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MARCH 24: THE BRITISH COLUMBIA REVIEW POSTS ARTICLE ON BC ARTISTS AND SIM
Screen capture from online article
The British Columbia Review is an online web site that reviews publications related to B.C. and
also provides occasional editorial articles and commentaries. For some years there has been an
offer outstanding for them to write a review of BC Artists. Trevor Marc-Hughes recently asked author
Christina Johnson-Dean to do the review, and it was posted yesterday.
It is a very complimentary article, and the review extends beyond the BC Artists project to include
my own biographical and personal activities through the years. There are lots of active links in
the article that provide instant access to web pages that are mentioned in the text. Johnson-Dean
clearly "dove deeply" into both the BC Artists and Sim Publishing websites to find information
and images. Luckily my policy of "don't lie in writing" kept the review accurate.
An interesting part of the article compares how Johnson-Dean used the project 13 years ago,
researching artist Ina D.D. Uhthoff for Mother Tongue Publishing's Unheralded Artists
series of books, to how much information is in the file about the artist (and others) today.
Typically the well-known artists with numerous monographs are updated only with
additional exhibition information or newspaper reviews. I prefer not to tell life stories if
they have already been well told, as Johnson-Dean did with Ina Uhthoff and Mary Filer, for example.
MARCH 13: EXHIBITION NOW ON AT WEST END COMMUNITY CENTRE
Adventures of Noman - click image for exhibition information
Birds Around Us - click image for exhibition information
The two new exhibitions went up smoothly yesterday, despite the large number of
artworks and all of the ephemera added to the birds part of the show. For the first time
I simply used gridwall hangers, with the artwork attached to them with super magnets.
No picture frames to purchase or lug around, and no glass to cause unwanted reflections.
The intent of the Noman show is to make it look like a deconstructed sketchbook that has
been spread across the wall. The birds exhibition shows the final artworks, plus all the
tools and equipment used to produce the prints. Yesterday a number of people came to see
the show while I was there (and not there), so it is off to a good start!
MARCH 10: EXHIBITION OF BIRD DRAWINGS & PRINTS ADDED TO WECC SHOW
MARCH 8: THREE NEW LITTLE BIRD LINOCUTS
Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Oregon Junco
I spent quite a bit of time this winter trying to photograph a number of species of "little birds"
that visit my porch. After taking hundreds of pictures - most showing either a blurred
bird or a place where a bird had just flown away - I managed to take a few that were
useful for making linocuts. Each bird is represented life size, each linocut image
is 3" high x 4.5" wide. Click on images for more information.
FEBRUARY 25: MAJOR UPDATES TO BC ARTISTS PROJECT
It may seem silly to announce "major updates" to the BRITISH
COLUMBIA ARTISTS project, considering that there are already over 6,000 web pages
and images posted. However, a lot of information has been added this year in two main
series of updates. First, eight exhibition catalogues for the
B.C. Society of Fine Arts from 1950 to 1957
have been transcribed and all artist biographies updated or created.
Second, a number of newspaper clippings have been transcribed related to artist
Maud Sherman and her father
R.S. Sherman, both of them exhibiting with the
Vancouver Sketch Club from 1918 to 1924. In addition to expanding
their exhibition records, this has created numerous artist biographies, updated many more,
and listed hundreds of artworks.
The project continues to receive many visitors. In the past week alone, there were 553
visitors, who looked at 1,738 web pages, an average of 3.14 page views per visitor. Each
visitor's average duration of visit was 207 seconds, for a combined total of almost 32 hours!
Thank you to all visitors, I hope that you found some useful information.
FEBRUARY 16: THE ADVENTURES OF NOMAN EXHIBITION MARCH 12 - APRIL 2
Nomanclature
New exhibition of Sim drawings just booked starting March 12, refer to:
JANUARY 29: SIM PRINT "WAITING" AT ONLINE AUCTION
Waiting
A friend emailed to let me know that one of my limited edition prints is up for
auction at Invaluable on-line auctions. Very little of my artwork has come onto the
secondary market. I donated this particular print to the Alcuin Society's annual
book auction 20 years ago, and it was purchased by collector and printer Don Atkins.
He passed away in 2006, and his widow Barbara in 2023, some of their collection is now
coming onto the market. This auction closed on February 11.
JANUARY 3: BC ARTISTS DONATION OFFER
I have been compiling information on BC Artists for over 25 years, and have
produced a massive amount of material that is posted for free public
access at BC Artists. However, posting the
project for free access means that I pay for absolutely everything. Since a
lot of people use the project on a regular basis, I thought it would be
appropriate to solicit donations in support of the project. I cannot offer
a tax receipt, but I have put together a rewards program for donors. Please
look at the web page at:
JANUARY 2: TRIAL PROOFS OF A NEW PRINT
Blackberry Harbour State 1.
This is another old fishing boat that I saw when I was on vacation at Egmont,
at the northern end of the Sechelt Peninsula. I can see a few things that I'd
like to work on before I do an edition, but this is pretty close to what I wanted.
JANUARY 1: ANOTHER NEW YEAR
Best wishes for a happy and successful New Year to all visitors to my website.
For the first time in years I didn't even wake up at midnight due to all of the
cheering, yelling, honking, and fireworks. There were no fireworks, and luckily no
parties that I could hear in this apartment building, and if anyone was cheering
they weren't very loud.
2023 was a pretty crazy year in a lot of ways, two major wars in progress and a lot
of smaller ones, and lots of climate disasters including floods, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes,
earthquakes, landslides, and all the rest. It seems that all of that will get worse.
2023 was a good year for my artwork, I created 11 limited edition prints, and
exhibited at three successful events during the year, selling 40 artworks. Hopefully
2024 will be even better.
I plan to do less work this year on BC ARTISTS and will
try to finish LOOKING FOR MAUD, my biography of early Vancouver artist
Maud Rees Sherman and her family, her life, and times.
I have essentially been working on that since 1996, and I need to finish it. I made
good progress on it last year, although I spent much time working on a spreadsheet
of the Sherman family's residences, families, and employment, gleaned from extensive
searches on the internet for City Directories in BC and in Ontario. That produced
some interesting results, especially in Ontario prior to 1900, before most of the Sherman
family moved to BC.
Thanks to everyone who has helped with BC ARTISTS, and to everyone who purchased or
expressed interest in my artwork.
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