. She then turned to us and said that she was giving the painting to my Grandmother. She said that she thought it should stay in the family. What a beautiful and generous thing to do!

Myself and Helen Kipp at Pynelogs on July 19th, 2014

A glimpse into the past.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Pynelogs in 

Invermere, B.C. It is presently the cultural hub of the 

Columbia Valley. In years past it was used as a 

hospital and a care home for the mentally disabled and 

the elderly. Pictured below is my grandmother, 

Jean Cartwright, she was a nurse at the Lady 

Elizabeth Memorial Hospital (Pynelogs). 

I decided to paint a portion of this photo 

as my donation to the 100 years celebration.

This 12" x 12" canvas will be one of a hundred original 

pieces of art that will be drawn by ticket holders during

the celebrations at Pynelogs on Saturday, July 19th, 2014. 

Hope to see you there for wine, music 

and dancing under the stars!

Cheers!

"THE ROAD NOT TAKEN"

12" x 24" Acrylic on Canvas

I finished this autumn scene of poplar trees just in time to display it at the Headwaters Art Show at Pynelogs in Invermere last week.

The title is from the Robert Frost poem by the same name.

The reception was a lot of fun and many artists and patrons

were in attendance. You still have time to see our exhibit! 

The show runs until Saturday, June 7th, 2014.

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as long as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth"

ARTIST OPENING EVENT

Wednesday May 28th from 7pm to 9pm

PYNELOGS ART GALLERY

Featuring painters from 

Headwaters Art Society and Purcell Mountain Painters

PASTEL - ACRYLIC - MIXED MEDIA - WATERCOLOUR

Refreshments, Cash bar, Appetizers.

Exhibit runs from Tuesday May 27th to Sunday June 8th

Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11pm to 4pm

"On Umber Wings"  

4" x 4" Acrylic on Tile

POSTCARDS

My husband made this stand for my post cards out of

old barn board. The post cards I printed are of local

views and wildlife in our valley. They are available at 

the Canal Flats Family Pantry for $1.50 each.

P.S. - The Headwaters Art Society is exhibiting at Pynelogs, in Invermere next week. I will have three new pieces for display as well as 5 of my 4" x 4" tiles. Join me on Wednesday evening from 6:00pm to 9:00pm for the opening night.

Cheers!

A flash of harmless lightning,

A mist of rainbow dyes,

The burnished sunbeams brightening,

From flower to flower he flies.

- John Tabb -

This morning I found a hummingbird who had struggled against a screen 

on my back deck. His beak was caught halfway through it and he was

laying on the ledge exhausted. I picked him up and held him in my hands

while I sat in the sun with my 9 year old son, Jonah. After about 25 minutes, and much to our delight and relief, this little male hummingbird flew from my hand in a blur. 

"SUNFLOWER"

4" x 4" Acrylic on Tile

Keep your face to the sunshine

and you will never see the shadows.

It's what sunflowers do.

- Hellen Keller -

"Good Day For Ducks!"

April showers have been plentiful. These ducks in Cranbrook are not deterred however. They aren't stressed in the least about the weather. They take it all in stride, like water off a duck's back! :)

Come one, come all!

On Saturday, May 3rd 2014 I will be 

participating in the Art Fair at Cranbrook 

Photo. I will be among 10 other artists 

who will be demonstrating techniques

that day. Please stop by for a refreshment

and a chat. Artists will have sign up sheets

 for workshops and lessons.

Hope to see you there. Cheers!

"DAISY"

4" x 4" Acrylic on Ceramic Tile

Daisies infinite, Uplift in praise, 

their little growing hands, 

O'er every hill that under heaven expands.

Ebenezer Elliott ("The Corn Law Rhymer")

"FROST"

4" x 4" Acrylic on Ceramic Tile

My husband built our house nearly 8 years ago. We still have many 4" x 4"

tiles that we never used in our kitchen. I thought I would try applying gesso

and then painting a little scene on one. I found this leaf in my yard that was

frozen on the top of some ice and touched with frost at the edges. It was fun 

to do something so small and relatively quick for a painting.

 CHOCOLATE  PASTE  ROSES

On Friday, March 28th, my mother-in-law

celebrated her 65th birthday. I decided to make 

a chocolate paste recipe that I'd seen on Pinterest.

Below are my roses and leaves that I'd made from 

my heart shaped cookie cutter.

I traced my cake pans onto a large sheet of sketching paper so that I could practice making my arrangement.

I used a small brush and painted the words onto the 

cut-outs using a blue food colouring.

I made an extra little cake just in case!

"Dutch Creek Gold"

8" x 24" Acrylic on Cradled Panel

It took quite awhile for me to complete this painting. I didn't like it for the longest time, there was something missing. Then I decided to put an eagle into the composition and this provided the motivation needed to complete my latest work. I will have this piece for display and sale at Eagle Ranch Resort on Saturday, March 29th, 2014 for the WAM! event.  WINE, MUSIC & ART! 

Cheers!

Old man winter has worn out his welcome
at my house. Time to get on with the 
business of birds, blossoms and blooms! 

                            Cheers!