Kathleen Metcalfe  A treasured friend and Honorary Member of the Victoria Sketch Club, Kathleen Metcalfe, sadly passed away at the end of May 2022 at the Beckley Lodge, Victoria.
Kathleen joined the Club In 1993. Her quiet and pleasant nature matched her beautiful paintings. She was VSC Treasurer in the ‘90s and rarely missed a Tuesday gathering at Windsor Park.
-- submitted by Christine Gollner |
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Note from the President
With the summer months often comes family gatherings and other special events so I hope that, in the mix of activities and commitments, you are able to pick up your paint brushes and do what you love -- paint!
One of the great benefits of painting en plein air is studying firsthand how light behaves in diverse situations. And, perhaps painting more hastily than usual, so you don’t miss it! Enjoy these special en plein air months!
Gillian Rhodes |
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2022 Summer Outdoor Program
This year’s summer program continues through July and August.
An e-mail ‘information package’ for our July locations will be sent out by the VSC Secretary one or two days in advance of each outing.
In general, club members arrive around 10 a.m. and paint/sketch until about noon, after which some gather together to socialize over lunch. Guests artists are welcome, especially if interested in possibly applying for VSC membership in the following Fall or Winter indoor sessions.Rand Harrison Questions? email Rand |
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 | | A beautiful day and a great turn-out as members took advantage of the belated spring weather! Today's original venue was Island View Beach but a mosquito outbreak convinced organizers to come up with a different location. So picturesque was the day (and the painters!), the Times-Colonist published a picture of our plein air in the next day's paper! |
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| Another rather cold and blustery day, yet a few hardy VSC souls ventured out to the lovely grounds of our Lieutenant Governor's nonetheless. |
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| The day's session had a fairly good turnout despite the slightly chilly weather (again!). Fisherman's Wharf at Shoal Point always has interesting scenery on offer. |
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June 28
Saanich Heritage Acres |
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| With plenty of room to spread out (29 acres, to be precise) Saanich Heritage Acres provides no end of wonderful subject matter for our membership. Not a bad turnout given the foreboding looking skies as pictured below. |
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History Corner
by John Lover |
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Whilst Teresa Victoria Wylde may be regarded as one of the lesser-known lights of the local art scene, she nevertheless made an intriguing contribution during a relatively short association with our Club a century ago.
Born in Victoria in 1870 of English parentage, Teresa was raised in a succession of downtown homes, one of which was sited where the Victoria Public Library now stands on Blanshard Street.
With the advantage of a relatively well-to-do family, Teresa was able to move to England in 1892 to attend the Kensington School of Art in London. As a result of this experience, according to one critic, she displayed “a fearless manipulation of colours.”
She resided in London until 1909, and during this period she achieved four showings at the Royal Academy, including what is thought to be her prime work, “This is the World and I am King.” This picture is in vivid purple and subdued greens, showing a smiling dark-haired girl sitting at the root of a gigantic beach tree, playing at being a Queen.
Returning home to Victoria, she exhibited at the Studio Club and the BC Society of Fine Arts in Vancouver, where she had a studio from which she taught classes.
Teresa was a close friend of the already established Sophie Pemberton and the up-and-coming Emily Carr, and together with Sophie helped to persuade Emily to follow their example and further her art education abroad. London was the obvious venue, although many considered other European art schools superior, provided that the student could cope with the language question. The same pair also prompted Emily to adopt a brighter palette and give less attention to detail.
Teresa, like Emily, was one of the founder members of the Island Arts Club set up in 1909. At its first annual exhibition in 1910, she contributed 12 paintings, one of which, priced at an impressive $950, had been displayed at the Royal Academy the previous year.
Although a fine landscape painter, her real forte was portraiture, in which she was credited by a Victoria Daily Times critic with “lines carefully drawn and expressions life-like.” One of her subjects was Dr. Edward Hassell, House Physician at the Royal Jubilee Hospital, a two-time Club president and fellow Club Charter Member. Another was a Lieutenant-Governor of BC, Thomas Paterson, featured in a striking full-length portrait in official uniform. 
Teresa last contributed to the Club’s annual show in 1920. Sadly, her talent would soon be lost to Victoria. After a short stay with family members in Shawnigan Lake, where her brother owned Strathcona Lodge, Teresa moved to London, England, in 1921 with one of her sisters, and eventually settled in a quiet corner of Somerset at her father’s ancestral home.
She died in this picturesque West Country village of Kilmersdon in 1949.
Illustrations:- This is the World and I am King, oil, 1909
- Dr. Edward Suter Hassel, oil, 1914
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 | | Four 8 ' x 4 ' panels for our March Show are almost finished! Larry Gollner and son Joe are shown above fitting the last one together. Just one more coat of gray paint to go, and we'll have 14 large panels! |
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 | | VSC's Honourable historian John Lover recently celebrated a birthday, and was surprised by the Gollners with a lovely cake to mark the occasion! |
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 | | Ann Nolte has a drawing donkey to give away. Interested? Contact her via email! |
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 | | We're pleased to report that Pat Hindmarch-Watson's artwork was chosen for an Oak Bay banner this year! The painting is called “Almost There Grandpa,” and is one of the two designs selected. Congratulations, Pat! |
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 | | Member Rand Harrison has had two block prints (see grain elevator above) accepted to the 2022 Sooke Fine Arts Show. Congratulations, Rand!!! |
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Paint Out 2022For those of you considering participating in the September paint out, the week of 6 – 13 September 2022 at Beach Acres in Parksville, please book as soon as possible as accommodation is now limited. 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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