2023 Program
DATES FOR 2023Venue: Windsor Park Pavilion
Time: Start time 11 am ; sharing / critiquing runs from 2 to 2:45 pm
March 7 & 14
VSC Show week
March 20 - 26 (all hands on deck!)
March 28 - no session due to Spring Break
April 4, 11, 18, 25
Thanks all!
Pat Hindmarch-Watson |
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Hello Everyone,
With our Annual Art Show now less than one month away, I’m sure you all are working toward your part in it – your paintings and your volunteer time. It’s promising to be a fantastic show, so thank you all for your creative energy. Our Show Director, Larry and his team are working hard for all of us to make this happen and I hope you all have the opportunity to let him know how appreciative you are of the time and effort that has gone into this major task.
Some dates to keep top of mind:
April 2 @ 5pm – The Show Wrap Up Party at Carnarvon Park Lawn Bowling Club – delicious pizza and cake, coffee/tea (cost covered in your entrance fee of $15/person) plus a cash bar. Please ensure you have signed up and in doing so will be attending as we are paying the facility by the number of people attending.
April 18 – VSC Executive meeting at 11 am at WPP
May 9 – AGM at Windsor Park Pavilion
looking forward to seeing you all there!
Gillian
VSC Show Team Contacts
VSC SD: Larry 250-595-5979 email pacwavecorp@Telus.net
Design Team: Agnes 250-598-8000 email agnesoosterhof@hotmail.com
HaulingTeam: Larry, as above
Intake Team: Christine 250-595-5979 email Gollner@gmail.com
Hanging Team: Terry 250-477-1906 email termcb@gmail.com
A number of volunteers are already actively involved and their names and contacts will be made available as we move forward.
EDITOR's NOTE: the topic of pricing one's art came up in our January 31 session, and a number of members referred to a useful website called The Painter's Keys, which can be found at https://painterskeys.com |
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Kathleen Metcalfe (1934-2022) and George Metcalfe (1932-2022)
Kathleen Metcalfe was a long-time member of the Victoria Sketch Club. She started painting in high school at St. Ann's Academy, encouraged by her art teacher. Kathleen said she thought that sometimes her paintings were more the work of the sister than of herself! Kathleen spent one year at the Vancouver School of Art. After that, her art was mainly on hold as she took time out to raise her two girls. In the seventies, she returned with a vengeance, taking her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Uvic. She joined the Sketch Club in 1992.
George was her faithful companion in all this, encouraging her every step of the way, as well as using his carpentry skills to make her easel and the frames for her paintings! He was also an enthusiastic attendee of the September Paint-Outs, where he made many enduring connections with the artists and their spouses.
There will be a memorial service and reception for them both on March 26 at Windsor Park Pavilion, 2451 Windsor Rd. Doors open at 1:00 pm, and the service starts at 1:30 pm. Please RSVP at hazelmouse@gmail.com |
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2023 Sessions
Windsor Park Pavilion |
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| We had a full house today, with 33+ attendees and as many paintings. Stephen Dickerson was present to offer critiques, and emphasized the importance of pre-planning, utilizing colour theory, counter-forms and geometry in painting. Members were very lucky to have cookies made by David Eldridge, son of Joan Eldridge! |
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| Another good turnout of members today as everyone turns their attention to framing our art for the annual March VSC show. Rand Harrison briefed us on the presentation and framing of our art, and Christine Gollner demonstrated how to label and identify individual pieces (see lower right image), with an eye to being as efficient as possible for the hanging committee. |
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VSC members had a successful day illustrating and writing our own chapbook with Avis Rasmussen, as well as getting ready for our Big Show!
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SNOW DAY! The day's session at WPP was postponed due to the mounds of snow that fell onto the southern tip of Vancouver Island.. however, that didn't stop some members from making the most of the weather. See below Joan Head's 'Watercolour Snow' study!
See you all next month! |
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History Corner
by John Lover |
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Shortly after the publication of our History Book in 2008, Bill Vallevand, who had done a wonderful job in formatting this work, received a welcome call from a friend who had just read the book. This friend reported that his ancestors were great friends of the artist Thomas Fripp and that he had inherited several Fripp paintings which he’d gladly loan for our Centennial exhibition at Maltwood.
