Art Journaling with

Headwaters Art Society

Paint Nights Are Back!

We will be art journaling twice a month starting in 

November in the Headwaters Art Room.

Join us for an open house to discuss the process of art journaling, 

enjoy a beverage and see samples and supplies.

Mixed media, collage, paints, pencils and much more......

Much, much more than just an old diary entry!

Registration and information

Thursday, November 7th, 2019

7:00pm to 9:00pm

Headwaters Art Room, 8866 Grainger Road

Costs are minimal, members are always subsidized for supplies

 and instructor fees. Find out more about our membership and events.

Contact Leslie Cartwright @

(250) 349 - 5305

cartwrightleslie@gmail.com

The Colour and the Shape

Weekend Workshop

featuring

Sam Millard

Headwaters Art Society

is proud to present

a weekend workshop with

Internationally Acclaimed Wildlife Artist

Terry Isaac

click here to see Terry's art

April 7th & 8th, 2018

Discovery Center, 8866 Grainger Road

Canal Flats, B.C.

Cost is $250.00

Includes;

-wine and cheese reception on

Friday, April 6th, 2018 from 7:00 - 9:00pm

at the Headwaters Art Room in 

Discovery Center

- lunches and snacks/refreshments for

Saturday and Sunday during workshop.

- instruction and demonstrations 

by Terry Isaac from 

9:00am to 5:00pm

Saturday and Sunday.

For more information and to register please contact

Leslie Cartwright @ cartwrightleslie@gmail.com

or phone (250) 349 5305

The Art Of Sleeping

Lately I have not been sleeping well. By that I mean that I wake at 3:00am and

toss and turn for the remainder of the night until I roll out of bed at 6:30am.  

I am not a good sleeper. 

I am beggining to think that there is an art to having a restful sleep, and that I do not 

posess any inherent talents for this art. During one of these episodes of insomnia that I 

experience, I thought I would doodle with my new pencil crayons. The lilac coloured rose 

below is the product of my early morning doodles yesterday. While it was nice to pass the 

time creating art, I am hoping that this phase of nocturnal drawing will pass.

Please scroll down to check out the info 

for a great workshop coming up!

CHEERS!

Cranbrook Photo Artist Catalogue

& Christmas Show

On Wednesday, November 30th, between 3:00pm and 7:00pm 

I will be one of seven artists featured in Cranbrook Photo's 

first ever art catalogue. 

There will be wine and cheese to celebrate during the meet and greet with 

my fellow artists. Please join us at Cranbrook Photo, 800 Cranbrook Street,

Cranbrook, B.C.

Here is a link to the formal invite on Cranbrook Photo's

Facebook page.

Cranbrook Photo Christmas Show

Cheers!

https://www.fairmonthotsprings.com/events-and-festivals/artist-retreat/

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!

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!

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!

"..These are a few of my favourite things.."

  

 Christmas DIY Crafts that have made my 

pinterest board @ cartwrightart on Pinterest.

On December 7th I will have new greeting cards available featuring the 

images above. I will display prints at the Headwater's Art Space in the 

Discovery Center here in Canal Flats. Come on out and enjoy a refreshment 

while doing some Christmas shopping. Hope to see you there!

On Sunday, November 3rd, 2013, the Headwater's Art group hosted a figure drawing session in the new art space at Discovery Center in Canal Flats. We had 9 people attend from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Paula Cravens began the session with some instruction and examples for our group. We did exercises in 1, 2, 5 and 10 minute sketches. Participants used pencil, pen, cante, paint and charcoal. The afternoon sped by and before we knew it, it was time to bid our gracious model goodbye and enjoy a coffee and chat with colleagues. We plan to hold another figure drawing session in the new year and I will post the information here on my blog. Cheers!

 

This past weekend I decided to set up
my own "Body Art Tattoo Parlor" on
my back deck. I used my airbrush and
my European body art paints to spray
these stencils onto my family and friends.
We had a lot of fun!

ART SHOW at PYNELOGS ART GALLERY

Headwaters Art Society &

Purcell Mountain Painters

May 14th to May 26th

Open Daily from 11 to 5 pm & Wednesday evenings till 9 pm

Come and Meet the Artists

ARTIST OPENING EVENT

Friday May 17th from 7 to 9 pm

Featuring the art from over 20 local Artists

Mixed Media, acrylic, watercolour, wood and more…

Red Tailed Hawk

WOOD BURNING

Years ago my grandmother gave me a wood burning tool

that had belonged to my grandfather. Recently, I created this

8 x 10 panel that shows a red tailed hawk perched on a tree

 branch. I plan to frame and display it at Pynelogs during the

Headwaters Art Society's show in May. The exhibit will take

place from May 14th to May 28th, 2013. The reception is being

 held on Friday, May 17th, 2013.

Hope to see you there!



Watercolour Fun

On Wednesday, March 6th, the Headwater's Art

Society met for an evening of watercolours led by

Paula Cravens. It has been years since I have played

with watercolours.  It was a nice change to be free

and loose with my brushes. This is one of two paintings

that I created that evening.