It’s show time! I’m very pleased to announce that my latest Circle, Pastoral Variation on the Themes of Love, will be exhibited at the 2010 Sooke Fine Arts Show, July 24 to August 2, 2010.
Pastoral Variation was one of 370 works chosen out of a total of 1,254 pieces submitted by artists from Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. We had an exciting line-up of jurors for this year’s show: Jeffrey Spalding, Director and Chief Curator of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts; Diane Farris, Owner of the Diane Farris Gallery in Vancouver; and John Luna, Instructor at the Vancouver Island School of Art and the University of Victoria, and a painter, writer and curator.
The painting was a year in the making and portrays a visit that Patty and I made to Avebury, in Wiltshire, England, on an absolutely beautiful day in late September 2007. We were preparing to be wed and celebrated our upcoming nuptials by spending time at the Avebury Henge, thought to be an old marriage ceremonial site, and nearby West Kennet long barrow. Between the two is Silbury Hill, built around 2500 BC and the largest manmade prehistoric mound in Europe. This Circle ties together a place that is very dear to my heart with the themes of love and the interconnectedness of all things.
If you’re in or around Victoria and Sooke at the end of July, we hope you’ll come out to the Sooke Fine Arts Show to see the painting and the work of many other fine BC artists.
2010 Sooke fine Arts Show:
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at the SEAPARC Leisure Complex, at 2168 Phillips Road in Sooke, BC
- Saturday, July 24th to Sunday August 1st, from 10 am to 8 pm
- Monday, August 2nd, from 10 am to 6 pm.
Admission is $8 for a one-day pass ($7 for seniors) or $15 for a Show Pass.
The show also features a shop where artists sell originals and reproductions priced at under $100. Lovesong cards will be available there.
For more information, please visit www.sookefinearts.com.
Gallery
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- Silbury Hill at Avebury, Wiltshire
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- Pastoral Variation - original drawings
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- Detail from Pastoral Variation on the Themes of Love
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- Lee and Pastoral in October 2009
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- Pastoral Variation in February 2010
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- Lee and Pastoral in May 2010
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- Lee and sheep in May 2010
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- Lee and sheep in September 2007 at the Avebury Henge
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- Lee & Patty at Avebury
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- The finished work
YAHHHH Lee! I am so happy for you! Congratulations on making the show, you so deserve it! The painting looks like it’s another beauty and we hope to make it down to see it in the flesh.
lots of love to you and Patty
Tina and Patty
We knew it! Congratulations Lee! Patty too!
Would so love to be there to visit this show…
cheers & hugs,
Dale & Joan
What a glorious tribute to love and beauty. Congratulations on your lives together, your painting and the joy this creation brings to everyone!
Melody
Hi Patty,
that’s a great news. I never have a chance to visite the Sooke Fine Arts Show yet, but I should check out this weekend.
Felicitations a M. Lee
Cheers
Well done, Lee. What a beautiful painting, and a very unique concept. We are glad to see photos of the work in progress and the final piece. Take photos at the show!
Oh yeah…
I remeber the stone, you said it looked like a ?
The painting looks amazing, such depth, it’s like the sky and land share the universe in the way they are intended to, phew!
Hey Lee, when I see you painting these intricate brush strokes it makes me wonder how I ever had a “normal conversation with you”. I loves ya and Patty gazilions and oh my wouldn’t it be great to see your painting exhibited but alas, not this time. xxxxxxx and more xxxxxxx. How much? tsip
Dearest Patty and Lee,
Beautiful work, as always. Truly inspired by love!
Love and light,
Cousin Joanne
Thanks everyone, for all your comments and support. Friday night was opening night and what an elegant, inspiring, comfortable and beautiful show. The folks at the Sooke Fine Arts Society have mustered an army of volunteers and a huge amount of energy to make this such a success for many artists. If you’re in the area of South Vancouver Island, we highly recommend a visit.
Love, Lee & Patty
It is tremendously exciting to see your progress from month to month … such a big circle painting filled with intense images of your love of life and Patty. Ely sends his love as do I. Hope to see it in real life soon.
Joan