Posts by Julie Drew
Grassi Lakes Hike and Waterfall
My daughter, Reena, was home from university for a few days and we took off a day to hike in Canmore. She hiked on and left me to watercolor sketch at the beautiful waterfall on the grassi lakes trail. I did a quick ink sketch too. This fall I will be teaching some sketching classes…
Read MoreArtist Residency at the Yorath House
At the end of my residency, I had a spontaneous show on April 1, 2023. Here is the unedited video my daughter recorded as I shared my Art Talk. Below, I include some close ups of what was set up for display on the tables during the show. Water For over a decade I…
Read MoreBuilding Texture in a Painting
I am excited to have finished mixed media painting, Regeneration 3, I started working on in the Acrylic Explorations class in the fall! It will be shown for the first time at the Nina Haggerty Gallery, 9225 118 Ave NW, during the Deep Freeze Festival January 21-22, 2023 12-6 pm Buiding a Textured Painting: I…
Read MoreMerry Christmas and Happy New Year!
May the road you travel be filled with Sunshine! Our funny Christmas tree story… We don’t have a tree this year. We like to get a permit and drive the hour or so to the crown land and cut one down. Sam and I were all set to go on a Sunday when something came…
Read MoreFrom Coast to Coast
From Coast to Coast and Places Inbetween I am feeling thankful. My husband and I did a whirlwind of travel mid August – early September. It was a lot of long days of driving so that we could spend a couple days with people here and there. I sketched along the way and took thousands…
Read MoreLet the Rivers Flow, Art Show
I am excited! I took 19 paintings today to have them set up in an art show at The Carrot Community Coffeehouse for the month of August. Woohoo! A couple of weeks ago, I was contacted to move up my art show from November to August. On that short notice, I pulled together waterfalls and…
Read MoreInto the Unknown – June 2022 art retreat
We had 12 of us at the Art Vocabulary for the Soul Retreat last weekend! I am so thankful for the beautiful people who came and explored as we contemplated going “Into the Unknown.” We looked at parts of the stories of Ruth and Jonah, as opposite ways of dealing with going into the unknown.…
Read MoreFrom Winter to Spring: Happy Easter!
Happy Easter!Christ is Risen!He is Risen indeed! Spring is slow in coming this year. Well, I’m not sure it is any different than other years, but we had a teasing 20C day a week ago, which has made this past week feel even more cold with its sub-zero temps. This wintry spring that doesn’t want…
Read MoreGetting Creative
Being around creative people sparks creativity.Creativity relieves us of our burdensome self consciousness. Creativity connects us to our heart and relationship with reality.The sense of meaning and delight in creativity has more to do with the process than the end product. Find in the process what you want to communicate and find out something deeper…
Read MorePuzzles and Commissions
The month of January slipped away from me… My daughters and I drove down to stay a week with my parents and sister in Spokane, WA. It had been 2 years since I saw them last in person. I have been thankful for being able to “see” them via zoom, but even so, it was…
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