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THE BRITISH COLUMBIA REVIEW POSTS ARTICLE ON BC ARTISTS AND SIM
EXHIBITION NOW ON AT WEST END COMMUNITY CENTRE
EXHIBITION OF BIRD DRAWINGS & PRINTS ADDED TO WECC SHOW
THREE NEW LITTLE BIRD LINOCUTS
MAJOR UPDATES TO BC ARTISTS PROJECT
THE ADVENTURES OF NOMAN EXHIBITION MARCH 12 - APRIL 2
SIM PRINT "WAITING" AT ONLINE AUCTION
BC ARTISTS DONATION OFFER
TRIAL PROOFS OF A NEW PRINT
ANOTHER NEW YEAR



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.

BRITISH COLUMBIA REVIEW Online article



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

BIRDS AROUND US



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:

THE ADVENTURES OF NOMAN EXHIBITION



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:

Support BC Artists



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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