 Thomas William Fripp was indeed a notable member of our Club and had cast a long shadow over the BC art scene in the early part of the twentieth century. He was born in London, England, in 1864 into a family of artists steeped in the romanticismof the British watercolour tradition. His grandfather, Nicholas Pocock, had founded the Royal Watercolour Society. Fripp studied at St. John's Wood Art School, continued his art studies in Italy and then attended the Royal Academy School in London from 1883 to 1890 under the guidance of his father.
He immigrated to British Columbia in 1893 and pursued life as a homesteader until 1904, when he moved to Vancouver to return to watercolour painting on a permanent basis. Initially, unable to make a living from art and as a keen photographer, he took work at local photographic studios to put food on the family table.
However, his passion for art undaunted and concerned at the lack of a focal point for artists in the region, he founded, along with others, including John Kyle and Emily Carr, the BC Society of Fine Arts, and served as its first president. By this time, he was arguably the leading painter in BC, and as his work was popular,  he was one of the first artists able to make a living from the sales of his pictures. He routinely exhibited with the BCSFA for the rest of his working life. Additionally, Fripp served on the executive of the BC Art League, created to fund an art school in Vancouver, a goal that would be reached in 1925.
Fripp was one of the first European artists to make a permanent home here, becoming fascinated with the formidable scale of the rugged Canadian terrain and spending many summers with sketchbook and camera in the mountain passes and on the glaciers. Although he is rated as a traditionalist in the field of landscape art, he did make some minor attempt to adjust his style to do justice to his new surroundings but fell well short of the innovative approaches later achieved by the Group of Seven and Emily Carr.
In fact, it’s true to say that over his thirty-year career his style remained basically unchanged, as he adhered faithfully to his earlier academic training. By the 1920s, modernism in art, in the form of post-impressionism, was making inroads, and to his credit, Fripp, in his role as a leader in the cultural life of BC and a promoter of art, was scrupulously fair in allowing modernism, like any other art movement, to take root.
He was able to re-connect with Kyle, Carr and other British trained artists following the formation of the Island Arts and Crafts Society in 1909 and was a regular exhibitor at its annual shows between 1912 and 1930.  In 1927 one of his works was purchased by Randolph Bruce, Lieutenant-Governor of BC.
As an artist, Fripp is best remembered for his impeccably realistic watercolors depicting the Rockies and landscapes of the Pacific coast, but he also painted in oils and produced portraits. His work is held in private and public collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
Fripp remained active in the local arts scene until his death in Vancouver in 1931. To recognize his championship of BC art, funds were raised to commission a bronze bust of him, which now rests in the permanent collection of Vancouver Art Gallery. |
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Keep your eyes open for Avis Rasmussen's 2023 Retrospective, entitled 'The View From Here,' which will be held at the Victoria Arts Council Gallery, 1800 Store Street,
April 12 - May 28. |
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 | | Member Sharon Stone will have her work on display at The Inn at Laurel Point from Feb 4 - Mar 4. The show is called “Welcome to My Shores,” and is primarily representational art with some abstract. |
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 | | Maureen Ness will be artist-in-residence at The Union Club from April 1 through to until May 31, 2023 |
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 Do you have paintings tucked away in a closet? Or stuffed under the bed? Why not display your beautiful paintings at the Parkinson’s Wellness Project in Blanshard Street? There are a total of 9-6ft lengths display rods.
For more info, please contact Joan Head at
head_675@hotmail.com |
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Paint Out 2023For those of you considering participating in the September paint out, the week of September 12 - 19 at Beach Acres in Parksville, please book as soon as possible as accommodation is now limited. Quote the group rate number GRP#5.
Beach Acres and surrounding area has multiple great painting spots and the resort itself is a wonderful place to relax and paint with fellow Club members. There is other accommodation in the area of Beach Acres and the possibility of sharing with other members.
Please contact Anne (bowena@shaw.ca) if you need help teaming up with another club member.
You can make reservations by calling 1 800 663-7309 or at www.beachacresresort.com. |
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