Masterpiece in Mexico

         I recently spent a week in Los Cabos with my husband and two other couples who are very good friends of ours. We enjoyed a relaxing and extremely hot week by the Sea of Cortes. Thursday evening was spent strolling through the plaza in downtown Cabos where several artisans had set up displays. A painting of a sailboat in rich, vivid colours caught my eye. I thought about it over dinner and then rushed back to the square just as the artist, Isabella Hernandez, was packing up her works. She and I are pictured here holding the original acrylic painting that I bought from her that night.

Leslie Cartwright and Isabella Hernandez

Art

Retreat

2016 

Mount

Rundle 

and 

Poppy

Fairmont

Hot 

Springs

Resort

  

           Thank you to all the wonderful and creative ladies that signed up for my workshops for the Fairmont Art Retreat. I enjoyed meeting everyone and thought your paintings were beautiful. It was lovely to spend the day up at the ski hill together. 

Good company, good food,

 and good views!  

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

Cake Art

On Saturday, July 2nd, I had a big BBQ in my backyard for my son Dawson. He graduated from D.T.S.S. this year and has always been my bookworm. I thought it fitting to make his graduation cake look like a few books. I used fondant to cover my cakes and then used some decorating gel to add the writing and some texture to the book covers. I was quite happy with the result.

 POPPY WORKSHOP

      On Saturday, May 14th a group of ladies joined me at the Headwater's Art Room at the Discovery Center in Canal Flats. We spent a full day together learning to paint in acrylics. Everyone painted from the same reference and yet each creation was different and unique. It was great to see individual styles emerge. 

     

 I would like to thank the Columbia Basin Trust for the grant that we received enabling our art society to offer workshops like these for our community.