It is a very snowy day here in Calgary. A quick outing this morning, and I’ve decided that the roads are such that I’m going to bunker down, drink hot coffee (which I never do in the afternoon), and do a bit of nesting.
In looking over my archives, I realized that I didn’t get around to writing about a lovely studio visit that I shared with Janet Beare in Belleville, Ontario last summer. I was blessed to have spent a summer painting poetry in my father’s apartment and to have exhibited a show for the Lisa Morris and Peter Paylor’s Artist and Artisans Studio and Gallery. Through this experience, I had the chance to meet and enjoy the company of the community artists and musicians who are creating work in their home studios, and for the most part, exploring media and the arts with wild abandon.
Over the years, I have enjoyed conversation and support in a wide circle of female artists.
I really did appreciate the dialogue with Janet, one beautiful summer’s day, in her home studio just off Farley Ave. Thank you, Janet for the trust and fun of sharing your studio space!
Janet has experimented in a variety of media and her subjects range from purely non-objective colour/textural studies to representational works in both water colour and acrylics. Don’t you think it’s fun to explore other artist’s spaces? I like the intimacy and personality of these spaces…one of the reasons I really pleasure in Wendy Lee’s Love Art in Calgary Tours.
I hope my readers will enjoy exploring Janet’s space and thank you for the warm welcome of a visiting artist in your sacred home of creativity!
Some people like her work, some people don’t. I really really love Tracey Emin’s work, first seeing it during La Biennale de Venezia when my daughter and I traveled to Venice years ago. Tracey’s early work enveloped a process of personal healing and it has evolved tremendously through the years. I find it deep, meaningful and reflective of women’s issues in the world.
I like this little film because of the accessibility to Tracey’s space.