Last Saturday was very special: I joined a group of artists, got on a boat (a fast boat) and travelled to Galiano, another Southern Gulf Island, to attend the opening reception of the Saturna Artists Show at Insight Gallery. Fresh air, open water (vroom vroom, fast), a gorgeous sunny day, art, artists, connecting, networking, and munchies. Couldn’t ask for more! Without further ado, a little visual report of that day.
Off we went, on a very fast boat! Above, that is the silhouette of Saturna Island as we made our way up Navy Channel, on our way to Insight Gallery, on Galiano Island. The gallery is a lovely space built by artist Tish Saunders and her husband.
The opening was attended by a good-sized crowd and after introductions, everyone really got talking, island-style, quite loud…
People moved around, and got a good look at the pieces on display. For several Saturna artists, this was a first chance to show their work on Galiano, and local art-lovers got to discover new people…
Tish curated the show and did an excellent job of grouping pieces and displaying them well.
And look at that sky! At the end of the event, going home was not exactly an ordinary commute…
All too soon, it seems, it was time for our gang of artists to go home. And during the boat ride back to Saturna, the sunset was spectacularly enhanced by some interesting clouds… That is one of the big BC Ferries on the horizon, on its way to Victoria, on Vancouver Island.
I revisited some favorite texture patterns of mine, to see how tension settings and various threads worked out with the new “beast”…
It turns out that the Janome is really easy to manoeuvre… and remarkably quiet. Maybe that’s a hint that I should get the Bernina to the technician for a bit of maintenance. I still plan to use the Bernina for piecing.
Jungle may still get trimmed quite a bit, depending on how I feel when I see it with some texture. I am not sure, yet, about the cropping of the piece. But I’ve decided to go with the flow and let it be fun. These colours are bringing out my inner child. I am letting the child play…
